From 11-13 September 2000 members of the World Economic Forum (WEF) met at the Crown Casino Complex in Melbourne. 3CR covered the massive public opposition to the WEF and corporate-led globalisation, and compiled highlights of the broadcasts on a CD – Globalisation Unplugged.
You can listen on the
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Contents
Track one introduction and background
Ted Murphy
National Tertiary Education Union; Patricia Ranald
Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network; Walden Bello
Phillippino academic and activist; Patricia Ranald
Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network; Vandana Shiva
Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology; Marion McGregor
Community Radio 3CR; Ted Murphy
National Tertiary Education Union; Vandana Shiva
Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology
Track two indigenous people
Rebecca Bear-Wingfiled
Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta; Denis Evans
Community Radio 3CR; Kim Bullimore
Indigenous Students Network; Meena Ramon
Penang Consumer Association; Waldon Bello
Philippino academic and activist; Rebecca Bear-Wingfield
Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta
Track three: People power and civil rights
Meredith Butler
Community Radio 3CR; Vandana Shiva
Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology; Bob Brown
Senator Greens Party; Klaus Schwab
Founder and President WEF; Meena Ramon
Penang Consumer Association; Bill Gates
Chairman Microsoft; Vandana Shiva
Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology; Stephen Jolley
s11 Alliance;
Tim Walgers
Queer United to Eradicate Economic Rationalism (QUEER); Charles McLean
World Economic Forum, Communications; Vandana Shiva
Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology; Meredith Butler
Community Radio 3CR; Denis Evans
Community Radio 3CR; Bob Brown
Senator Greens Party; Vandana Shiva
Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology
Track four: Workers
Sharan Burrow
Australian Council of Trade Unions; Bill Gates
Chairman Microsoft; Annie Delaney
Textile Clothing Footwear Union of Australia; Dave Kerin
Earthworker; Bob Brown
Senator Greens Party; Stephen Spence
South Australian Trades and Labour Council; Susan Price
Green Left Weekly; Leigh Hubbard
Victorian Trades Hall Council; Denis Evans
Community Radio 3CR
Track five: Police and government
Victoria Police; Meredith Butler
Community Radio 3CR; Geraldine Cahill
Community Radio 3CR; Bruce Thompson
Friends of the Earth; Meredith Butler
Community Radio 3CR; Sarojini Krishnapillai
Friends of the Earth; Observer/protester; Meredith Butler
Community Radio 3CR; Ellen Roberts
Community Radio 3CR; Susan Price
Green Left Weekly; Leigh Hubbard
Victorian Trades Hall Council; Steve Bracks Victorian Premier; Jorge Jorquera
s11 Alliance; Sarojini Krishnapillai
Friends of the Earth; Meredith Butler
Community Radio 3CR; Dan Cass
Sydney Alternative Media Centre
Track six: Poverty and resources
Meena Ramon
Penang Consumer Association; Bob Phelps
Genethics Network; Aunty Betty
Gunditjamara; Bob Phelps
Genethics Network; Vandana Shiva
Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology; Dave Sweeney
Friends of the Earth; Jan Bartlett
Community Radio 3CR; Jagjit Piahe
World Vision Australia; Vandana Shiva
Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology; Sarojini Krishnapillai
Friends of the Earth
Track seven: Corporate power and the media
Rod Quantok
Comedian; Jim Scott
Greens Party; Ted Murphy
National Tertiary Education Union; Susan Price
Green Left Weekly; Sarojini Krishnapillai
Friends of the Earth; Alex Kelly
Indymedia; Stephen Jolley
s11 Alliance; Cam Walker
Friends of the Earth; Dan Cass
Sydney Alternative Media Centre; Stephen Spence
South Australia Trades and Labour Council
Track eight: Free trade and corporate tyranny
Meena Ramon
Penang Consumer Association; Bob Phelps
Genethics Network; Vandana Shiva
Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology; Marion McGregor
Community Radio 3CR; Walden Bello
Phillippino academic and activist; Rebecca Bear-Wingfield
Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta; Ted Murphy
National Tertiary Education Union; Catherine Kowesasi
Community Radio 3CR; Jorge Jorquera
s11 Alliance
Track nine: Women
Vandana Shiva
Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology; Lisa Bellear
Indigenous Broadcaster; Vandana Shiva
Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology; Nola Brooks
Community Radio 3CR; Alex Kelly
Indymedia; Lynette Dumble
Global Sisterhood Network; Annie Delaney
Textile Clothing Footwear Union of Australia
Track ten: Police violence and the media
Meena Ramon
Penang Consumer Association; Susan Price
Green Left Weekly; Pauline Spencer
Federation of Community Legal Centres; Damien Lawson
Legal Observer Team; Denis Evans
Community Radio 3CR; Jay Estorninho
Community Radio 3CR; Denis Evans
Community Radio 3CR; Cam Walker
Friends of the Earth
Track eleven: The police investigation
Meredith Butler
Community Radio 3CR; Damien Lawson
Legal Observer Team; Sarojini Krishnapillai
Friends of the Earth; Cam Walker
Friends of the Earth; Pauline Spencer
Federation of Community Legal Centres; Nola Brooks
Community Radio 3CR; Dan Cass
Sydney Independent Media Centre
Track twelve: The movement
Vandana Shiva
Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology; Jordy Hunter
National Union of Students; Meena Ramon
Penang Consumer Association; Rebecca Bear-Wingfield
Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta; Walden Bello
Phillippino academic and activist; Lynette Dumble
Global Sisterhood Network; Walden Bello
Phillippino academic and activist; Alex Kelly
Indymedia; Jagjit Plahe
World Vision Australia; Vandana Shiva
Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology
Music acknowledgement: if it hurts too much (just turn if off) by Jamie Saxe, other tracks by Neplusultra and additional audio from SKATV.
Globalisation Unplugged was produced by Juliet Fox and Rachel Maher in 2000. 3CR encourages community radio stations to rebroadcast this material and requests that full acknowledgement of 3CR be attributed to any broadcast. 3CR retains copyright of this material. For more information contact the Projects Coordinator Juliet Fox.
