Chart of
International Activities
Civil
Societies Oppose the 5th WTO Ministerial
AFRICA
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Groups Organizing |
Events Planned |
Location |
Date of Event |
Est. # people |
Contact Information |
MAURITIUS
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Organizations
and people |
Day of
Protest Actions in Mauritius |
Mauritius |
September
10 |
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N.Bullard@focusweb.org |
ASIA
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Groups Organizing |
Event Planned |
Location |
Date of Event |
Est. # people |
Contact Information |
INDONESIA |
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Indonesia Committee Against WTO Cancun (ICAWC) |
National Meeting (a big national meeting to share information on WTO issues, formulate Position Paper and discuss strategy toward Cancun) |
Jakarta |
August 26-27 |
200 |
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ICAWC |
Rally to Ministry of Trade |
Jakarta |
August 28 |
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ICAWC |
Global Week of Action |
Jakarta |
September 8-14 |
1,000 |
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ICAWC |
Protest and Rally to Ministry of Trade and Parliament |
Jakarta |
September 8 |
100 |
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ICAWC |
People’s Stage (a one day activities of stage, consist of music, theater, speech, happening-art etc.) |
Jakarta |
September 9 |
1,000 |
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ICAWC |
Day of Action against TNC |
Jakarta |
September 10 |
500 |
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ICAWC |
Day of Action against US Imperialism |
Jakarta |
September 11 |
200 |
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ICAWC |
Day of Action against Privatization (Water) |
Jakarta |
September 12 |
200 |
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ICAWC |
Global March Against Globalization by Rallying around Jakarta |
Jakarta |
September 13 |
1,000 |
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ICAWC |
Day of Action against the destruction of environment (Mining) |
Jakarta |
September 14 |
200 |
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ICAWC |
Press Conference |
Jakarta |
August 28, September 9, September 13 |
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IGJ & ICAWC |
Talk-Show in the Radio |
Jakarta |
September 8 & 12 |
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JAPAN
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ATTAAC Japan |
Call for
Global Peace March (Participants
will be expected from all over the country.) |
Shiba Park, Tokyo |
Sept 13 |
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Tel:
03-3813-6492 Fax:
03-5684-5870 attac-jp@jca.apc.org www.angel.ne.jp/~globalmarch/
Yoko
Akimoto of ATTAC Japan
at NAG00562@nifty.ne.jp |
KOREA
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Korean
People's Action against FTA & WTO Korean
People's Solidarity (KoPA) (both
coalitions of various organizations and social movements) |
Press
Conference -
Announcement
of the beginning of week of actions -
Announcement
of the Korean delegation to Cancun |
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September 1 |
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"Joint
headquarters for the anti-WTO Struggles": Sohi
Jeon, sminchoi@hotmail.com / kopa@jinbo.net / +82-2-778-4007 (will be in
Cancun after 4th September) Mi-Kyung
Ryu, mathildaryu@hotmaill.com / kopa@jinbo.net / +82-2-778-4007 (will be in
Cancun after 7th September) Jeong-Pil
Byeon kilsp95@hotmail.com / +82-17-355-9964 (based
in Seoul in charge of international coordination) |
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Rally -
Small
rally to coincide with the press conference and beginning of week of actions |
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September 1 |
Few hundred expected to attend |
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Campaign
/week of action -
Rallies
and campaigns -
Peasant
rallies in major cities and towns |
Seoul |
September 1-6 (everyday) |
100-200 people everyday |
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National
mobilization -
National
mass rally as part of the international action against WTO |
Seoul and other major cities around Korea |
September 6 |
5,000 - 10,000 around the country |
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Education
and workshops for activists -
Education
and teach-ins by various organizations of KoPA, targeting students, unionist,
peasants etc |
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throughout August |
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Delegation
to Cancun -
200
people from 15 organizations to participate in the actions and forums in
Cancun Mexico. |
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200 |
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NEW ZEALAND
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ARENA and
Unite! Union |
Mini-conference
on alternatives to the WTO
"alt-WTO" |
Wellington |
September
5-6 |
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Robert Reid email: unite.union@clear.net.nz, +64 27 415 6069,
www.arena.org.nz |
ARENA and Unite! Union
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GATS and Education gathering
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Wellington
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September
13 |
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PHILIPPINES
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KMP |
Daily releases
of articles or press statements will start today to get the media attention
and projection of our position against the WTO. |
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August 20 |
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Stop the New Round Coalition! (SNR), Focus on
the Global South |
National call to stop the new WTO round:
simultaneous multi-sectoral mobilizations BIG MOBILIZATION !
