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July22: Day of action against transnational corporations

There are campaigns against Coca Cola, OXI, Repsol, and Nestlé; against the latter, because of labor problems, death and persecution of trade unionists in Colombia and its contribution to environmental damage and the destruction of forests in Indonesia where they grow palm oil for their products.

The companies from the chemical-pharmaceutical sector appropriate the wisdom of native peoples to feed their pharmaceutical research and create genetically modified plants to ensure the sale of their medicines and their pesticides. Many countries are now indebted in their effort to buy antiviral drugs against the swine flu, product of the widespread panic released to ensure the profit of European and American laboratories. Auto companies refused to produce cars more compatible to environmental concerns. Banks manage the world and blackmail companies to ensure their profits and keep their power in the world.

These are only some examples showing the role of transnational corporations. This serious situation is not product of an individual company, but it is the functioning, the purpose of capitalism which brings with it destruction, violence and death to maximize profits and control the markets. The economic crisis that currently afflicts us is a clear expression of the voracity of the system, which now seeks to resolve it through greater exploitation of the workers, making them poorer and violently plundering the natural resources.

"Let the rich pay for the crisis" is the slogan of the majority of the current struggles where popular sectors and workers defend their rights.

We invite the social and human rights organizations and all those affected by the policies of the transnational corporations, to adhere to the great International Day to be held in different countries on July 22, as an expression of protest against exploitation, poverty, hunger, war, so that we do not become the ones who pay for the crisis. We invite you to incorporate in your action agendas July 22.

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http://www.sinaltrainal.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=96&Itemid=100

http://www.sinaltrainal.org/images/stories/campo1/multis%20y%20globalizacion.pdf