VANDANA SHIVA WORDS DURING THE WEF.
During the WEF/ S11 -13 /and alternate program events:
Dr. Vandana Shiva spoke at
i] an RMIT University Conference, on Global Capitalism, cited below,
ii] at a special fund raising dinner for women organized by GSN
to raise money for feminist projects in India, Pakistan and others
areas.
iii] at the World Economic Forum [WEF] as documented below
and at one other event in a gruelling two day schedule of profound
commitment and dedication to this planet and her peoples and the
growing global citizen/NGO movement. .
The following compilation offers links to S11 and WEF in
general but highlights Dr. Vandana Shiva's presentations,
related media releases, and interviews for indeed Dr. Vandana
Shiva's presence brought to this event an enlightened
anti-globalization voice to counter the usual rhetoric of
glorious capitalism gone global. Her integrated perspective
finds context in colonial history, the developing world,
ecofeminism, and a powerful and systemic political, economic.
and cultural analysis. Her reading to the WEF of the letter
from the protestors offers ample insight into her commitment to the
cause of a global citizens movement providing an aternative to the
constant rhetoric of TINA- there is no alternative to economic
globalization. This is also made clear by her personal comment
offered at the end of her reading.
"I'd like to just remind you in closing if Ghandi had
not used these same techniques India would not have been a free
nation."
18/09/2000