VOTE FOR TRADE JUSTICE
Ballot on the Beach

Sunday 26 September 2004
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Silence is deafening as six thousand vote

The 6,000-strong crowd stopped the traffic as it snaked along the seafront in a blaze of colour and noise. Costumed carnival dancers dressed as giant white flowers, suited men on stilts, giant taps, and computer-headed campaigners processed alongside protestors beneath bobbing balloons and jostling placards.

> Read full report on mass noise and vote

Trade injustice has human face, say speakers at rally

“Trade rules work to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. I am here to join hands with you …to say plainly and clearly that this sort of global economic apartheid must stop and it must stop now.” Neville Gabriel, South African trade campaigner

>Report on rally

Thousands gather for Trade Justice rally

Brighton beach has been awash with colour as more than five thousands campaigners carrying placards, banners and balloons descended on the seafront.

> Campaigners gather - full story

U2's Bono sends message of support to Brighton campaigners:

" Free trade doesn't equal fair trade... Trade policy in the poorest countries should be decided by those countries, not dictated by the IMF and World Bank. Our job is to turn the volume up and keep the heat on – thanks for turning out today. Peace, Bono " > Full quote

Message from Mexico

" What's my message to the Trade Justice Movement? Criticise and protest, yes, but offer alternatives too. We need to show that there are viable alternatives to so-called 'free-trade' "
Mario Monroy, Director of SIPRO, Mexico > Full quote at www.cafod.org.uk

Gordon Brown to deliver a special address on Global Poverty

on Sunday 26 September as part of Vote for Trade Justice in Brighton on the first day of the Labour Party conference.
> Press Release 24-Sep-2004

Trade demo targets Labour Party Conference

Thousands of anti-poverty campaigners will descend on Brighton on the first day of the Labour Party Conference to protest against the Government's role in unfair world trade.
> Press Release 22-Sep-2004