E-DRUG: 5 March: international drug access day!
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[For those who haven't got the date yet: 5 March is the day the court
case between the drug industry and the South African government
starts in Pretoria. See www.tac.org.za for more info. NN]
Dear International Supporters
Your response has been amazing. A jetsetter would be spoilt for choice
as to where to demonstrate on Monday.
The latest list of events is at www.tac.org.za. Remember to refresh
frames. If you see "Last Updated 28 February" near the top of the page,
then it's refreshed. Additions include Philipines, UK and Thailand.
Here are the events. Please send corrections and additions asap.
Australia
17 Feb to 5 March: Gathering signatures for open letter to Glaxo
SmithKline.
Sydney: 3 March: Global Treatments Access Network (Aust) group in the
Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade on night of 3 March. -- Contact
roblake@netspace.net.au.
Brazil
Brazilian activists will use the international day of action to launch a
campaign to make Brazilians aware of the PMA
court case against the South African government and the US complaint
against Brazil at the WTO. -- Contact Ezio Santos-Filho
etfilho@attglobal.net.
Canada
Toronto: 12:15, Protest outside US Consulate at the US Consulate 360
University Avenue. (preceded by a press
conference at 11:15 AM at the Marriott Courtyard Hotel, Yonge Street) --
Contact Canadian Treatment Advocates
Council (CTAC) at ctac@sympatico.ca or AIDS Action Now!
Vancouver: 12:00, Protest outside the World Trade Centre at Canada
Place, right beside the Pan Pacific Hotel,
Waterfront SkyTrain. Protest against the USA government using the WTO to
protect pharmaceutical company profits
and the PMA lawsuit against South Africa. -- Contact paulab@parc.org or
phone 893-2239.
France
Paris: ACT-UP Paris is organising an action in the financial district.
-- Contact Khalil at gerrold@wanadoo.fr.
Germany
Activists will will send open letters to the government asking for
support for South Africa in the court case. Activists
will also ask German companies involved to withdraw from the court case.
Contact Ralf Berger,
Afrika-S�d-Aktionsb�ndnis, Bonn afrika-bonn@t-online.de.
Italy
Rome: 1 March, 2001: Activists are organising a postcard campaign
against TRIPS. The postcards will be delivered
to the Italian Prime Minister. Contact Mauro Guarinieri
m.guarinieri@agora.stm.it or Italian Community Advisory
Board (i.cab@libero.it) or phone +39 051 26 16 76 or mobile +39 347 96
31 837.
Philipines
Manila: Gay and health activists will picket outside the Department of
Health in support of TAC and against Drug
Company profiteering. Please contact Oscar Atadero at
progay@edsamail.com.ph. (Secretary of the Progressive
Organization of Gays in the Philippines).
South Africa
Cape Town: 12:30, US Consulate (Monte Carlo Building, Heerengracht
Street) -- Contact TAC Cape Town office : (021) 364 5489
Durban: 12:30, US Consulate -- Contact Durban TAC office : (031) 304
3673
Pretoria: 10:00, Church Square, in front of High Court where PMA vs
Govt. hearing is taking place. There will be
activities until 14:00 including a march to the US consulate. This is
the main TAC event for 5 March. -- Contact TAC JHB (011) 403 7021.
Thailand
Bangkok: Gathering outside the SA embassy to express solidarity with the
South African government in the court
case. Contact MSF Thailand at msfbthai@asianet.co.th.
United Kingdom
Birmingham: 16:30, Town Centre, Boots the Chemists, High Street
Entrance.
Crawley: 8:00, Protest at GlaxoSmithKline Plant, Manor Royal, Crawley,
contact 07818 027 408.
Kent: 7:30, Picket of GlaxoSmithKline plant, Temple Hill, Dartford.
Details: 07951 737 003.
London: 8:00, Picket of GSK UK offices, Great West Road, Brentford West
London (nearest train station, Syon
Lane). Supported by: John Pilger, Journalist; Disabled Direct Action
Network; Peter Tatchell, gay rights activist; Beth
Aze, National Union of Students LGB Officer; George Monbiot, Journalist
and Globalise Resistance. For details
phone: 07956 681 328.
Manchester: 17:00, Protest in Town Centre Manchester, Market Street,
contact Dr Kay Phillips 0161 203 5064.
There are also protests in Norwich, Glasgow, Leeds and Edinburgh. See
www.resist.org.uk for more details.
United States
Berkeley, California : 12:00, Bayer plant front gates, 7th and Parker
Streets, picket, rally and voluntary non-violent civil disobedience
under the slogan "Stop Medical Aparthied". Speakers include Berkeley
Vice Mayor
Maudelle Shirek, Berkeley Councillor Kriss Worthington, San Francisco
Supervisor Matt Gonzales, Bongane Nyatai from South Africa, California
Nurses Association, Father Bill O'Donnell, Rev. Mark Wilson, and Act
Up/East Bay.
Info: (510)568-1680. johnnyi@surfree.com
Boston: 2:00, State House. Rally calling on Massachusetts state and
federal representatives to take a stand
on the issue of affordable AIDS drugs for Africa, on pharmaceutical
companies to drop their lawsuit against affordable
medications in South Africa; on the U.S. government to drop WTO
complaint against Brazil. Contact
bgan-aids@yahoogroups.com or Amy Farber afarber@wjh.harvard.edu.
New York City : 12:00, 59th Street and 5th Avenue in midtown Manhattan.
Rally and march to GlaxoSmithKline and
Bristol Myers Squibb offices. Take the N/R to 60th street ; or B/Q to
57th and 6th Ave. Contact Cindra Feuer at
cindraf66@yahoo.com or Sharonann Lynch at
salynch@globaltreatmentaccess.org. Also: 212-674-9598 or
GTACny@hotmail.com.
Philadelphia : (Time unknown) Starts at Glaxo Headquarters in
Philadelphia and then moves by bus to Washington to
demonstrate outside White House and PhRMA (DC targets are tentative).
Contact katie@critpath.org.
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