Additional days of action proposed to, and supported
by, the social movements assembly
LGTB
June 2007:
Support the mobilisations for the respect of sexual diversity to make real the slogan “In a diverse world, equality is first” which will take place in June 2007 and 2008.
Debt
14-21 October 2007:
A Global Week of Action against debt
15 October – 20th:
Anniversary of the death of Thomas Sankara;
16 October:
World Food Day
17 October:
International Day to Eradicate Poverty;
20 October:
World Youth Day;
19-21 October:
IMF-WB Annual meetings
War
and Occupation
February 24:
No Trident, Troops out of Iraq Demo, London, UK
(Contact: campaigns(at)cnduk.org; office(at)stopwar.org.uk)
5-9 March 2007:
International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases, Quito/Manta, Ecuador
(Contact: nobases(at)yahoo.com)
17-20 March:
Global Days of Action against Occupation of Iraq
29 March – 1 April 2007:
Fifth Cairo Conference, Cairo, Egypt
(Contact: office(at)stopwar.org.uk/02072786694)
2 June 2007:
G8 Protests, Rostock, Germany, call for all anti-war coalitions to put anti-war effort in the centre of the protest against the G8
15 May 2007:
Global Protests marking the Palestine Nakbah
7-9 June:
Global Days of Action to protest 40th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of Palestine Territories
29 November 2007:
Call for Solidarity Activities with Palestine (global)
May 2008:
Global Article 9 Conference to Abolish War” 2008, Tokyo, Japan
(Contact: article-9(at)peaceboat.gr.jp)
Palestine
9-10 June 2007:
Global days of action to mark the 40th anniversary of the occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and the Syrian Golan Heights, under the banner “The world says no to Israeli Occupation”
15 May 2007:
Global day of action to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Palestinian nakbah (catastrophe) and calling for the implementation of resolution 194 which calls for the right of the Palestinian people to return to their land.
Water
18-20 March, 2007 – March 2009:
Gather at the World Assembly of Citizens and Elected Officials in the European Parliament in Brussels, to demand that governments implement the right to water before the 60th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, which is 10 December 2008. From this point, via the global action month, Blue October, and other mobilisations, we will challenge the illegitimate World Water Forum, Istanbul March 2009.
Climate Change
8 December, 2007:
International Day of Action on Climate Change
Housing
October:
Launch of the worldwide campaign on “zero evictions”.
18 May, 2007:
Commemorating the anniversary of the Mugabe government’s eviction offensive in Zimbabwe.
Haiti
14 August 2007:
Social forum in solidarity with Haiti.
Military Bases
17 February, 2007:
March and mobilisation in Italy against the enlargement of the Vicenza US military base.
Migration
7 October, 2007:
Day of action for the rights of migrants and the free movement of peoples in commemoration of the tragedies of Cueta and Melilla.
