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Newsletter Issue 2 March - April 2001 |
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Diary March Fri 30th - Lifecycles - putting the 'pain' back into campaigning The pedal powered Genetix road show is the answer to your craving for glamour, adventure and drizzle. It will be touring the South West with videos, info, discussions and sequins for three weeks, with the second half devoted to wider issues including globalisation, climate change and really silly costumes. Contact: Totnes Genetics Group lifecycles@uk.cf 07050 618445 April Sun 1st ( April Fools Day ) till May 1st ( Mayday ) International Month of Pie-rect action against Capital and State - Dessert the State in the Lead up to Mayday www.dessertstorm.org Weds 4th Day of action against Sodexho (who administer the voucher system for asylum seekers and are involved in building private prisons) Contact National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (NCADC) 110 Hampstead Road, Birmingham B20 2QS, 0121 554 6947, e-mail ncadc@ncadc.demon.co.uk,www.ncadc.demon.co.uk Tues 17th International Day of Farmer's Struggle against GMOs and patents. Organised by Via Campesina, the global organisation of small farmers and peasants. www.viacam.org Tues 17th - Sat 21st People's Summit against Free Trade Area of the Americas (see below) www.wtoaction.org.ftaa.phtml Wed 18th - Fri 20th 'Global Agriculture 2020: Which Way Forward?' agribusiness conference at the John Innes Centre, Norwich www.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk/welcome Counter-conference planned - contact Corporate Watch for details Sat 21st CIA (Cambridge in April) Action Day against all forms of abuse in Cambridgeshire. Environmental, human rights, social justice campaigners, call 0121 632 6460 Fri 20th - Sun 22nd Summit of the Americas, Quebec, 34 heads of state from North, South and Central America and the Caribbean meet to discuss regional issues and the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (effectively an extension of NAFTA). Mass demonstrations are promised culminating in a mass day of action on April 20th. e-mail: clac@tao.ca www.quebec2001.net, 2035, St-Laurent Boulevard, 2nd floor Montreal, Quebec H2X 2T3 CANADA www.tradewatch.org/FTAA/ftaahome Fri 27th - Tues May 1st Peoples' Global Action international meeting in Cochabamba, Bolivia www.agp.org Mon 30th - Tues 1st May Spring Meeting IMF/World Bank, Washington DC www.foei.org/ifi May Mon 2nd Balfour Beatty AGM - Tube privatisation, Ilisu dam contractors, roadbuilders…too late to buy shares now, but if you've got them already you probably know what to do…Or contact ilisu@gn.apc.org Tues 15th The Big May Hot Squat are planning to squat a big site with loads of disused buildings and open land for farming. MaySquat, c/o 2 St. Pauls Rd, London N1 2QN BigMayHotSquat@excite.com June Sat 9th Speaker training in Oxford for those wanting to spread the word about climate change. See 'Rising Tide' in Campaigns section. Contact Jo 01865 241 097 |
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