Here's the archive of CALA's programs for Fall 2006:
10th Annual Fair Trade Holiday Festival
The 10th festival was held Saturday, December 2, 9am to 4pm, MATC Downtown Education Center, 211 N Carroll Street, Madison. There were over 30 vendors, our excellent bake sale, and lots of happy shoppers. Mark your calendars now: it's always the first Saturday in December. In 2007 that will be December 1st!
At the Festival shoppers found Tibetan rugs, Nepali jewelry, Mexican ironwork and copper, Nicaraguan Pottery, Guatemalan textiles, Tanzanian note cards, Palestinian jewelry, Hmong textiles, fair trade coffee from around the world, fair trade chocolate, and many other wonderful gifts. All of the vendors at the Festival agree to the Fair Trade Federation guidelines, so you know that every purchase paid a living wage to the producer through a long-term sustainable relationship. No sweatshops!
The Fair Trade Holiday Festival is an educational event, in partnership with MATC's Global Horizons program. There were 3 workshops on Fair Trade:
11am: Renee Gasch from A Greater Gift/Serrv International on how international artisans benefit from the fair trade releationship vs regular commercial trade.
12noon: Students from the Madison Fair Trade Action Alliance on the negative effects of Free trade and how Fair trade presents a positive alternative.
1pm: Mike Moon from Just Coffee on how the Fair Trade Coffee movement empowers coffee growers worldwide.
View photos from our 2005 Festival here.
View photos from our 2004 Festival here.
Fall 2006 Programming Archive:
Sunday, September 10: Listen to CALA's Marc Becker, Carlos Arenas, and Carol Bracewell discuss elections in Latin America for WORT radio's Third World View program (MP3 Real Audio file, 6.6Mb, streaming)
Tuesday, September 12: "Our Brand is Crisis" film on how James Carville's political consulting firm got the wrong man elected in Bolivia in 2003. 7pm
Sunday, September 24: Listen to Norm Stockwell interview Chibu Lagman about Mexico's elections for WORT radio's Third World View program (MP3 Real Audio file, 7.4Mb, streaming)
Tuesday, September 26: Mexico's recent election process and results. WORT's Norm Stockwell covered the election from Mexico City and will share his experience along with other guests. 7pm at Rainbow Bookstore, 426 West Gilman, just off State.
Sunday, September 24: Listen to Norm Stockwell interview Marcelo Fraga and Roger Burbach about Brazil's elections for WORT radio's Third World View program (MP3 Real Audio file, 7.3Mb, streaming)
Tuesday, October 10: Brazil elections results. President "Lula" is expected to be re-elected, but what will the second term look like? 7pm at Rainbow Bookstore, 426 West Gilman, just off State.
Sunday, October 22: Listen to Marc Becker interview Carlos de la Torre about Ecuador's elections for WORT radio's Third World View program (MP3 Real Audio file, 5Mb, streaming)
Tuesday, October 24: Ecuador election results. Marc Becker, Latin American Historian from Truman State University will analyze the recent elections in this country fond of tossing out sitting presidents. 7pm at Rainbow Bookstore, 426 West Gilman, just off State.
Sunday, November 12: Listen to CALA's Marc Becker hosting a program on Nicaragua for WORT radio's Third World View program (MP3 Real Audio file, 6.7Mb, streaming)
Tuesday, November 14: Nicaraguan election results. Carlos Arenas, from the Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua, and Donna Vukelich, who lived many years in Nicaragua, will talk about recent elections and US involvement both past and present. 7pm at Rainbow Bookstore, 426 West Gilman, just off State.
Sunday, November 26: Listen to conversation with Patrick Barrett, Norm Stockwell, and Marc Becker about the promises and challenges facing the left in Latin America for WORT radio's Third World View program (MP3 Real Audio file, 7Mb, streaming)
Tuesday, November 28: Screening of a film "Turmoil" on Venezuela. 7pm at Rainbow Bookstore, 426 West Gilman, just off State.
Saturday, December 2: Fair Trade Holiday Fair. Our tenth annual fair will be held from 9am to 4pm at Madison Area Technical College Downtown Education Center, 1 block north of State Street at Carroll and Dayton streets, Madison, Wisconsin.
Sunday, December 10: Listen to CALA's Marc Becker and Christian Hainds from Hands off Venezuela hosting a program on Venezuela for WORT radio's Third World View program (MP3 Real Audio file, 6.3Mb, streaming)
Tuesday, December 12: Special guest Omar Sierra, Vice-Consul at the Venezuela Consulate in Chicago, will be in Madison to discuss the results of the 12/3 national election and the state of democracy in Venezuela. 7pm at Rainbow Bookstore, 426 West Gilman, just off State.
Sunday, December 24: Listen to an hour-long feature by Marc Becker on the recent Venezuelan elections for WORT radio's Third World View program (MP3 Real Audio file, 13Mb, streaming)
Check out our 2005-2006 archive here
2006 Radical Film Series on the UW campus
CALA was happy to co-sponsor several films in the Radical Film Series on the UW campus. Here is the complete schedule:
9/11: Special September 11 night at the Escape Java Joint, Williamson Street
9/18: "The War at Home" about the war that soldiers bring home with them
9/25: "Romper el Cerco", a brand new documentary on the police violence in Atenco, Mexico
10/2: "Jane" a film about underground abortions in Chicago before the Roe v. Wade legalization
10/7 (Special Saturday screening) "i", the Madison premiere with the filmmakers
10/9: "Our Brand is Crisis" second screening of this powerful documentary on a US campaign consultant's effect on the 2002 Bolivian presidential elections
10/16: "Sir No Sir" must-see film about the anti-Vietnam War actions by enlisted soldiers.. truly and untold story
10/23: "Still We Ride" celebration of Critical Mass bike activism
10/30: "Land and Freedom" on the Spanish Civil War
11/6: "The Take" about how factory workers have taken over closed factories in Argentina and re-opened them under worker control
11/13: Global water politics. Screening of "Fuera!" about how Bolivians are throwing out a transnational water company. Guest Travis Driessen will talk about his work in Cochabamba. Plus a short from South Africa.
11/20: A night of Madison Shorts
11/27: "The Power of Community" about how Cuba survived the cutoff of Soviet oil and what we can learn about the looming Peak Oil crisis
12/4: "Crowd Bites Wolf" on the World Bank protests in Prague, met by 20,000 protesters
12/11: "Genoa Libera" Shocking footage of the G8 summit protests in Italy where police murdered a protester.
CALA was active at the Midwest Social Forum in July 2006.
CALA hosted a panel on Venezuela on Saturday: Venezuela: Throwing Off the Post-Colonial Chains
There were several other Latin America themed sessions, including La Otra Campagna in Mexico, the Atenco uprising/attacks in Mexico, the Barrio Adentro program in Venezuela, empowering women in Nicaragua, microfinance in Nicaragua, and others.
Report Back from Venezuela:
Folks who participated in a CALA and Witness for Peace 2006 delegation to Venezuela for spring break reported back in March on a week's worth of activities, including meetings with opposition parties, opposition unions, government projects, missions, NGOs, neighborhood orgs, etc, etc,. Slides and presentation by delegates. Read more about the delegation here.