Renowned Activists to Speak on War and Resources at Global Symposium

(Worcester, MA – April 17, 2007) Brian Tokar, leading US activist and scholar on biotechnology and Ruth Caplan, activist and organizer on water rights, will be keynote speakers at the second annual symposium on “Emerging Perspectives on Globalization: War and Resources” from
10:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24 in the Student Center Blue Lounge.

Brian Tokar has been an activist, author and a leading critical voice for ecological activism since the 1970s, and is a faculty member and Biotechnology Project Director at the Institute for Social Ecology in Vermont. He will provide a global perspective on the relationship between war and the biotech industry.

Ruth Caplan was the founding co-chair of the Alliance for Democracy (AfD) and is currently national coordinator of AfD’s Defending Water for Life campaign that is challenging corporate rights and promoting community rights to water. She will address the international movement for water rights and the links between war and water privatization.

A round-table discussion with the speakers will take place from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. in the Wasylean Hall Seven Hills Lounge.

This event, sponsored by the Worcester State College Center for Global Studies, is free and open to the public. Co-sponsors of this event include the Center for the Study of Human Rights, Office of Student Affairs, Department of Sociology and the Center for Service Learning and Civic Engagement.

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