planned actions

If you are planning an action which isn't listed here; or no action is taking place near you and you want to do something then email us uncorp@aseed.antenna.nl and let us know about it. Also, if you live close to one of these actions and want to get involved, then email us and we can put you in contact with the people planning the actions.

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A31 Europe

Amsterdam: UN-Masquerade - meet at Nieuwmarkt, 12:30, 31 August...big companies and politicians will use the spectacle in Johannesburg mainly to 'greenwash' their image. Because we can't rely on them, we must work on solutions ourselves. We will reclaim the streets and unmask commerce and its logos! Join us on August 31 for a colourful parade in the Amsterdam city centre. The parade will end at the manifestation of Friends of the Earth at the Dam. uncorp@aseed.antenna.nl [more]

Barcelona: several groups in Barcelona (and other parts of Cataluna and Spain) are preparing actions for A31. More news later.
A group that recently did actions against the corporate lobby is Lobby Busters. Visit their website: http://lokal.bio.ub.es

Croatia: preparations are going on. More info will follow.

København, Denmark: Nature and Youth is organising a demo on August 30 in the afternoon in front of the parliament. The next day in the afternoon on the 31st there will a manifestation in the Rådhuspladsen (main square) organised by lots of other organisations together. More info will follow.

London: London Solidarity protest at the headquarters of Anglo American, 20 Carlton Terrace. Monday 2 September 5pm. [more]

Sweden: Preparations for Gothenburg are going on. [more info, including report of action on August 8]

Timisoara, Rumania: Actions are organised in Timisoara and mabe in another Rumanian city. At the events also people from people Bosnia, Serbia and Hungary are expected to participate.
The actions will contain a critical mass / street party with 'food not bombs' and a French sound system. Besides this videos sustainable development and related struggles will be showed and some new publications about those issues will be presented. At night there will be a DIY-party.
Contact: pinkpanthers@k.ro

Warsawa: preparations are going on. More info will follow.

Zurich: Reclaim the Streets. Meet Bückeranlage 19:00 sharp. More on http://rts.gn.apc.org or http://rts.egocity.net (soon)

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Other related events and actions in Europe

Bike+10 (towards Germany): Bike+10 is a big star-shapes bike action on the occasion of the Johannesburg Summit in August 2002. In total around 500 hundred people from all over Europe want to approach the summit critically as well as raise the public awareness. In ten to fifteen days they will cycle across several countries. All groups will meet in Göttingen to build the camp, which will last five days. For more background and action reports: website: www.bike10.org

Ecotopia (Ireland): Ecotopia, has been held annually for the last thirteen years in Europe moving from country to country each year. It is organised by a local
grassroots environmental organisation that is part of the EYFA (European
Youth For Action) network. At this years Ecotopia the World Summit will be an important theme. www.ecotopia2002.org

European PGA Conference (Leiden, The Netherlands): Peoples Global Action is a worldwide network that works towards a durable, peaceful, social, borderless and directly democratic alternative to capitalism and all systems of oppression. At the same time as the World Summit people in Leiden will talk about struggles and alternatives. More on www.pgaconference.org

Street Cinema (Amsterdam): Every Saturday in August there will be streetcinema in Amsterdam. All the showed videos have a link with the World Summit. [more]

Brighton, England: Brighton 'Sunny Day' focussing on renewable energy. Risingtide event with electric bicycles, a biodiesel manufacturer, a presentation of Brighton's Earthship, climate change information stalls, suppliers of renewable electricity, local green shops, a samba band, etc. [more]

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A31 in the Rest of the World

Johannesburg, South Africa: Of course the biggest events will take place in Johannesburg itself. From international NGOs till local grassrouts groups and the civil society movement will show their anger and concerns. More on the page on South Africa.

Melbourne, Australia: Friends of the Earth Melbourne will do an A31 one action on August 30. They will be taking a 'corporate giant' puppet, radiation suits, noise and colour down to the Rio Tinto offices in the centre of Melbourne. Friends of the Earth is calling for a Corporate Accountability Convention at the Earth Summit, because voluntary measures are not enough. Rio Tinto is part of the Global Compact, yet has attracted more complaints of environmental destruction and human rights abuses than any other mining company. They also own the Jabiluka uranium mine site in World Heritage listed Kakadu National Park. Jabiluka needs to be
rehabilitated and given back to the indigenous people of Kakadu.
more on www.foe.org.au

Perth, Australia: For the Sustainable Developement Meeting in Johannesburg we have organized a big party on the streets of Perth to reclaim the space from cars, skycrapers and shops.
A huge "moving party" will crawl to block this town and the cancer that is eating it.
The party will start on saturday, august 31 in Forrest Place, at the hearth of the City Business District with music, dance and theater. We will go all along the streets of Perth dancing, playing, singing and planting tree to turn the asphalt and concrete into green fields.
- nobody knows when the party will be over! - Salud y Anarchia -
(can someone send us some contact details or a website of this group?)

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Bogotá, Colombia: CENSAT Agua Viva and Friends of the Earth Colombia are organising a Multicultural Procession of Resistence for august 31st in the city of Bogotá (Colombia). The procession will leave at 9 am from the Plaza de Bolívar and will arrive at 1pm in the park of 'Renacimiento' to start an open place of music and resistance expressions. Contact <colombiaylacumbre@latinmail.com> or <agua@censat.org>.[more text]

Ghana: Africa Youth Peace Call is organising an Action Day on A31 to demonstrate corporate exploitation. Afterwards a symposium with various speakers and global activists to create awareness on issues related to the World Summitby.[more].

Togo: preparations are going on. More info will follow.

Tokyo, Japan: Walk for Sustainability. Tokyo-based NGO for majority world and environmental issues Global Village calls for groups and individuals to join us on 31 August for a march through Tokyo to raise awareness about issues surrounding the World Summit and the basic ideals of sustainability and peace.
They will meet in Miyashita Park, Shibuya, Tokyo, from noon to make placards. The march will begin at 1pm and proceed to Yoyogi Park for information sharing and street theatre until 3pm. Contact Maggie: <imports@globalvillage.or.jp>. [more]

Washington DC: preparations are going on. More info will follow.

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