News and information about Global Justice Cleveland
On 3rd February Barbara Welford, our secretary, joined eighty other people at St Pancras Station to travel to Brussels to protest against TTIP. The group was made up of members of Global Justice Now (formerly World Development Movement), 38 Degrees and War on Want. When she got to Brussels she linked up with other campaigners from across Europe, including Friends of the Earth Europe.
Read more about Barbara’s trip.
Read about our activity in the last year in our annual report for 2014.
WDM East Cleveland group have changed their name to Global Justice Cleveland to match the change in name of our national organisation from the World Development Movement to Global Justice Now.
Here are the dates for our next four meetings:
Monday 2nd March – AGM
Thursday 16th April
Thursday 4th June
Thursday 16th July
Why don’t you come along and join in our discussions and planning for actions to bring about change.
Join members of East Cleveland WDM on their annual summer walk. This is a chance to informally discuss issues relating to current campaigns such as the corporate takeover of food in Africa.
Meet outside the Ship Inn, Saltburn ready to start walking at 7.30pm and bring a picnic. The walk will end with a visit to the Ship Inn.
If you want to check the walk is on phone Caryn on 07773 048250.
Barbara Welford, from East Cleveland WDM, explains the ‘Stop the corporate takeover of Africa’s food’ campaign to our new Labour MEP (on left of photo), at Saltburn Farmers’ Market on Saturday 14th June.
Members of the group also introduced WDM’s new campaign to stop the corporate takeover of Africa’s food with members of the public by attracting them with a large cake in the shape of Africa.
129 campaign postcards were signed to send to 10 different MPs, both local and even as far away as Argyll and Bute in Scotland.
