5 March: International drug access day!

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5 March: International drug access day!

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Dear Forum subscribers,

Is there any support activities being organised by the Indian

AIDS NGOs and PWAs?- for the 5 March: international drug access

day! [Moderator]

[For those who haven't got the date yet: 5 March is

the day the court case between the drug industry and

the South African government starts in Pretoria. See

www.tac.org.za for more info. NN]

Dear International Supporters

Your response has been amazing. A jetsetter would be

spoilt for choice as to where to demonstrate on

Monday.

The latest list of events is at www.tac.org.za.

Remember to refresh frames. If you see " Last Updated

28 February " near the top of the page, then it's

refreshed. Additions include Philipines, UK and

Thailand.

Here are the events. Please send corrections and

additions asap.

Australia

17 Feb to 5 March: Gathering signatures for open

letter to Glaxo Kline.

Sydney: 3 March: Global Treatments Access Network

(Aust) group in the

Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade on night of 3 March.

-- Contact roblake@....

Brazil

Brazilian activists will use the international day of

action to launch a campaign to make Brazilians aware

of the PMA court case against the South African

government and the US complaint against Brazil at the

WTO. -- Contact Ezio Santos-Filho

etfilho@....

Canada

Toronto: 12:15, Protest outside US Consulate at the US

Consulate 360 University Avenue. (preceded by a press

conference at 11:15 AM at the Marriott Courtyard

Hotel, Yonge Street) --

Contact Canadian Treatment Advocates

Council (CTAC) at ctac@... or AIDS Action

Now!

Vancouver: 12:00, Protest outside the World Trade

Centre at Canada Place, right beside the Pan Pacific

Hotel, Waterfront SkyTrain. Protest against the USA

government using the WTO to protect pharmaceutical

company profits and the PMA lawsuit against South

Africa. -- Contact paulab@... or

phone 893-2239.

France

Paris: ACT-UP Paris is organising an action in the

financial district.

- -- Contact Khalil at gerrold@....

Germany

Activists will will send open letters to the

government asking for support for South Africa in the

court case. Activists will also ask German companies

involved to withdraw from the court case. Contact Ralf

Berger,

Afrika-Süd-Aktionsbündnis, Bonn

afrika-bonn@....

Italy

Rome: 1 March, 2001: Activists are organising a

postcard campaign against TRIPS. The postcards will be

delivered to the Italian Prime Minister. Contact Mauro

Guarinieri m.guarinieri@... or Italian

Community Advisory Board (i.cab@...) or phone

+39 051 26 16 76 or mobile +39 347 96

31 837.

Philipines

Manila: Gay and health activists will picket outside

the Department of Health in support of TAC and against

Drug Company profiteering. Please contact

Atadero at progay@.... (Secretary of the

Progressive Organization of Gays in the Philippines).

South Africa

Cape Town: 12:30, US Consulate (Monte Carlo Building,

Heerengracht Street) -- Contact TAC Cape Town office :

(021) 364 5489

Durban: 12:30, US Consulate -- Contact Durban TAC

office : (031) 304 3673

Pretoria: 10:00, Church Square, in front of High Court

where PMA vs Govt. hearing is taking place. There will

be activities until 14:00 including a march to the US

consulate. This is the main TAC event for 5 March. --

Contact TAC JHB (011) 403 7021.

Thailand

Bangkok: Gathering outside the SA embassy to express

solidarity with the South African government in the

court case. Contact MSF Thailand at

msfbthai@....

United Kingdom

Birmingham: 16:30, Town Centre, Boots the Chemists,

High Street Entrance.

Crawley: 8:00, Protest at GlaxoKline Plant, Manor

Royal, Crawley, contact 07818 027 408.

Kent: 7:30, Picket of GlaxoKline plant, Temple

Hill, Dartford. Details: 07951 737 003.

London: 8:00, Picket of GSK UK offices, Great West

Road, Brentford West London (nearest train station,

Syon Lane). Supported by: Pilger, Journalist;

Disabled Direct Action

Network; Tatchell, gay rights activist; Beth

Aze, National Union of Students LGB Officer;

Monbiot, Journalist and Globalise Resistance. For

details phone: 07956 681 328.

Manchester: 17:00, Protest in Town Centre Manchester,

Market Street, contact Dr Kay 0161 203 5064.

There are also protests in Norwich, Glasgow, Leeds and

Edinburgh. See www.resist.org.uk for more details.

United States

Berkeley, California : 12:00, Bayer plant front

gates, 7th and Streets, picket, rally and

voluntary non-violent civil disobedience under the

slogan " Stop Medical Aparthied " . Speakers include

Berkeley

Vice Mayor

Maudelle Shirek, Berkeley Councillor Kriss

Worthington, San Francisco Supervisor Matt ,

Bongane Nyatai from South Africa, California Nurses

Association, Father Bill O'Donnell, Rev. Mark ,

and Act

Up/East Bay. Info: (510)568-1680.

johnnyi@...

Boston: 2:00, State House. Rally calling on

Massachusetts state and federal representatives to

take a stand on the issue of affordable AIDS drugs

for Africa, on pharmaceutical companies to drop their

lawsuit against affordable medications in South

Africa; on the U.S. government to drop WTO complaint

against Brazil. Contact bgan-aids or

Amy Farber afarber@....

New York City : 12:00, 59th Street and 5th Avenue in

midtown Manhattan. Rally and march to GlaxoKline

and

Bristol Myers Squibb offices. Take the N/R to 60th

street ; or B/Q to 57th and 6th Ave. Contact Cindra

Feuer at cindraf66@... or Sharonann Lynch at

salynch@.... Also: 212-674-9598

or GTACny@....

Philadelphia : (Time unknown) Starts at Glaxo

Headquarters in Philadelphia and then moves by bus to

Washington to demonstrate outside White House and

PhRMA (DC targets are tentative). Contact

katie@....

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