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Thursday 12th March, 6:30pm-8:30pm

Workshop lead by Guy Taylor – TTIP campaigner for Global Justice Now.

Get up to speed with learning how to lobby MPs/MEPs on TTIP. The workshop will cover the key TTIP issues, then show us how to argue our points, how to ask difficult questions and teach us how to respond to difficult questions from MPs, MEPs and the public.

This workshop is open to individuals and groups campaigning on TTIP. If you would like to attend this workshop, please email us at globaljusticesheffield@gmail.com so we have an idea of numbers for planning purposes.

Venue: Quaker Meeting House, 10 St. James Street, Sheffield S1 2EW (nr Sheffield Cathedral)

 

Saturday 18th April, 11am-2pm: #noTTIP International Day of Action
Civil society groups from across the EU and further afield have called for an international day of action against TTIP and other trade deals on 18th April.

In Sheffield we are going to be undertaking a fun action in Fargate to engage the public and raise awareness of the issues around TTIP. We’ll have some giant hulahoop-sized “coins” for passers-by to have fun spinning: “TTIP = corporate profits” on one side and “People power, no TTIP” on the other. And we will be collecting signatures for the anti-TTIP petition to the European Parliament, and to alert members of the public to all the anti-people changes that big business is trying to sneak in behind our backs.

Meet: at upper Fargate, opposite Norfolk Row and near Next.

Volunteer: to help out on the day (meeting at 10am), we need people to help collect signatures. If you can help out, please contact Oliver: o.blensdorf@gmail.com.

The action is a joint one between Global Justice Sheffield, local supporters of 38 Degrees, Friends of the Earth Sheffield, Sheffield Trades Council, and others.  If other groups can join in, please do!

Thursday 2nd April, 7pm-9pm
Our monthly meeting to discuss upcoming events and campaigns. Main business: planning and roughing-out materials for our summer stalls. Our two main campaigns, which have obvious important links with each other, are Stop the Corporate Takeover of Africa’s Food, and Stop TTIP (the corporate-driven, democracy-destroying proposed US-EU trade deal).

Venue: Quaker Meeting House, 10 St. James Street, Sheffield S1 2EW (nr Sheffield Cathedral)

2015 is the pivotal year for TTIP. We’ll be holding a conference this March –  sharing fun and practical ways to take action to get TTIP off the table. This trade deal will result in over a million lost jobs, tear up the food safety regulations that keep us safe from toxic chemicals and genetically modified ingredients, scrap digital safety laws and throw new banking regulations out of the window. TTIP offers a nightmare vision of the future, and we must resist it. This event will be a major public demonstration of our commitment to a fairer world, and we really hope to see you there.

More info and register

Venue: Methodist Central Hall, Oldham Street, Manchester M1 1JQ

 

Thursday 5th March, 7pm-9pm
Our monthly meeting to discuss upcoming events and campaigns. Main business: updates, campaign actions and campaigning training for the Agribusiness campaign, Stop the Corporate Takeover of Africa’s Food  – especially regarding our support for the campaign against land grabs in Nigeria.

Venue: Quaker Meeting House, 10 St. James Street, Sheffield S1 2EW (nr Sheffield Cathedral)

Global Justice Sheffield member Julieanne talks about why the movement needs your voice.

Cross posted from national Global Justice Now website:

2015 is election year for Global Justice Now. Taking place every three years, council elections determine the governing body of Global Justice Now, which is made up of a range of people including recent and long-term supporters of the organisation and activists from local groups. Now, before you think this isn’t relevant to me – STOP – yes it is, and we need your voice on council.

The heart of Global Justice Now is its members and local group activists. I’ve been a member of Global Justice Now since about 2001, and over the years I have campaigned on issues from GATS to food speculation. I have helped put on public meetings, lobby MPs and MEPs, run stalls, taken part in demonstrations and campaign stunts, set up and run group websites and managed social media activities. I’m saying this, not because it’s unique, but because it’s an example of what a lot of you reading this will have been involved in too.

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