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Stop the transatlantic trade deals! Public meeting.

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flyer advertising the eventCETA, TTIP, TiSA. The boring-sounding abbreviations hide a sinister reality: these are a set of trade deals designed to take rights away from citizens while making it easier for corporations to exploit people and resources. We’re holding a big public speaker meeting to address the issue.

Friday 6th November

Wesley Memorial Church, New Inn Hall Street, Oxford, OX1 2DH

Speakers include

  • Maude Barlow, chair of citizens’ group the Council of Canadians
  • Yash Tandon, Ugandan trade expert and author of Trade is War
  • Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now

The event is free – please do come along!

International Day of Action against TTIP

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TTIP protests confirmed as happening on 18 Apr 2015Saturday 18th April will be an international day of action against TTIP and other damaging trade deals.

Why should corporations have the right to sue governments for making decisions that damage their profits? Under TTIP, this could be a reality. Cigarette companies suing governments for bringing in plain tobacco packaging, energy companies suing governments for phasing out nuclear power…this kind of thing has already happened under similar trade deals elsewhere.

The global fightback continues with a day of protest, awareness-raising and action on Saturday 18th April. There’s nothing specifically happening in Oxford that we know of, but the interactive map on the Global Justice Now website shows just how many different things are happening all over the world. The site also gives details of what’s happening in central London and Manchester, but they won’t be the only UK protests!