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March with P&Pers in the fight for jobs, justice and climate this Saturday or get involved in actions around the G20 summit
Sick of $15 trillion bail outs for bankers that young people and their children will have to repay? Sick of climate chaos caused by the same people who caused financial crisis? Sick of insecurity of jobs and the long slow wind down of pensions, benefits and union protection? Then join the global movement to tell the G20 leaders to Put People First.
Whether you want to join P&Pers at a rally of 20,000+ people, have a laugh on Fossil Fools’ Day, camp in the city, attend an alternative G20, or take action at RBS-Natwest’s AGM in Edinburgh and London, there’s something for everyone.
Put People First March & Rally
March in central London for jobs, justice and climate - 28 March
March with P&Pers on 28 March
Speakers and entertainment include:
- Mauritanian musician Daby Toure
- Brendan Barber, TUC General Secretary
- Comedian and activist Mark Thomas
- Susan George, Global justice author
- Tony Juniper, Environmentalist
- Mary Lou Malig, Global justice campaigner …and loads more
On Saturday 28 March, thousands will march through London as part of a global campaign to challenge the G20, ahead of their 2 April summit on the global financial crisis. Tell them that our future depends on creating an economy based on fair distribution of wealth, decent jobs for all and a low carbon future.
The march will leave from Embankment @ 12 midday. Join loads of other P&Pers on the march. Meet in the gardens next to Temple tube station on Embankment (turn left out of the exit) from 11.30am (Here’s a map). Look out for the People & Planet banner or if you get lost, call us on 07967 557 898.
The rally is in Hyde Park, where the march will end. Check out the range of speakers and entertainment in the box on the right.
For more info on the march, check out Put People First.
RBS-NatWest’s investments add up to climate chaos
Financial and Fossil Fools’ Day
1 April, across the UK
Wednesday 1 April is Financial Fools’ & Fossil Fools’ Day. People & Planet are calling a nationwide day of action to make the links between unaccountable financial power and its disasterous climate impacts. Focusing on RBS-NatWest, as part of the Ditch Dirty Development campaign, P&Pers will expose the bank’s foolish involvement in fossil fuel projects and call for a just transition to renewable and sustainable energy sources.
For more info check out Fossil Fools’ Day
Climate Camp in the City
1 April, 12.30pm, Carbon Trading Exchange, London
Stopping carbon markets. Because nature doesn’t do bailouts.
First the city traders speculated with our homes, jobs and money - with disastrous results. Now they are speculating with our climate and the very future of life on earth - and once again our governments are cheering them on. Join the climate camp in the city to stop them.
See People & Planet’s Facebook event to meet up with people. Or check out the Climate Camp website.
Alternative G20 Summit
1 April, University of East London
Speakers include:
- Sally Hunt
- Ken Livingstone
- Ken Loach
- John McDonnell
- Tony Benn
- Caroline Lucas
- Tariq Ali
The G20 Alternative Summit will be a popular assembly or ‘teach-in’ in a densely populated, working class area of London. It is being hosted at the national level by Britain’s University and College Lecturers’ Union (UCU). In addition to comedians, poets, artists, musicians, scientists and academics, the organisers will be inviting shop stewards, students and activists. Check out the brilliant speakers who’ll be in attendance.
The G20 Summit
ExCel Centre, Docklands, East London
This is when the G20 summit will actually take place. According to police, it will be surrounded by a ‘ring of steel’ but lots of groups will be near the summit to express their demands on the day of the conference. If you fancy popping down, here’s a map.
It’s time to clean up the Oyal Bank of Scotland!
RBS-Natwest AGM
3 April, Edinburgh and London
The Royal Bank of Scotland - NatWest is having its AGM in Edinburgh on Friday 3 April 2009. RBS-NatWest shareholders will be getting together to make decisions about the bank and P&Pers will be there (and in London). This is the big action of the year to expose RBS-NatWest’s dirty investments and demand they clean up their act. Particularly now that about 70% of the bank is in public ownership, we’ll be telling RBS: we’ve cleaned up your finances, now stop messing up our climate.
Get involved
Come to Edinburgh for an RBS-NatWest spring clean, and demonstrate how RBS-NatWest loves to sweep its coal under the carpet! Get out those feather dusters and marigolds and tell the Oyal Bank you’re voting for a cleaner RBS.
Come to London to expose how greedy bankers vote for a future of climate chaos. Time for those yuppie suits again…
For more information check out the RBS AGM action details or contact Hannah