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Manila, Cebu and, Davao. |
September 12 |
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www.focusweb.org |
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Philippine
militant and progressive mass organizations, under BAYAN (Bagong Alyansang Makabayan - New Patriotic Alliance) and the International League of Peoples' Struggle- Philippines Chapter |
All
Leaders' Meeting on the Issues Related to the WTO Cancun 5th Ministerial
Meeting. Sponsored by
BAYAN. Speakers came from IBON
Foundation, Inc. re "An overview of the Cancun Ministerial and critique
of the Philippine position"; Kilusang Magbubukidng Pilipinas (Peasant
Movement in the Philippines) re "What the Cancun Ministerial will mean
to the peasants and toiling masses".
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August 22 |
Forum was attended by 100 leaders and organizers. |
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A
Roundtable Discussion on the Philippine position on the WTO Ministerial
Meeting in Cancun. Sponsored by the Institute of Political Economy in
cooperation with the Congressional Committee on Globalization and Bayan
Muna. Speakers came from the
Philippine government's Departments of Trade and Industry and Agriculture, the Congressional Committee on
Globalization, the private sector's National Economic Protectionism
Association, the Institute of Political Economy and Bayan and Anak Pawis. |
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August 25 |
Forum was
attended by 60 leaders, organizers and NGO representatives. |
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Forum on
WTO and the Cancun Ministerial Meeting. Sponsored
by the International League of Peoples' Struggle-Workers'
Commission, ANIB (alliance of progressive professionals and anti-imperialist workers), Kilusang
Mayo Uno (May First Movement - the national center of progressive workers),
Courage(organization of progressive government employees), and the All UP
Workers' Union. The workers' calls: Land, Food, Jobs, Not imperialist
plunder! Defend the national patrimony! Get out of WTO! and Junk WTO! |
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August 26 |
Forum was
attended by 100 worker-leaders and organizers. |
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Public
Forum on the WTO, by the indigenous peoples under the Cordillera Peoples'
Alliance |
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September 10 |
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The Peasant Movement of the Philippines or Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), National Federation of Fisherfolk Organizations or (Pamalakaya), National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW), National Federation of Peasant Women (Amihan), Anakpawis (Toiling Masses), Kilusang Mayo Uno and the COURAGE. |
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September 3 |
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Press conference: Formal Announcement of
the “People’s Campout” related activities. Media
practitioners are invited. The KMP position paper on the WTO in Cancun will
be distributed. |
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September 4 |
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Protest- Rally in front of the US Embassy
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September 7 |
100 |
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Send off protest activity for the
Government of the Philippines’ Delegates to the Cancun |
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September 8 |
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Mobilization at the US-Embassy with the People’s Campout Against WTO. However, during a simultaneous protests/activities nationwide on September 10, we expect more than twenty thousand participants. |
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September 10 |
3,000 |
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AnakPawis(
or, Toiling masses; a party-list), KMP(peasant
movement in the Philippines), Pamalakaya(Fishers of the Philippines), Kadamay(organization of
urban poor people),
Amihan(organization of rural women), National Federation of sugar workers, and Courage (organization
of progressive
government employees). |
This will consist of an address by the Vice-President of the Philippines, by a VCD presentation on the People's Resistance Against the WTO and Imperialist Globalization, by Professor Jose Ma. Sison, general consultant of the International League of Peoples' Struggle; cultural presentations; input by a worker leader on "The liberalization of Trade and Investment and the General Agreement of Trade in Services; input by a party list representative on "Critique on the Govt's position in the WTO Ministerial Meeting and the Bayan Muna Legislative Action Against WTO; workshops on "The Effects and Incoming Disaster Under WTO" by affected sectors of peasants, workers, fishers, women and children, government employees; cultural night and film showing; conference declaration, unity statement and call to action. This will be capped by a mobilization of an estimated number of 5,000 in front of the US Embassy in Metro Manila. |
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Sept 9 & 10 |
5,000 |
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Cordillera
Peoples' Alliance. |
Protest
action by the indigenous people and other sectors |
Baguio City, Northern Luzon |
September 10 |
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Stop the New Round Coalition! (SNR), Focus on the Global South |
National call to stop the new WTO round:
simultaneous multi-sectoral mobilizations BIG MOBILIZATION !
