To mark the first day of the World Trade Organisation Ministerial meeting in
Seattle on Tuesday November 30, Globalisation Action Group in coalition with
other groups are organising a "Corporate Scumbags Tour" Action.
Casselden Place (DFAT Offices) cnr Lonsdale & Spring St
Tuesday Nov 30
5.30pm
marching to the Stock exchange cnr Collins & Queen by 7.30pm
The Seattle meeting is expected to announce a new comprehensive round of
trade negotiations including Intellectual Property, Trade in Services (eg
banking & education), Investment, Government Procurement and Competition
Policy.
These negotiations will ignore growing public anger at the secretive pursuit
of a corporate agenda by governments supposed to be representing us. Labour,
environmental and social justice activists and NGO's are calling for the WTO
to Stop (no new negotiations), Review (existing agreements) and Repair (the
damage that has been done)
GAG's N30 protest will be part of an international day of action.
Position Statement:
Globalisation Action Group support fair trade-locally and globally-that
enhances living standards, working conditions and environmental values.
The world trade system of cash values sacrifices workers and the environment
in favour of small gains for consumers-and large gains for the global elite.
The problems faced by communities all over the world far outweigh the profit
needs of a few multinational corporations.
Global regulation of trade must be based on defending the majority of the
world's population against the powerful few. It is clear that the World
Trade Organisation is incapable of providing this kind of regulation. It
must be replaced.
LL.VK
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