Art of Democracy: Oak Park, IL

In 2005, the Presidents of Mexico, the U.S., and the Prime Minister of Canada, at the behest of 30 corporations, 10 from each country, formed the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP). They labeled themselves “NAFTA-Plus”.

The SPP operates in total secrecy, much like how Dick Cheney formed the U.S. energy policy. Corporate powers set the agenda, free of input by any other parties, including the public. They’re taking actions right now that directly and adversely affect the human rights, public health, environment, (including global climate change), labor relations and about any other dimension of the lives of everyone in North America. It’s essentially a hidden corporate take over and integration of the countries of North America.

“The purpose of government is to create the environment necessary for business to prosper….The North American Competitiveness Council (NACC = the 30 corporations mentioned above) will help in that endeavor and the governments look to the private sector to tell them what needs to be done.”
—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, speaking at launch of CEO based NACC in Washington DC, June 2006.

Democracy is at stake here! We hope our tri-national print portfolio can be a real grass roots effort to show solidarity and spread some awareness of this travesty. The theme is “Pipelines and Borderlines.” We are working to make three shows, one in each country, scheduled at the same time!

Oak Park Public Library Gallery 834 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL	Pipelines and Borderlines Print Portfolio October 2008	Organizers: Bev Keys and Janet Bloch "Pipelines Borderlines" Oak Park, IL, La Jornada Guerrero (Spanish language review)
Nicolas de Jesus	Nicolas de Jesus	Victor Juarez Vasquez
Baltazar Godoy	Jesus Orlando Martinez	Javier Lara Diaz
Gabriel Trinidad	Carol Friedel	Gabriel Trinidad
Eveline Kolijn	Janet Schill	John Weber
Rene Arceo	Marnie Blair	Heather Houston
	Michael McGovern
In 2005, the Presidents of Mexico, the U.S., and the Prime Minister of Canada, at the behest of 30 corporations, 10 from each country, formed the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP). They labeled themselves “NAFTA-Plus”. The SPP operates in total secrecy, much like how Dick Cheney formed the U.S. energy policy. Corporate powers set the agenda, free of input by any other parties, including the public. They’re taking actions right now that directly and adversely affect the human rights, public health, environment, (including global climate change), labor relations and about any other dimension of the lives of everyone in North America. It’s essentially a hidden corporate take over and integration of the countries of North America. “The purpose of government is to create the environment necessary for business to prosper….The North American Competitiveness Council (NACC = the 30 corporations mentioned above) will help in that endeavor and the governments look to the private sector to tell them what needs to be done.” —U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, speaking at launch of CEO based NACC in Washington DC, June 2006. Democracy is at stake here! We hope our tri-national print portfolio can be a real grass roots effort to show solidarity and spread some awareness of this travesty. The theme is “Pipelines and Borderlines.” We are working to make three shows, one in each country, scheduled at the same time!