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Manila, Cebu and, Davao. |
September 12 |
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www.focusweb.org |
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RESIST
(Resistance and Solidarity Against Agrochemical TNCs). |
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Manila |
September 13 |
500 college students |
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Sponsored by BAYAN and the International League of Peoples' Struggle-Philippines (ILPS) |
Multi-sectoral
rally against imperialist globalization
in front of the US embassy.
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September 13 |
10,000 |
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AUSTRALIA
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Groups Organizing |
Events Planned
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Location |
Date of Event |
Est. # people |
Contact Information |
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AFTINET, Peace and Justice Coalition, The Greens, Oxfam Community Aid Abroad, Global Justice Sydney |
Public meeting making links between WTO trade issues and peace |
Sydney |
September 13 |
250 |
Louise Southalan lsouthalan@piac.asn.au 61 2 9299 7833 |
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AidWATCH, Global Justice Sydney, ATTAC |
Teach in:‘The ABC of WTO’. Speakers on WTO history, processes, agriculture, medicines, GATS, new issues |
Sydney |
September 9 |
60 |
Tim O’Connor aid@aidwatch.org.au |
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Labor Council of NSW, various unions |
A series of workplace events raising awareness about WTO issues |
NSW |
September 8-12 |
500 |
Alison Peters apeters@labor.org.au |
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Global Justice Sydney |
Festive march and rally raising awareness about the WTO and the situation of developing countries |
Sydney |
September 13 |
200 |
Sean Healy |
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Friends of the Earth Melbourne |
Fiesta/street party to protest against the practices and rules of the WTO |
Melbourne |
September 12 |
300 |
Karrina
Nolan karrinanolan@yahoo.com |
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AidWATCH, AFTINET |
Book launch of ‘Behind the Scenes at the WTO: the Real World of International Trade Negotiations’, by Fatoumata Jawara and Aileen Kwa, |
Sydney |
September 6 |
150 |
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EUROPE
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Events Planned |
Location |
Date of Event |
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Contact Information |
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AUSTRIA
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ATTAC |
Soccer game
on an uneven ground to symbolize injustice
of circumstances of different players |
Vienna |
September 5 |
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wien@attac-austria.org |
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Austrian
STOPP GATS campaign |
public
buildings (e.g. university, hospitals etc.) in
front of the Austrian Parliament |
Vienna |
September 9 |
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infos@stoppgats.at |
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ATTAC group
in Graz |
Public
Anti-WTO event during the International feminist ATTAC conference |
Graz |
September
11 |
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graz@attac-austria.org |
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ATTAC group
in Braunau |
Street
theatre and party |
Braunau |
September
13 |
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braunau@attac-austria.org |
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ATTAC group
in Linz |
Event
together with the University of Arts |
Linz |
September
6-11 |
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ooe@attac-austria.org |
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Center for
Encounter and active Non-Violence |
Manifestation
and "Cancun-Happening" (with info-stalls, actions and others)
"Against military and trade wars" ("Gegen militärische
und Handelskriege"). |
Vienna |
Sept 13 |
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M. Reichl http://www.begegnungszentrum.at |
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BELGIUM
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Belgian Social Forum |
Meeting on
Cancun and water privatization with Riccardo Petrella
and Raoul Jennar |
Brussels |
September
3, 8 pm |
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E-mail: marc.maes@11.be Website: www.11.be Website on
EU-ACP trade negotiations: www.epawatch.net
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Media
action on the dumping of Cotton |
Brussels |
September
4, 10am |
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Briefing on
what is at stake in Cancun, debates with decision-makers |
Brussels |
September
4, all day |
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Departure
of the Belgian and European official delegation
from the airport: "good buy" actions |
Brussels |
September
7, 11am |
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WTO-free/Our
World Is Not For Sale- zone in front of the EU
buildings in Brussels (Place Schuman) |
Brussels |
September
9, noon |
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Demonstration
in Namur |
Brussels |
September
13 |
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De-briefing
on the Cancun outcome, strategy meeting |
Brussels |
September
24, all day |
