Corporate G8
The G8 counter-conference was held
Where: Assembly Hall, Royal Mile, Edinburgh
Cost: Free
George Monbiot
Caroline Lucas
Samir Amin
Walden Bello Trevor Ngwane
Meena Raman
Berenice Celeyta
The Yes Men
11.00 - 12.00 Challenging Privatisation Berenice Celeyta, Trevor Ngwane and George Monbiot
12.15 - 13.30 Challenging Global Trade Rules Samir Amin and Walden Bello
14.00 - 15.15 Challenging Climate Change Meena Raman and Caroline Lucas
15.30 - 17.00 Challenging Corporations Joel Bakan (plus screening of part of The Corporation)
17.00 - 18.00 Make the G8 History The Yes Men
This conference was part of a series of events in Edinburgh on 3 July offering alternatives to the G8.
LSE and People and Planet are hosted a warm-up Make the G8 History event at the London School of Economics on Tuesday 28 June at 6.30pm. Featuring George Monbiot, George Galloway, Mark Curtis, Tariq Ali, Victoria Brittain and Hilary Wainwright. The event took place in The Old Theatre, London School of Economics, Houghton Street (Near Holborn)and was absolutely FREE.
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