Working Families vs. Oligarchs: The Stakes of the G20 Trade Summit In Milwaukee

The Teach-In is set for Tuesday, September 29th – 6:00 pm – 175 Curtin Hall, 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53211

On the evening before the G20 trade ministers hold their summit in Milwaukee, join experts and activists speaking about the global trade regime and a real alternative.

Multinational corporations and Wall Street investors created the global trade regime, which has devastated workers, farmers, the environment, and democratic governance.  

For the first time in decades, a new forward to an alternative ordering of global trade rules is possible. But only if working people name it and organize around it.

This teach-in will feature a panel discussion led by John Nichols, Washington editor of the Nation Magazine, associate editor of the Madison Capital Times, interviewing Wisconsin and international voices, including:

• Labor leader John Drew, former president of the United Auto Workers Local 72 in Kenosha and current chair of the UAW Wisconsin CAP Council; 
• Dairy farmer, renowned agriculture policy expert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and farmers union activist Dr. Sarah Lloyd; 
• Holly Bender, environmental leader and Chief Program Officer of the Sierra Club, who leads the Club’s national campaigns on energy, climate, conservation, and the outdoors
• Leading international advocate of fair trade (and Wisconsin native), Lori Wallach, founder of Global Trade Watch and leader of the ReThink Trade program at the American Economic Liberties Project.  

Prior to the panel, attendees will be welcomed by Sam Odin, a Milwaukee-area farmer and leader of the Wisconsin Farmers Union, and Anthony Rainey, former president of UAW Local 469 at Master Lock in Milwaukee. 

Please RSVP in advance (so organizers can properly plan for attendance).

The teach-in is sponsored by Rethink Trade, Citizens Trade Campaign, United Auto Workers Wisconsin CAP Council, Wisconsin Farmers Union, Milwaukee Area Labor Council, South Central Federation of Labor, the Wisconsin Economic Populist Project, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Area Service & Hospitality Workers Union, AFT Local 212, Our Wisconsin Revolution, Family Farm Defenders, WNPJ, and Peace Action of Wisconsin.