________________________________________________________________________________ APPEAL Please sign this appeal on the website http://www.etats-generaux.ras.eu.org/ The International of capital is triumphing. But that of human beings hopes yet to be born. A little more each day the market is taking control over life. It organises work, determines salaries, relocates factories, decides what we drink, what we breathe, what we eat. It whittles down social progress, eliminates differences, destroys public services, wipes out democracy and the peoples' right to self-determination. A little more each day globalisation is accelerating, without a single democratically designated institution having chosen this to be. The World Trade Organisation's next round of negotiations runs the danger of provoking a further breathtaking acceleration of this process. If its schedule is maintained, soon almost nothing will remain of all that has been achieved through centuries of social and political struggles. In the name of freedom of trade, they will have annihilated Freedom itself. And yet, if directed in accordance with sovereign rights, the environment and social achievements, controlled by democratic authorities, the internationalisation of economies, cultures, ideas and peoples would enrich humanity considerably. We who sign this appeal propose to all the peoples of the world that they join together to demand and impose the following three decisions from their respective Governments: 1. A complete audit of all the consequences of globalisation, in particular concerning the WTO's compliance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and all other international conventions. 2. The organisation world-wide of general assemblies for democratic debate among citizens, workers, firms, trade unions, associations, NGOs, elected representatives and all those whose lives are in some way affected by further reducing restrictions on trade. 3. A moratorium, already requested by thousands of organisations around the world, on all new free-trade agreements, and in particular the postponement of the next round of WTO negotiations until the audit has been completed and the States General held. Information list (French): informer@etats-generaux.ras.eu.org Discussion list (French): discuter@etats-generaux.ras.eu.org Signatures: http://www.etats-generaux.ras.eu.org/ Join together, SIGN THIS APPEAL AND HAVE OTHERS SIGN IT http://www.etats-generaux.ras.eu.org/ ADJANI Isabelle, Actress - AGUITON Christophe, Association Representative - AMALRIC Mathieu, Film-maker, Actor - ANOUIT Mouloud, Association Representative - ARCADY Alexandre, Film-maker - ARDITI Pierre, Actor - ASCARIDE Ariane, Actress - ATTALI Jacques, Writer - AUBERT Marie-Hélène, MP (Green Party, Paris) - AUDIARD Jacques, Film-maker - BACRI Jean-Pierre, Actor - BASSLER Marianne, Actress - BEART Guy, Singer - BECKER Jean, Film-maker - BELVAUX Lucas, Film-maker - BENEIX Jean-Jacques, Film-maker - BENGUIGUI Yamina, Film-maker - BERAUD Luc, Film-maker - BERNART Maurice, Producer - BERRY Richard, Actor - BETOURNE Olivier, Publisher - BINOCHE Juliette, Actress - BLIER Bertrand, Film-maker - BOUHNIK Laurent, Film-maker - BOUQUET Carole, Actress - BOUTIH Malek, Association Representative - CABRERA Dominique, Film-maker - CASSEN Bernard, Association Representative - CASSENTI Franck, Film-maker - CHAHINE Youssef, Film-maker - CHEREAU Patrice, Film-maker - CHOMIENNE Caroline, Film-maker - CLEITMAN René, Producer - COCHET Yves, MP(French Green Party, Val d'Oise) - COHEN Daniel, Geneticist - COMOLLI Jean-Louis, Film-maker - COSCAS Brigitte, Film-maker - COUPE Annick, Trade Union representative - CROZEMARIE Pierrette, Trade Union representative - DAURE-SERFATY Christine, Association Representative - DE FONTENAY Elisabeth, University Professor - DEBONS Claude, Trade Union representative - DELBEE, University Professor - DEPARDON Raymond, Film-maker - DESFORGES Régine, Writer - DETHYRE Richard, Association Representative - DETREZ Philippe, Trade Union representative - DRAY Julien, MP (French Socialist Party, Essonne) - DUFILS Bernard, Trade Union representative - DUMAS Maryse, Trade Union representative - DURAND Claude, Publisher - EYRAULT Jean-Batiste, Association Representative - FORRESTER Viviane, Writer - GALLO Max, Writer - GASSOT Charles, Producer - GEORGE Susan, Association Representative - GHEERBRANT Denis, Film-maker - GILOU Thomas, Film-maker - GINISTY Bernard, Writer - GRUMBERG Jean-Claude, Writer - GUEDIGUIAN Robert, Film-maker - HOSSEIN Robert, Film Director - HUE Robert, MP - JAOUI Agnès, Actress, Film-maker - JEAN Olivia, Trade Union representative - KHALFA Pierre, Trade Union representative - KHAN Axel, Director of the French Institute for Molecular Genetics - KLAPISCH Cédric, Film-maker - KRIVINE Alain, Euro-MP - KURYS Diane, Film-maker - LACOSTE Yves, Geographer - LANG Jack, MP - LANGLOIS Bernard, Writer - LANZMANN Claude, Writer - LASSALE Jacques, Film Director - LAZDUNSKI, Director of the French Institute of Molecular Pharmacology - LE DOUARIN Nicole, Professor at the Collège de France - LE PERON Serge, Film-maker - LEBRET Daniel, Trade Union representative - LECLERC du SABLON Luc, Film-maker - LECONTE Patrice, Film-maker - LOIZILLON Christophe, Film-maker - LORIDAN-IVENS Marceline, Film-maker - MARCHAND Jean-Pierre, Film-maker - MARCHELLO NIZIA Christiane, University Professor - MARIS Bernard, Writer - MERLET Agnès, Film-maker - MIQUEL Pierre, Historian - MITTERAND Danielle, Association Representative - MOREAU Jeanne, Actress - NAÏR Sami, Euro-MP, French MDC Citizens' Movement - NOIRET Philippe, Actor - PEAN Pierre, Writer - PELT Jean-Marie, President of the European Institute of Ecology - PERRAULT Gilles, Writer - PETIT Jean-Claude, Composer - PHILIBERT Nicolas, Film-maker - PICCOLI Michel, Actor - POIRIER Manuel, Film-maker - RAMONET Ignacio, Writer - RAPPENEAU Jean-Paul, Film-maker - ROCCA Alain, Producer - ROCHANT Eric, Film-maker - ROCHEFORT Jean, Actor - ROGER Jean-Henri, Film-maker - ROHMER Eric, Film-maker - ROUDINESCO Elisabeth, Psychoanalyst - SAUTET Claude, Film-maker - SEILER Carine, Student Trade Union representative - SILVERA Charlotte, Film-maker - SURDUTS Maya, Association Representative - TARTAKOWSKY Pierre, Trade Union representative - TAVERNIER Bertrand, Film-maker - TERZIAN Alain, Producer - THORN Jean-Pierre, Film-maker - TOSCAN du PLANTIER Daniel, Producer - TRESGOT Annie, Film-maker - VACHERON Raymond, Trade Union representative - VAUTRIN Jean, Writer - VERNOUX Marion, Film-maker - VILLIERS Claire, Association Representative - VUAILLAT Monique, Trade Union representative - ZIEGLER Jean, University Professor and Writer ________________________________________________________________________________ no copyright 1999 rolux.org - no commercial use without permission. is a moderated mailing list for the advancement of minor criticism. more information: mail to: majordomo@rolux.org, subject line: , message body: info. further questions: mail to: rolux-owner@rolux.org. archive: http://www.rolux.org