On June 25, 2010 leading activists from around the world joined thousands in Toronto at Massey Hall to oppose the G8/20 agenda. They put forward a people first vision which confronts the closed door, illegitimate, neoliberal agenda of the G8 and G20 meetings. Shout Out was streamed live by rabble.ca.
Interview with Amy Goodman by Las Perlas del Mar, June 25, 2010 at Shout Out.
Interview with Naomi Klein by Las Perlas del Mar, June 25, 2010 at Shout Out.
Interview with Dr. Vandana Shiva by Las Perlas del Mar, June 25, 2010 at Shout Out.
Interview with Pablo Solon by Las Perlas del Mar, June 25, 2010 at Shout Out.
FEATURING:
Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians and chairs the board of Washington-based Food and Water Watch. Read speaking notes here.
Leo Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers and Vice-President of the AFL-CIO.
Amy Goodman, host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 800 TV and radio stations in North America.
John Hilary, executive director of War on Want, which campaigns for human rights and against the root causes of global poverty, inequality and injustice.
Naomi Klein, award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the international bestsellers, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies.
Dr. Vandana Shiva, founder of Navdanya, an environmental justice organization that counts 5,000,000 farmer families in sixteen states of India among its members. Before becoming an activist, Dr. Shiva was one of India's leading physicists.
Pablo Solon, Bolivian ambassador to the United Nations and lead negotiator for Bolivia at the December 2009 climate conference in Copenhagen.
With performances by Raging Asian Women, a diverse collective of East and South-East Asian women carrying on the North American taiko drumming tradition and promoting social justice while making music.
and moderated by R. H. Thompson.
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MEDIA RELEASE: Read the Council of Canadians media release announcing the event here.
This event is generously co-sponsored by Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada / Syndicat canadien des communications, de l’énergie et du papier, Public Service Alliance of Canada / Alliance de la Fonction publique du Canada, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation / Fédération des enseignantes-enseignants de écoles secondaires de l’Ontario, Saskatchewan Federation of Labour, National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers’ Union of Canada (CAW-Canada) / Syndicat national de l’automobile, de l’aérospatiale, du transport et des autres travailleurs et travailleuses du Canada (TCA-Canada), Canadian Union of Public Employees – Ontario /Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique - Ontario, Rabble.ca.