The World Trade Organization--the world's most powerful legislative body--will be holding a Ministerial Summit in Seattle from Nov. 29 through Dec. 3, 1999. This meeting will literally shape the rules of the global economy for decades to come. We can stop the top-down globalizers--just as we stopped the Multilateral Agreement on Investments (MAI) and 'fast-track'--if we mobilize enough people.

Trade ministers from 134 nations will be welcomed by President Clinton, who is pushing them to initiate a new round of "free trade" negotiations in areas such as investment, agriculture, forest products, and government procurement. They seek nothing less than to subordinate citizens rights and the environment to the 'rights' of large corporations to make profits anywhere without the 'interference' of civil society.

Citizen activists are gearing up now to make sure that in November there will be "No New Round!" We can stop the top-down globalizers--just as we stopped the MAI and 'fast-track'--if we mobilize enough people.

In early 1999, more than 80 community activists in Seattle formed an ad hoc steering committee to organize logistics and secure venues for events protesting the WTO. Hundreds of local families are preparing to welcome you and tens of thousands of others to Seattle. The Fair Trade Campaign has a toll-free number: (877)STOP-WTO.