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Digital activism and the WTO
09/09/2003 Trade was once the domain of economists, lawyers, academics and policy people from NGOs and campaign groups. It was technical, obscure, even boring. But as a global issue, trade has now moved to centre stage. And it provides a filter into digital activism.
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From: Digital Opportunity Channel
Related: [Trade] [Internet] [Activism]
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09/09/2003 CorpWatch and friends have come up with a popular new tool to help expose and identify the top global corporate swindlers who are writing the rules to their benefit: it's called WTO LoterÌa, and it's based on the popular Mexican playing card game. Corpwatch needs your help to make this project work.
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From: CorpWatch
Related: [Mexico] [Corporations] [Trade]
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Stop EU dumping
09/05/2003 The European Union is ruining the lives of millions of poor farmers. you can do something about it today. E-mail Pascal Lamy, Trade Commissioner for the European Union, and ask him to put an end to dumping when trade ministers gather at the WTO Meeting in Cancun.
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From: Oxfam Great Britain
Related: [Europe] [Food] [Trade] [Activism]
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Katherine Hamnett in Mali cotton fields
09/04/2003 International fashion designer, Katherine Hamnett has just returned from Mali, West Africa, where she traveled with Oxfam to see for herself how poor cotton farmers are being made even poorer because of unfair trade rules. Now Oxfam is asking you to join Katherine to help in their campaign.
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From: Oxfam Great Britain
Related: [Mali] [West Africa] [Poverty] [Trade]
Image: Katherine Hamnett in Mali cotton fields © Oxfam Great Britain
Protest at the WTO
09/01/2003 A "watch list" drawn up by Mexican security forces of 80 anti-globalisation activists who are believed to be headed for Cancun for the WTO gathering has provoked an angry response - from those whose names are missing. Join in the worldwide day of action.
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From: Guardian Unlimited
Related: [Mexico] [Trade] [Activism]
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Using radio for change
09/01/2003 The rules governing world trade are currently biased in favour of the richest nations and companies. Poor countries, and the environment, are being harmed. It’s time to change the rules, so that trade can become part of the solution to poverty, not part of the problem. OneWorld Radio highlights some of the best audio available.
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From: OneWorld Radio
Related: [Poverty] [Trade] [Information & Media] [Communication] [Activism]
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09/01/2003 The Cancun meeting is the first time that environmental issues are directly on the agenda of a WTO Ministerial conference. There is a deep concern that the WTO mandate to discuss the relationship between trade rules and multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) could lead to a disastrous result. Find out what needs to be done.
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From: Greenpeace International
Related: [Trade] [Environment] [Environmental Activism]


 
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