Walk for Democracy and Against Corporate Rule: May Day of Action
April 29 (Saturday), 12 noon
Peace Flame Park (south side of Burrard St. Bridge, Vancouver)
Walk proceeds to the Vancouver Art Gallery. Stops will be made along the route to protest:
- inadequate funding to Canada's heath care system
- astronomical bank profits
- massive student loans
- financial speculation at the cost of workers' jobs
- privatization of public services
- militarism
- labour exploitation around the world
Organized by Trading Strategies, BC Federation of Labour, the Vancouver and District
Labour Council and End the Arms Race.
May Day 2K: Carnival Against Capitalism
May 1 (Monday), 10 AM
Meet at Victory Square (Hastings @ Cambie)
March begins at 11am and will proceed to the downtown financial district with street
theatre and non-violent direct action. Reclaim May Day as a day of working class protest
and a celebration of the struggle of working peoples the world over for decent wages,
working conditions, and working class power. Strengthen the fight-back against imperialist
globalization, targeting its key architects: the World Trade Organization, International
Monetary Fund, and World Bank as well as the Canadian government and the local and global
capitalists it serves. Demonstrate international solidarity with resistance movements
worldwide fighting for their rights, decent living conditions, and for their social,
economic, political, and cultural survival.
