Global Week of Action for Trade Justice underway
The Global Week of Action for Trade Justice has started. Ten million people will be taking action, thousands of events are planned and hundreds of organisations are involved in 80 different countries across the world. Find out more by clicking on the link below to read an information sheet from the organisers.
The Global Week of Action for Trade Justice is under way.
Around the world, millions of people are uniting in action.
Please find below information about this vital week which is part of the work of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty.
We encourage you to take a look at the website - www.april2005.org and get involved in the events planned near you.
GLOBAL WEEK OF ACTION ON TRADE (10-16 April)
It’s started!
- Ten million people will be taking action
- Thousands of events are planned
- Hundreds of organisations are involved
- In 80 different countries across the world
We are all calling for Trade Justice not Free Trade.
For more information on specific events and ways your organisation can get involved, go to the Global Week of Action Website: www.april2005.org
On the site you can:
- read reports of events as they happen
- view video clips from around the world
- find out about the events happening near you
- find out what is happening today across the world
A TASTE OF SOME EVENTS
In Ghana
Sending Chickens to Parliament in Accra - 12 April
In Kenya
Public processions and Trade Courts - 16 April
In Senegal
Week of events including parliamentary meetings and trade justice caravan and concert
In Bangladesh
Mass Rally at National Shahid Minar, Dhaka - 10 April
In Lebanon
Middle Eastern Media Diversity Week - 11-16 April
In Colombia
Peace Vigil
Activists will hold a nine day peace vigil, including demonstrations outside the Colombian headquarters of numerous transnational corporations.
WHAT IS THE GLOBAL WEEK OF ACTION ON TRADE?
Our message is:
NO to the rich and powerful imposing unjust trade agreements, indiscriminate liberalisation and privatisation on the poor.
YES to everyone's right to food, a livelihood, water, health and education.
Who are we targeting?
Governments of the North and South and their role in pushing free trade and privatisation on the poor.
For more on all this, visit the website: www.april2005.org