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with
Sam Lund-Harket
(Energy Campaigner, Global Justice Now)
and
Clare Welton
(Fuel Poverty Action Group)
This is a joint speaker meeting that has been arranged by Global Justice Leicester and Christians Aware.
What a fantastic day. Featuring international speakers, films, workshops, music, an exhibition of Mexican street art … and the opportunity to share a passion for justice with likeminded people.
Street art by Rosario Martinez Llaguno and Roberto Vega Jimenez, members of the Mexican art collective Lapiztola Stencil, based in Oaxaca. Commisioned by Global Justice Now for a free exhibition that coincided with the Launch of Global Justice Now
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Our public services, environment and democracy are under threat from the biggest corporate power grab in a decade. Behind closed doors, the EU is drawing up a dangerous new trade deal called the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
We have stalls at the Christians Aware Christmas Fair and at the Beauchamp College Craft Fair.
People we talked to were concerned that corporations would be able to sue governments if they make public policy decisions which could harm their future profits. Regulation which currently protects people, public services and the environment could be removed.
This is a serious subject, but there was the opportunity for a relaxed discussion about the sort of world that we would like to live in.
Find out about the corporate power grab and add your voice to the petition against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
On 1st July, Dr Ola Ogunyemi spoke about the work of Shepherd Food Ministries in Nigeria. Ola spoke at first hand about support poor farmers in their struggle to remain independent in an increasingly globalised world. If farmers are to keep hold of their land, they need up-to-date advice and an infrastructure that helps them to make a profit from their produce. There is a big gap between the support network of the farmers who grow the majority of the world’s food, and the money and help available for large multinational seed companies.
Christine Haigh of WDM spoke about the Scramble for Africa, and the need to support small farmers in Africa with our Government Aid, rather than the large multinational companies.
We also had a stall at the Leicester University Botanical Garden. Scramble for Africa took on a new meaning among the plants and specialist plant growers.
on Tuesday 1st July
at Christchurch, Clarendon Park Rd, Leicester, LE2 3AH
from 7-9pm
Dr Ola Ogunyemi
(Principal Lecturer in Journalism, University of Lincoln, President of Shepherd Food Ministeries)
and
Christine Haigh
(Food Policy officer, World Development Movement)
Please come along and join the discussion about supporting small farmers in Africa.
This meeting has been arranged by Leicester WDM and Christians Aware
Visitors to the Riverside Festival who braved the wet weather enthusiastically discussed the new WDM campaign – carving up Africa.
It was a successful afternoon, accompanied by music from local bands who were playing to an enthusiastic crowd. People signed cards to Justine Greening asking the UK Government to withdraw from the New Alliance. You can sign on-line and join the resistance to the corporate take over of Africa’s food.
Find out more about Resistance to the Corporate Takeover of Africa’s Food
