QLD: CHOGM protests to highlight globalisation downside

AAP General News (Australia)
08-12-2001
QLD: CHOGM protests to highlight globalisation downside

Protesters are planning to target the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Brisbane
in October to raise public awareness about the downsides of globalisation.

JOHN MORRIS, spokesman for the Australian Coalition for Economic Justice, says they
do not subscribe to the view that there is no alternative to corporate globalisation.

He says many governments support the unbridled growth of international cartels and
multinational corporations.

The group is holding a public rally in Brisbane on Tuesday, with key speaker MICHAEL
ROWBOTHAM, the UK author of two books on globalisation.

Also speaking will be the deputy director of the New Zealand Democrats STEPHANIE DE
RUYTER and Catholic priest BRAIN GORE.

The group has threatened to block the CHOGM meeting, which starts on October 6.

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KEYWORD: CHOGM (BRISBANE)

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