EVENTS AGAINST THE WTO MINISTERIAL MEETING

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Worldwide Events Around the 4th WTO Ministerial in Qatar

Hundreds of events are planned in lots of cities around the world to

coincide with the 4th Ministerial of the World trade Organization (WTO).

We have counted actions in 36 countries and probably lots will be added.

This recopilation is possible Thanks to the work of lots of people,

specially around:

www.tradewatch.org

www.agp.org (see the list in

http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/qatar/ )

www.attac.org (see the list in

http://www.attac.org/nonewround/mob/index.html )

www.canadians.org

www.wtoaction.org

www.indymedia.org

www.protest.net

and much more.....

Choosing Doha, Qatar as the site for the Ministerial in part was designed

to avoid public participation and scrutiny. Civil society is severely

restricted in terms of access to the Ministerial. The anti-corporate

globalization movement that started in Seattle has only grown in depth,

diversity and size since then. This movement cannot be silenced. More and

more people around the world are living with the negative consequences of

a cynical globalization agenda: lack of adequate healthcare; no access to

schools; loss of livelihood and jobs; a deteriorating environment;

elimination of family farms and weakening of food security and safety. If

the proponents of the status-quo globalization model thought that

locating the WTO Ministerial in Qatar could silence civil society they

were wrong. Instead we have brought our voices and our WTO critique home

to communities all over the world.

Down, the attachment with the big list:

(if you don't can open the attachment could obtain the list in this link:

http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=85212 & group=webcast )

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