| SOURCES / PHOTO CREDITS:
Articles written about the Cooperative of Women Artisans of Villa 31
Sonia Santoro, "Tejidos y Tramas" (Knits and Weaves), Página
12/Las 12, 8, December 5, 2003. Photos by Pablo Piovano.
http://www.pagina12web.com.ar/suplementos/las12/vernota.php?id_nota=895&sec=13&fecha=2003-12-05
Daniela Fajardo, "Made in La Villa", Paratí, 68, August
29, 2003. Photos by Agencia Eikon.
Mariana Canavese and Ximena Sinay, "Hecho en la Villa" (Made
in La Villa), Revista TXT, 2003, p. 60-64. Photos by Martín Felipe.
ARGENTINA:
http://argentina.indymedia.org/ (en español)
A dynamic source of independent news in Argentina.
http://www.autonomista.org (en español)
Grassroots group co-ordinated by Graciela Monteagudo, who tours the world
with her multimedia presentations about Argentina's social movements.
http://www.zmag.org/argentina_watch.cfm
A huge collection of articles about new social movements in Argentina.
http://www.zmag.org/Spanish/index.htm
(en español)
http://www.lavaca.org/tapa.shtml
(en español)
Spanish language site published by some of Argentina's best independent
journalists. A great source of information on the occupied factories movements,
as well as piquetero groups and other social movements in Argentina.
http://www.workerswithoutbosses.net/
A support site for the Brukman factory workers with a good history section
and downloadable films. It is also a project to support Brukman and Zanon
by sourcing and sending machine parts that they need for production.
http://obrerosdezanon.org/ (en español)
Spanish language site of the workers of Argentina's largest occupied factory:
the Zanon ceramic tile factory in Patagonia.
http://www1.lanic.utexas.edu/la/argentina/
(en español)
A comprehensive list of various internet resources available on Latin
America, sponsored by the Latin American Network Information Center, University
of Texas at Austin. Primary resources are in local languages.
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM / FORUM SOCIAL MUNDIAL:
http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/home.asp
(en español)
The official World Social Forum site with links to pages in English, Spanish
and Portuguese.
http://www.wsfindia.org/
Includes Summary of Events held at the WSF in Mumbai, January, 2004.
FAIR TRADE / COMERCIO JUSTO:
http://www.fairtradefederation.com/
The Fair Trade Federation is an association of Fair Trade wholesalers,
retailers, and producers. FTF links low-income producers with consumer
markets and educates consumers about the importance of purchasing fairly
traded products. FTF also supports the Fair Trade Resource Network for
student activists promoting Fair Trade.
http://www.fairtraderesource.org/
The Fair Trade Resource Network's goal is to raise consumer awareness
about improving people's lives through Fair Trade alternatives by:
1. Gathering and compiling research and data about Fair Trade
2. Providing information about Fair Trade to the public, the media and
Fair Trade advocates
3. Galvanizing Fair Trade organizations and individuals seeking to get
involved
FTRN's website has an extensive list of Fair Trade materials.
http://www.eftafairtrade.org/efta.asp
EFTA is a network of 11 Fair Trade organizations in nine European countries
which import Fair Trade products from some 400 economically disadvantaged
producer groups in Africa, Asia and Latin America. EFTA's members are
based in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain,
Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
http://www.ifat.org/
The International Federation for Alternative Trade (IFAT) is a federation
of producers and alternative trading organizations (ATOs) seeking to improve
the living conditions of the poor and oppressed in developing countries;
and to change unfair structures of international trade.
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