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In this fashion, while chanting "Down, down, WTO!" as well as "Kong yee sai mau" (the Cantonese translation), the farmers traveled the entire way from Victoria Park to the designated protest zone near the convention center where the Sixth Ministerial WTO conference is being held until December 18....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 12:49pm PST
On Thursday, December 15 over 1,000 Korean farmers left Victoria Park on what started as an ordinary march. However, as the farmers--wearing knee pads and gloves as well as their trademark beige vests and straw hats--lined up, the entire procession split into smaller groups of around thirty....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 12:41pm PST
On Thursday, December 15 over 1,000 Korean farmers left Victoria Park on what started as an ordinary march....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 12:28pm PST
Hong Kong, December 15- During an event that was part of the People's Week of Action Against the World Trade Organization (WTO), a group of fifty people crying: "Down, down, WTO!" and "Down, down, USA!" climbed a steep road to the Hong Kong United States consulate. The action on was a continuation of a "consulate hopping" protest opposing the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 10:19am PST
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Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 2:26pm PST
The festivities, led by the Korean farmers, spilled out into the street....
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 2:02pm PST
The Korean farmers performed cultural dances and drummed outside the department store. Speakers thanked Hong Kong residents for their warmth and hospitality in spite of the unfavorable press coverage that had been circulating about Korean protesters....
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 1:54pm PST
A march and a full day of rallies, part of the People’s Action Week on WTO, continued at Victoria Park on the second day of the Sixth Ministerial WTO conference in Hong Kong....
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 1:35pm PST
Hong Kong, December 14- In the morning four hundred people participated in a “Consulate Hopping” protest march against the General Agreement on Trade and Services (GATS) and the privatization of basic services. The procession wound through the Admiralty and Wan Chai districts and split into smaller groups targeting the Indonesian, Phillipine, Nepali, Sri Lankan, Thai and US consulates....
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 12:46pm PST
On Tuesday, the opening day of the Sixth Ministerial WTO conference,
delegates braced for a new round of disagreements, while the protests
outside welcomed the arrival of the Korean delegation which included 1,500
farmers. Internationally, farmers and fisherfolk are among those most
severely affected by the WTO’s neoliberal agenda....
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 11:57am PST
Simone Lovera of Friends of the Earth International explains how the WTO effects biodiversity at the WTO ministerial in Hong Kong....
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 9:19am PST
The World Trade Organization has entered its second day of its ministerial meeting in Hong Kong. South Koreans have led attempts to reach the convention center by swimming across Hong Kong Bay. They have been blocked off by heavily armed police barricades and beaten back by riot police with pepper spray and batons. This occurs as the United States and the European Union clashed over food aid to poor countries. We speak with Anuradha Mittal, an expert on world and trade issues in Hong Kong....
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 7:14am PST
By LAURA CARLSEN...
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 6:57am PST
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Posted: Tue, Dec 13, 2005 11:16am PST
Delegates from the Korean Peasants’ League dove into the bay in droves, leaving a bewildered audience behind them, cheering and clapping as the farmers—two hundred in total—splashed and bobbed in the water....
Posted: Tue, Dec 13, 2005 11:04am PST
After the protest reached its planned destination, HKPA marshals, media and activists milled about the heavily barricaded, designated protest “cage,” ducking miles of orange police tape....
Posted: Tue, Dec 13, 2005 10:53am PST
Marching...
Posted: Tue, Dec 13, 2005 10:46am PST
WTO conference, day 1, protest march (page 2)...
Posted: Tue, Dec 13, 2005 10:39am PST
On Tuesday, the opening day of the Sixth Ministerial WTO conference, delegates braced for a new round of disagreements, while the protests outside welcomed the arrival of the Korean delegation which included 1,500 farmers. Internationally, farmers and fisherfolk are among those most severely affected by the WTO’s neoliberal agenda....
Posted: Tue, Dec 13, 2005 10:30am PST
On Tuesday, the opening day of the Sixth Ministerial WTO conference, delegates braced for a new round of disagreements, while the protests outside welcomed the arrival of the Korean delegation which included 1,500 farmers. Internationally, farmers and fisherfolk are among those most severely affected by the WTO’s neoliberal agenda....
Posted: Tue, Dec 13, 2005 10:17am PST