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ATTAC* LONDON Invites You to an Open-to-All and Free Conference: STILL AT YOUR SERVICE? GATS, PUBLIC SERVICES AND PRIVATISATION IN THE UK Saturday, 16th November, 11am - 5pm LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS Clement House Aldwych LONDON WC2 (Tube: Holborn or Temple) 1. What are the realities and consequences of the privatisation of education,libraries,health care, transport, pensions and police functions in the UK? 2. What are the connections between privatisation, the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and public-private partnerships (PPPs) and the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)? 3. How are local, national and international policies turning public services into private ones? Is there really no alternative? Speakers and presenters from UNISON, Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), War on Want, Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), the Critical Academic Network, UK GATS Network and ATTAC London. For those interested in education, the Conference includes workshops on: The Business Takeover of Education (Glenn Rikowski, University College Northampton & ATTAC London) Marketisation of Higher Education (Les Levidow, Open University & Critical Academic Network) For a detailed programme go to http://www.attac.org.uk/ *ATTAC is the Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens Please circulate Best wishes Glenn Rikowski Glenn Rikowski is author of "The Battle in Seattle: Its significance for education" (Tufnell Press, 2001), see: http://www.tufnellpress.co.uk and an article on "The Great GATS Buyout" in the latest issue of 'Red Pepper'. Also see a more detailed version of this article, "Schools: The Great GATS Buy" at The Institute for Education Policy Studies web site: http://www.ieps.org.uk