The demonstration comes as the temperature rises in Washington, following protests against military aid to Colombia Tuesday, direct street action on Monday, and Sunday's giant Jubilee 2000 rally for debt relief. Ken Saro-Wiwa, will be available for interviews. Douglas is one of the world's leading experts on the environmental and social impacts of World Bank-financed fossil fuel exploitation. Organized labor will flex its muscles on the Washington mall to stop corporate-backed trade legislation on behalf of the Chinese government and big business. Organizers assert that Normal Trade Relations status puts business interest before American workers and human rights in China and Tibet.
Organizers expect thousands and thousands to attend.
Join union activists as they team up with environmental and human rights activists to lobby for a fair deal with China which means no Normal Trade Relations status for a nation that lets corporation use its people as slave labor. Tag along with citizen-lobbyists as they make the rounds in the halls of congress. Find it here. The press release posted here has been provided to Common Dreams NewsWire by one of the many progressive organizations who make up America's Progressive Community . If you wish to comment on this press release or would like more information, please contact the organization directly.