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GERMANY
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Forum 3:
Information evening about the major
themes that will
be dealt with at the WTO
Ministerial in Cancun |
Stuttgart |
September
10 |
50+ |
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Forum 3:
Two Years after the attack on the World Trade Center -
Thirty Years after the Coup in
Chile |
Stuttgart |
September
11 |
150 + |
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Forum
3: Attac Stuttgart - following the Ministerial |
Stuttgart |
September
12 |
50+ |
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Global
Action day, whole day in the inner city, Evening
podium with Live-Tel Line to
Cancun |
Stuttgart |
September
13 |
200-300
people |
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Forum 3:
report, about Peoples Forum and WTO Conference,
from 4 of us who were in Cancun |
Stuttgart |
September
18 |
60-100 |
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Friends of
the Earth (FOE) Germany |
Action with
giant inflatable "monster-GMO-tomato" in front of Trade Ministry to
protest gainst US GMO trade war at the WTO. Attack Germany´s pro investment treaty stance. |
Berlin |
September 5 10 am |
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Daniel
Mittler +49 173 923
4747; daniel.mittler@bund.net; www.bund.net |
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FOE &
26 groups: trade unions,
churches and NGOs |
Fatally
Global? - A conference on the upcoming WTO Ministerial |
Berlin |
September
5-6 |
at least
500 |
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Local ATTAC FOE Germany |
Actions in
supermarkets on the WTO GMO case |
Berlin |
September
7-14 |
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Sören
Janssen +49 4231
957 595, soeren.janssen@bund.net; www.attac.de/gentechnik |
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S2B |
Kick off of
the global week of action |
Bonn |
September 7 |
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March
against globalisation and militarisation (global protests
and major march also in Cancun) |
Bonn |
September
13 |
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HUNGRY
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"Lehet
Mas a Vilag!" (Another
world is Possible!) + network |
Public
debate about the WTO |
Budapest |
September 6 |
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Fidusz
(FIDRICH Robert) MTVSZ/FoE
Hungary fidusz@zpok.hu |
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Press
conference and petition handling |
Budapest |
September
12 |
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Leaflets
distribution |
Budapest |
September
12 |
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Global
Project film festival with debate on WTO following each films, then
alternative theatre program and
concerts |
Budapest |
September
13 |
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ATTAC
Hungary and some other groups |
Demonstration |
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September
13 |
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ITALY
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Tenth
edition of the march for justice Agliano-Quarrata “dedicated to the
rights of others” |
Tuscany |
September
13 |
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Alberto Zoratti Blog:
http://campagnawto.splinder.it/ |
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“Gatsopoli”
– a sort of living Monopoli where the essential services will be sold
to some businessmen in order to inform about the risks of Gats negotiations. |
Bologna |
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Info-points
with panels describing the WTO in central streets as well as marches |
Sicily,
Palermo and Cantania |
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Teatri
OFFesi |
Street-theater
actions all day long around the city, dealing with WTO and globalization |
Pescara |
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MSF |
Activities
to explain the problems with TRIPs and health care |
Rome |
September 7 |
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In the
central square there will be an info-point on the WTO |
Lecco |
September 7 |
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-'forum of
social movements' in The title of the event is "Stop the WTO - the
Europe We Want", - large
national demonstration on September 6th, see
also |
Riva del Garda
(Italy) |
September
4-6 |
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http://www.stopwtoriva2003.org olivier@corporateeurope.org |
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THE NETHERLANDS
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A SEED
Europe, XminY, and more groups |
Business
celebration @ the Ministers of
Economic affairs and Agriculture. Message: “Thanks for making the rich
richer” and referring to a selling off: “ Everything has to
go”, “ More for Less” |
Den Haag |
September 9 |
250 |
Flip +31-20-6682236(wk) +31-6-17836486(cell) |
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Month of
preparations a ‘Lab’ will be open as info station/ working
station for WTO actions |
Amsterdam Jodenbreestraat
24 |
Entire
Month 12:00- 17:00 |
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Presentation/
Discussion concerning WTO &
Agriculture |
August 14 |
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Presentation/
Discussion concerning WTO &
Investment |
August 21 |
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Presentation/
Discussion concerning WTO &
‘free trade’ |
August 28 |
