Trade Justice March
Matt S | 04.11.2001 14:46
Up to 5,000 people, most of them aligned with one of many charitable NGOs, marched in London yesterday for Trade Justice, ahead of the upcoming WTO talks in Dohar.
Since I can't find anything about this _anywhere_ on the Web, I thought I would write a very quick synopsis.
This was one of the fluffiest demonstrations I can remember attending in a long time...almost all of the thousands strong crowd belonged to one or more of the numerous NGOs which are part of the Trade Justice Movement, and as a result there was very little confrontation, just a party atmosphere, complete with samba band and a few sound systems. The crowd marched from the Imperial War Museum to Trafalgar Square, via Westminster Bridge, with each NGO having its own part of the march with a different theme. Oxfam, for example, concentrated on the non-availability of vital medicines in the Third World due to high pricing by corporations, while Friends of the Earth created an excellent looking bloc of hundreds of people all carrying flowing green flags.
At the rally itself, the march was addressed by Naomi Klein, author of 'No Logo', a TUC representative, and a charity worker from Mexico who spoke on the importance of international solidarity against corporate globalisation.
Matt S
This was one of the fluffiest demonstrations I can remember attending in a long time...almost all of the thousands strong crowd belonged to one or more of the numerous NGOs which are part of the Trade Justice Movement, and as a result there was very little confrontation, just a party atmosphere, complete with samba band and a few sound systems. The crowd marched from the Imperial War Museum to Trafalgar Square, via Westminster Bridge, with each NGO having its own part of the march with a different theme. Oxfam, for example, concentrated on the non-availability of vital medicines in the Third World due to high pricing by corporations, while Friends of the Earth created an excellent looking bloc of hundreds of people all carrying flowing green flags.
At the rally itself, the march was addressed by Naomi Klein, author of 'No Logo', a TUC representative, and a charity worker from Mexico who spoke on the importance of international solidarity against corporate globalisation.
Matt S
Matt S