Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Madison Area Peace Coalition E-mails Description An account of the resource The Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) formed fourteen days after the September 11 attacks to oppose (among other goals) the use of U.S. military, economic, or political force – whether direct or proxy, overt or covert -- "that violates the sovereignty or human rights of any nation or people." The Archive has assembled here e-mails exchanges from MAPC dating from the group's founding until late November 2001. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. > >Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:37:56 -0500 > >800 Unionists from 100 Countries Adopt Statement on >Terrorism; ICFTU Damns WTO Deal > >International Metalworkers Federation Congress adopts statement on terrorism > >800 delegates from 100 countries adopt a statement on the struggle against >terrorism. > >SYDNEY: The 30th IMF World Congress, composed of 800 delegates from 100 >countries, has adopted a statement on the struggle against terrorism. > >"Although not a unanimous vote, the overwhelming majority in favor of the >statement shows that we are able to put aside our differences and personal >views, and unite behind a call for the fight against terrorism," IMF >assistant general secretary Brian Fredricks says. > >"In addressing the question of terror, the Congress also - in a spirit of >solidarity - addresses the issue of poverty," Fredricks stresses. > >Below follows the text of the adopted statement, in English. Links to the >statement in other languages can be found at the bottom of this page. > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > >IMF Statement on the Struggle against Terrorism > >The IMF and its affiliates meeting at the IMF's 30 World Congress in >Sydney, Australia from 11-15 November 2001, reiterate their outrage and >condemnation of the terrorist attacks in the USA on September 11, 2001 >which led to the death of over 5,000 innocent American and foreign >civilians, and injured thousands more. We express our full solidarity, >sympathy and friendship with the families of the victims in the USA and >abroad.. > >This unprecedented terrorist act is an attack on the fundamental human >rights to freedom, security and self-determination. It is an attack on the >human dignity of all peoples and the basic values of peace and democracy >which the international trade union movement has upheld and fought for >throughout its entire history. > >Terrorism such as on September 11 in the USA or in any other forms has no >place in our world. The IMF and its affiliates support the global efforts >to combat terrorism, and urges nations to make common cause in bringing to >justice and punishing those responsible for the barbarism and cruelty of >the September 11 attacks. > >This Congress recognizes that military actions as authorized by >international law should be conducted so as to serve a primary goal to >protect innocent civilian lives. > >That is why the IMF also calls on the international community to take all >possible measures for the protection of the rights and well-being of >innocent civilians and refugees in its struggle against terrorism. > >Moreover, the international community must address the root causes that >swell the ranks of terrorists. The fight against terrorism must remove the >appeal of fanatical causes by dealing with poverty and underdevelopment, >displacement, desperation and bitterness that are nurtured by a >fundamentally unjust global order. Poverty, injustice and policies that >favor one people over another invariably provide recruits for the armies of >the intolerant. > >The fight against terrorism is also a fight against tax havens and lax >financial regulations which, in the name of liberalism, have facilitated >the financing of these murderous activities. The IMF has long struggled for >appropriate measures to eliminate illegitimate financial transactions. > >Lasting peace can only be based on social progress and the full respect of >human rights and self-determination everywhere in the world. It requires a >broad international commitment to fight the glaring inequalities between >and within countries and the implementation of even-handed policies with >respect to contending national and ethnic groups. The IMF therefore urges >its affiliates to build political pressure on their governments to take >specific actions to foster democracy and a balanced economic and social >development for all. This must also include policy initiatives by national >governments towards the United Nations and other international institutions >of global governance in furtherance of these goals. > > >[November 14, 2001] >============================================ >IMF Congress News > > >       Resolution > > >       Resolution on the lifting of the Cuban Embargo >       Noting: >         The Cuban people have been under embargo by successive US >         administrations for the past 41 years. >         That all peoples have a fundamental right to determine their social, >         economic and political development. >         That Cuba is subjected to unfair treatment, because it is >singled out by >         policy criteria that are not similarly applied to other states. >         Cuba has succeeded in building a comprehensive public education and >         health sector that caters for its entire people without any >         discrimination. >         That the continuing embargo constitutes a violation of several U.N. >         resolutions and motions, which were adopted with an overwhelming >         majority of UN member states. >       Believing: >         The embargo against Cuba violates not only the sovereignty >of Cuba, but >         impedes political developments that would allow the realisation of its >         peoples right to self-determination. >         The embargo is obstructing the involvement of the Cuban people in the >         international community, and the restrictions resulting from it are >         hindering autonomous trade union development. >         Like all humanity, the Cubans deserve a better life, including full >         political democracy and trade union rights, which are absent under >         present conditions. >       Therefore resolve: >         To condemn in the strongest terms the embargo that has >imposed enormous >         suffering on the Cuban people. >         To support the fight to lift the embargo, side by side with the Cuban >         people and many governments, trade unions, and NGO's which will >         contribute to fostering democratic pluralism and trade union and human >         rights. >         That IMF affiliates work with their national centres to >ensure that the >         ICFTU and the rest of the global labour movement intensifies the >         campaign for the lifting of the embargo. >       [November 12, 2001] > -- _______________________________________________ discuss@madpeace.org mailing list http://lists.OpenSoftwareServices.com/mailman/listinfo/madpeace-discuss September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Friday, November 16, 2001 10:23 AM September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients X September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. X September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. NULL September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. [MAPC-discuss] Fwd: Unionists From 100 Countries' Statement on Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [MAPC-discuss] Fwd: Unionists From 100 Countries' Statement on 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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