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Informative Links
The most recent
text of the MAI as of April 23, 1998 (http://www.oecd.org/daf/cmis/mai/negtext.htm)
Recent
informative Washington Post article from April 28, 1998 (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1998-04/29/0671-042998-idx.html)
Good source
of relatively unbiased background information on MAI, directed towards
Canada though (http://www.islandnet.com/~ncfs/maisite/overview.htm)
Fantastic site from
International Law Firm Appleton and Associates (http://www.appletonlaw.com/MAI/home.html)
Very complete
report from the Western Governor's Association is long and boring, but
it is the best source of how the United States will be affected by MAI
(http://www.westgov.org/wga/publicat/maiweb.htm)
Links to Sites in Favor of MAI
OECD's MAI site
lots of great articles and information (http://www.oecd.org/daf/cmis/mai/maindex.htm)
The United States Council
for International Business is a major U.S. group promoting MAI (http://www.uscib.org/index.html)
Links to Sites Opposing MAI
The Sierra Club has
a bunch of articles opposing MAI (http://www.sierraclub.ca/national/mai)
Friends of the Earth hav an
extensive collection of articles and some letters too (http://www.foe.org/ga/mai.html)
MAI? No Thanks...!
Is a really big Canadian Anti-MAI site (http://www.flora.org/mai-not/library)
Boston Area MAI Action Groups
is a smaller site but more oriented towards community action here in the
United States (http://world.std.com/~dadams/MAI/)
New York
Solidarity has a great site that is really informative and union oriented
(http://www.crisny.org/not-for-profit/unions/mai.htm)
Sample Letters
This is a very good letter
from Friends of the Earth (http://www.foe.org.ga/barlet.html)
A follow up letter makes
and interesting read, but I don't reccomend that you send this one! (http://www.foe.org/ga/let210.html)
If you are in favor
of MAI this letter is for you (http://www.uscib.org/policy/mailtr.htm)
There are other letters on various Canadian and Austrailian sites is
you are interested, but these are the best and most relevant. Just
a reminder ; ) don't copy these letters directly, they will be more persuasive
if you personalize them. Also these letters are not exactly form
letters either. There are form letters out there, but they are not
as effective, write from your heart!
If these just are not enough links for you there are hundreds more
at http://www.islandnet.com/~ncfs/maisite/webinfo.htm
and
http://www.corpwatch.org/trac/globalization/treaties/mailinks.html
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