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Presentation/
Discussion concerning WTO &
Dutch Delegation |
September 4 |
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NORWAY
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Natur og
Ungdom (FOE Youth Norway |
Outside the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we will protest against the way the WTO
Agreement on Ag promotes industrialized and export oriented agriculture
instead of small-scale, locally based food production. There will be a small
‘funeral’ for small-scale, eco-safe agriculture. |
Oslo |
September 9 |
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Irene
Kristensen 47-90-50-33-86 |
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NGO
coalition for environment and Development
with 50 member organizations, the two Norwegian farmers' organizations, and
ATTAC |
Demonstration
in front of the Parliament |
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September
10 |
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Website: www.11.be Website on
EU-ACP trade negotiations: www.epawatch.net |
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SPAIN
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Campaign
"Prou OMC" of several NGO's: Attac Madrid, Casapueblos, Amigos de
la Tierra [Friends of the earth Spain], Ecologistas en Acción,
Caritas, several labour unions |
Press
conference |
Barcelona |
September 9 |
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Website http://www.pangea.org/prou_omc E-mail: marc.maes@11.be Website: www.11.be Website on
EU-ACP trade negotiations: www.epawatch.net
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Demonstration
with bicycles |
September
13 |
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SWITZERLAND
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attac
Switzerland |
Speaker's
Tour on Cancun issues |
Several cities |
September
1-6 |
1000 |
info@forumsociallemanique.ch |
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attac Berne |
Symbolic
Public Water selling |
Berne |
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bern@attac.org |
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Anti-WTO-Coordination
Berne |
Demonstration
and concert against WTO |
Berne |
September
11 |
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anti-wto@reitschule.ch |
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Anti-WTO-Coordination
Berne, Direkte Solidarität mit Chiapas |
Symbolic
occupation of Swiss Trade State Secretariat |
Berne |
September 1 |
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Berne
Declaration |
Presentation
of an anti-WTO Comic |
Zurich |
September
17 |
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trade@evb.ch |
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The Forum
Social Lemanique |
Picnic near
the WTO building, a human chain from the WTO across town to a Popular
Assembly Against the WTO at the Jardin Anglais. |
Geneva |
September 6 |
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The World
Council of Churches, Lutheran
World Federation, World
Alliance of Reformed Churches and
Conference of European Churches |
Seminar on
the 5th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade
Organisation (WTO) in Cancun, Mexico: Why Should
Christians and Churches be Concerned? |
Geneva |
September10 |
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Rogate
Mshana (0) 22 791 6031 Athena
Peralta (0) 22 791 6336 |
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NORTH AMERICA
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Groups Organizing |
Events Planned
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Location |
Date of Event |
Est. # people |
Contact Information |
MEXICO
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Chiapas,
UNORCA, Student groups, Espacio Mexicano, PRD-istas, Carlo Giuliani Caravan,
and farmers from Atenco |
1,000 plus
caravan to Cancun then in
Cancun continue with creative action |
Mexico City – Pueblo – Villahermosa- Cancun |
September
6-8 September
10- 11 Marches |
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CIEPAC
Ciepac@laneta.apc.org |
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Vía
Campesina/ UNORCA |
International
Peasant Forum: Food Sovereignty and Free Trade |
Cancun |
September
8-9 |
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Mexico:
UNORCA Forocampesino@laneta.apc.org www.unorca.org.mx
International: HREF= |
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International Peasant March "For Peasant
Rights and Food Sovereignty" |
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International
March and Global Day of Action Against the WTO |
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U.S.A
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SWOP
Annual Chili Harvest Fiesta, Southwestern Organizing Project |
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Say
No to WTO: Teach In and Creative Action, United for Justice with Peace |
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Rochester
Social Forum, Rochester Labor Religion Coalition, Metro Justice, FNB,
Rochester IMC |
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Money
Guns and Aids: No WTO Public Forum, Rally and March, Thomas Merton Center |
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SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA
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Events Planned
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Contact Information |
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