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We are associated with the Victoria EcoEcumenical Community House, a Christian-based community linking spirituality with justice, ecology and passionate activism.


FREE TRADE AREA OF THE AMERICAS


The Global Showdown Continues: Quebec City April 2001 by David Ball (Director, Center for Compassionate Social Change)
In April 2001, tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the Free Trade Area of the Americas, and proclaimed that another world is possible.

Free Trade Area of the Americas
What is the FTAA, anyway? What does it mean for the Global South? For Canada? For democracy? The Center for Compassionate Social Change prepared this page as a resource center linking together global campaigns.


Wedge to the Ledge Conservation Trek, by David Ball
In June 2000, to publicize the plight of Canada's ancient rainforests, I was part of a group that trekked 270 km, carrying with us evidence of the destruction.


Justice
A collectively-written poem from the Valuing the Culture of Peace conference in Victoria, August 2000.

Gandhi's Non-Violence, by David Ball (1999)
Can the power of ahimsa - non-violence - be harnessed in today's world? What did Gandhi achieve?

Why Protest?, by David Ball (1999)
Why should protest be everyone's duty?

Why I Opposed the World Trade Organization, by David Ball (2000)
The WTO will cement the powerlessness of governments in the face of massive global corporations. 51 of the world's largest 100 economies are not governments, but companies.

On the Ground at the Anti-WTO protests in Seattle, by David Ball (1999)
On November 30, 1999, after months of intense organizing, over 40,000 citizens demonstrated against the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle. What happened behind the scenes?

Eagle, by David Ball (1997)
Creative short fiction.




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