SEIU union organizer Maria Damaris Silva has a message for the corperate media covering todays rally in Portland OR. 16 secs.

SEIU union organizer Maria Damaris Silva has a message for the corperate media covering todays rally in Portland OR. 16 secs.

Oregon IWW organizer Bill Bradle lays it on the line about why 1000+ people gathered in Pioneer Square, Portland OR today to speak out against the FTAA. 1 min 43 sec.

Profile of police preparations for protests and escalation over last several years

segment 4 of Seattle program

Citizens from all over the Americas have gathered in Quebec City for the Second Peoples' Summit of the Americas. The Peoples' Summit, put on by the Hemispheric Social Alliance, includes forums on human rights, labor, the environment, indiginous rights, poverty, women's rights, agriculture and communications. The Summit was designed to work on building a proposal to counter the FTAA, not just criticize it. {suggested anchor intro}{This is 3:05 min.}

There was a women's march in Quebec City on Thursday April 19th to kick off the protests agains the FTAA and Summit of the Americas. This is a 6:08 minute long radio story about it produced at the Quebec Independent Media Center.

Braodcast Information

A collection of Independent Media Center (IMC) audio teams is planning on

producing three half hour programs about the Free Trade Area of the Americas

and how it effects local communities around the Americas.

On April 20th-22nd the Summit of the Americas is meeting in Quebec City to

discuss the largest free trade zone ever, and activists from all over the

hemisphere will be protesting the meeting and FTAA, both in Quebec and in

their local communities.

IMC'sta Call

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10.715 seconds. Voice over is "You're listening to the Independent Media Center", by Aries, modified w/ Pitch lowered (my voice doesnt really sound like that). To be used in the beginning of audio.