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Camp Solidarity , 1992-06

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 5-7

Scope and Contents

Material related to the 1992 Camp Solidarity. Includes planning meetings and efforts to recruit, plan, implement and evaluate as well as the material for all participants with a focus on the effects of “free trade” in Mexico and Canada. There are three sections, Mexico, Canada and the US. Mexico: articles on the structure of the Mexican economy a description of the “Authentic Labour Front” FAT in Mexico, Dan Leahy's notes on “Mexico: A Country Guide” by Tom Barry, an article by Manuel Garcia Urrutia about the proposed Free Trade Agreement, “Ford Battles Mexican Workers”, Mexico's Road to Nowhere by Cuauhtemoc Cardenas. Canada: “Canada Under Siege: Three Years into the Free Trade Area,” by Bruce Campbell, Dan Leahy's Notes on “Take Back the Nation” by Maude Barlow and Bruce Campbell, Free Trade and Canada by Marjorie Cohen. The US: Free Trade: Competition for Poverty by Dan Leahy, Free Trade Hits the United States by Kim Moody, Dan Leahy's notes on The Politics of Rich and Poor by Kevin Phillips, The Political Economy of Washington State: The Enrichment Process, 1998-1991. Crushing the Workers at UST by Kurt Petersen 1992, Dismantling the Middle Class (The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1991), Preamble of NAFTA agreement (Confidential 1991), Step by Step work of UAW L. 879 to create a trinational support committee by Tom Laney. There are also the individual evaluations by participants.

Dates

  • Creation: 1992-06

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to the public and must be viewed in The Evergreen State College Archives and Special Collections reading room.

Biographical / Historical

1992 Camp Solidarity was a 1992 four-day camp with the them “Reclaiming Our Future in a Global Economy and Planning for Long Term Strategic Action” and it was held June 25-28, 1992. Special Guests were Researcher Teresa Healy from Carleton College in Ottawa, Tom Laney St. Paul UAW Leader, Hector de la Cueva from CILAS in Mexico City and Tom Juravich, Associate Professor of Labor Studies at Penn State. Alan Brisley, Helen Lee, Dan Leahy Maryrose Livingston, Ellen Short, Andrea Winship, Becky Allen, Ricardo Ayala were the main Labor Center staff. Group coordinators for the Strategy Game were Margot Heyene, Velma Perez, Sara Ryan and Karen Moton-Tate.

Extent

From the Collection: 12.47 Cubic Feet (29 large letter-sized document boxes) : Some materials show evidence of water damage

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the The Evergreen State College Archives and Special Collections Repository

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