Events during the Week of Action that Oxfam was involved
in.
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| Australia |
April 11 - 15: 12-2pm Fairtrade
coffee tasting in Hyde Park (near Archibald Fountain), Sydney.
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| Belgium |
April 14: Symbolic burial of commodities outside
the European Commission in Brussels.
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| Canada |
April 9-16: Oxfam partners and local farmers
speak together at a series of public meetings across the country.
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| Ecuador |
All week: Caravan to go around the country campaigning
against the FTA and collecting signatures for the Popular Consultation
of the Ecuador Decides Campaign |
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| France |
April 12-13: Fair Trade exhibition at the European
Parliament in Strasbourg.
April 16: mass rally in Paris
April 16 -17: NGO village at Promenade Montant Signoret, quai du Canal
de l'Ourcq, Paris 19è
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| Germany |
All week: Celebrity photograph exhibition and trade
conference in Bonn.
April 16: Unfair football
game in Berlin.
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| Ghana |
April 12: In Accra, chickens wearing necklaces
with messages will be presented to parliament.
April
12: Rice and tomato tasting bazaar.
April
15: A public concert at Independence Square will round off
the week.
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| Great Britain |
April 15: an all-night vigil outside Downing
Street, with Ronan Keating, Vanessa Redgrave and a gospel choir
in Westminster Abbey.
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| Hong Kong |
Launching a motorcade with local musicians to coincide with an Oxfam
Hong Kong report on cotton and China.
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| India |
Petition delivered to the Indian Prime Minister.
April
16: rally of farmers and workers in Delhi.
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| Indonesia |
April 11: Farmers form giant circle around
the fountain in Bundara. More>
April 11: Celebrity endorsement for the campaign.
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| Ireland |
Vote for Trade Justice! Ballot boxes will be dotted around the streets
of Dublin on April 16th and in Belfast on April 12th.
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| Kenya |
April 11: One day conference which will bring together
trade campaigners from the region.
April 14: All-day
vigil outside EU delegation offices, Nairobi.
April
16: Public processions through major towns. Some farmers
will come in their trucks.
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| Netherlands |
April 12: Launch of the roadshow on Het Plein
outside Parliament in the Hague. Party leaders to sign the Big Noise
petition.
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| New Zealand |
One huge hunger banquet
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| Peru |
April 11 - 22: Photo Expo organised with the Social
Sciences Faculty of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
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| Phillippines |
April 13: Forum on the results of the G20 meeting
in New Delhi, Manila.
April 15: March to the Department of Trade and
Industry in Manila.
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| Quebec |
April 11-15: Collecting signatures for the Big
Noise petition at kiosks throughout Montreal.
April
19: Cirque du Soleil benefit.
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| Spain |
April 14: Fifteen concerts across Madrid in support
of Make Trade Fair.
April 18: Mary Robinson
(President of Oxfam International) meets the Spanish Prime Minister.
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| Switzerland |
April 11: 3pm, Geneva: Colin Firth hands over the
Big Noise petition to the head of the WTO.
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| United States |
Hundreds of events across the country. Click here
for a comprehensive list.
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| Zambia |
A one million name petition will be sent to the President of Zambia,
the WTO and the US government to protest about the unfair cotton trade.
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