Quick correction: the Greenlining Institute was a cosponsor of the event. The official PR for the event is below.

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NCM to Co-Host Gubernatorial Debate on September 9 in Los Angeles

Top Candidates Will Address Panel of Ethnic Media Journalists on Issues Significant to California’s Minority Majority

Aug 27, 2003

Sept. 9, 2003 debate featuring Peter Camejo, Arianna Huffington and Cruz Bustamante // Two mp3 files // Pacifica Radio coverage, broadcast live on KPFA, KPFK and KFCF

Republican candidates were missing in action today at a debate sponsored by

New California Media, a group comprised of some 400 print, broadcast and online ethnic/alternative

media organizations.  The type of questions and the audience dynamic was

different from what you would normally find with mainstream media

treatment. 

The people of Puerto Juarez, a town neighboring Cancun, suffer from trade policies that deliver polluted water and economic stagnation. (5 minutes 5 seconds)

Listen and learn!

nice words tim. crew here in brisbane looking forward to our Reclaim the Streets party in solidarity with you and everyone else in Cancun.

BTW Reclaim the Streets Brisbane - 11am Sat 13/9 at the Botanical Gardens.

monday night food not bombs served up dinner at the cancun ritz.

stay tuned throughout the week for more reports from inform radio!

headlines: air quality report, fcc deregulation, epa dies, asscroft decision, wto on medicine.

features: uk 9/11 armsfair, british areospace, cancun wto update, chile 30th anniversity of coup

headlines: air quality report, fcc dereg, epa dies, asscroft, wto/ruling on medicine

features: uk 9.11 arms fair, british aerospace, wto update from cancun, chile 30 year anniversity coup.

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Report from Gerard Greenfield, from inside the halls of the Via Campesina gathering this morning. Excellent quote from a Thai farmer. "The WTO can go to hell".

English.

Gerard Greenfield went to a meeting of the Via Campesina, (the International Farmers forum) today. About 3000 farmers attended this meeting from indigenous communities from around the world.

Dr Luis Hernandez, an environmentalist from Southern Mexico, speaks passionately about the WTO and globalisation. He makes the point that the WTO is putting trade above the needs of the environment and developing countries.

English, about 7 minutes