Montreal, June 27, 2003 – A convergence of local activists launched a campaign today calling for massive mobilisations in response to the WTO Mini-Ministerial, to take place in Montreal from July 28th to 30th.

Building on common ground shared in struggles against capitalism, imperialism, and war, the Popular Mobilisation Against the WTO in Montreal is planning several days of education, creative resistance, mega-demonstrations, and direct action in order to expose and to resist the profit-driven WTO, and to promote an alternative vision which prioritizes self-determination, dignity, and global justice.

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Mega-Mobilisations Against the Mini-Ministerial:
Popular Mobilisation Against the WTO Launches Campaign

Montreal, June 27, 2003 – A convergence of local activists launched a campaign today calling for massive mobilisations in response to the WTO Mini-Ministerial, to take place in Montreal from July 28th to 30th.

Building on common ground shared in struggles against capitalism, imperialism, and war, the Popular Mobilisation Against the WTO in Montreal is planning several days of education, creative resistance, mega-demonstrations, and direct action in order to expose and to resist the profit-driven WTO, and to promote an alternative vision which prioritizes self-determination, dignity, and global justice.

Comprising 146 member countries, the WTO is the largest multilateral trade regime. The organization has come under attack for its relentless pursuit of profits at the expense of not only social and environmental standards, but also of the rights of people to determine their own futures. Even as it streamlines corporate control through policies that apply pressure to privatize essential services and to open key sectors to foreign investors, the WTO at the same time includes “security