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   Program Bus 6
Going from Germany to Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland and back to Germany.
 
 
   Friday 21th May
  -
  Arrival to Germany
Travel to Salzwedel
 
 
   Saturday 22th May
  -
Arrival to Germany
Travel to Salzwedel
 
 
   Sunday 23th May
  Salzwedel
Briefing and resting in Salzwedel

19.00 public welcome event; local activists from the "Bauerliche Notgemeinschaft" and the "Buergerinitiative" tell about their struggles against the nuclear waste and the atomic industry. So from india tells why they have come to Europe. Cultural Program with Gospel quire.
 
 

   Monday 24th May
  Antwerpen

Leave to Antwerpen
During the way meeting with others group like Voedselteams (association for educating adults)
 
 
 

   Tuesday 25th May
  Mechelen

Walk: Antwerpen- Mechelen
9:00 * Reception at 'City Hall of Antwerpen' followed by walking
14:00 * Walking
18:00 * Reception 'City Hall of Mechelen'
20:00 * Evening programm - music, stories + information at Cultural Centre, Melaan 3, Mechelen
* Speakers-council with representatives from affinity groups


 
 

   Wednesday 26th May
  Brussels

Walk: Mechelen - Brussels North
18:00 * Arrival Atomium Brussels. Welcoming by Abolition 2000 Belgium followed by program with speakers and music at 'Theatre de la Verdure/Groentheater' Laken - Brussels


 
 
   Thursday 27th May
  Brussels

Walk: Brussels north - arrival NATO HQ Brussels
12:00 * Start 'Citizens Inspection' at NAT0
           Speakers and music
13:00 * Lunch at NATO
20:00 * Speakers-council with representatives from affinity groups
- Common press conference

 
 
 
   Friday 28th May
  Brussels

- Civil inspection to the center of a major TNC


 
 
   Saturday 29th May
  Brussels

- Morning Visit of a farm
- Evening: party-public meeting-theater


 
 
   Sunday 30th May
  Paris

- Leave Brussels
-Arrival in Paris at: evening
- Meeting with the Associations Villageoises du Fleuve (Senegalese, Maliens etc.) and the Bengalis of Paris
- Actions in 1-2 international financial institutions
- Common action with workers and immigrated women about the development of the agriculture


 
 
 

   Monday 31st May
  Paris
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   Tuesday 1st June
  Paris

Action begin at 10 am and all the day until the departure of the caravan
Leave Paris after actions (at about 18.00 )

Travel to Milano
 
 

   Wednesday 2nd June
  Milano
Resting day
 
 
   Thursday 3rd June
  Milano

10.30 AM: demonstration by the Stock Exchange.

Afternoon: press conference - meeting with civil society


 

Evening: Dinner, concert
 
 

   Friday 4th June
  Bologna

Travel to Bologna


 
 
   Saturday 5th June
  Bologna

Bologna programm
 
 

   Sunday 6th June
  Venice

Depart in Bologna 8 AM
Travel to Venice
Arrival: Venice on June 6, from 10 to 12.30 AM
Morning: groups for information and sensibilization about the Caravan acting in strategical points of the territory
Afternoon: public happening in Mestre — initially with working groups, then all together with the participation of known personalities


 
 

   Monday 7th June
  Geneva
Travel to Geneva
 
 
   Tuesday 8th June
  Geneva

morning: a demonstration in front of Cargill.

afternoon: meetings with different groups and /or visit of the city combined with leafletting people in the streets. Groups may invite a delegation or small group of caravaneers, or come to the Usine to meet them there.

evening: 18H Public debate at the University with students and faculty of biology about Genetically Modified Organisms (Students are generally in favor of research although critical of commercial uses.)

20H Public meeting at the University (hall for 600 persons) where the general public can hear the message of the Caravan.

Simultaneously, meetings with other local groups


 
 
   Wednesday 9th June 
  Geneva

Morning: meetings with representatives of the World Council of Churches and other groups and tour of Geneva

Afternoon: whole group marches through Geneva to ILO (delegation received in annual conference) (There may be a meeting with ILO already in the morning, arranged by the CGAS.). Group continues to WTO for a demonstration, then returns to Usine.

Evening: Party at Usine with population (including immigrants and refugees such as Kurds)

Debate at the annual assembly of the Federation Genevoise de la Cooperation (FGC), also with members of the IEUD (University Institute of Development Studies)


 
 
 
   Thursday 10th June
  Vevey

10.00 am Depart Geneva
11.00 am arrive at Nestlé, Vevey. Switzerland
2.00 pm Depart Vevey
Afternoon Depart by small group to meet famers from the UPS, VKMB and in other districts
(Friburg, Vaud, Basel, Jura, Bern....)

   Friday 11th June
  Yverdon

all day rest day
Visit of Farm. Public conference in Basel.


 
 
   Saturday 12th June
  Yverdon

10.30 am Depart Yverdon
12.00 am Arrive Berne (Barengraben)
 

Afternoon: manifestation, debates, speeches, music, food at the place in front of the Government building

Evening: back to the farmers, and departure Berne (Bundesplatz).
Participation to the national meeting of the unemployed in Friburg
 
10.30 pm Arrive Yverdon


 
 
 

   Sunday 13th June
  Yverdon

pic-nic in the countryside and visit of farms. conference-debate in Basel.-Campaign with the farmers of Bio-suisse


 
 
   Monday 14th June
  Basel

10.00 am (or later) Arrive: Basel

Public assembly against the WTO and neoliberal policies at the central square

15.00 protest tour passing by different TNCs such as Novartis etc


 
 
   Tuesday 15th June
  Basel 

Morning: Leave Basel
Travel to München
19.00 Public meeting at the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität
 
 
 

   Wednesday 16th June
  München

Morning: Visit at the Agricultural University of Weihenstephan

15.00 Action in front of European Patent Agency
 
 

   Thursday 17th June
  Cologne

Leave to Cologne at 10.00
Arrival in Cologne: 18.00

Accommodation: camp 99
 
 
 

   Friday 18th June
  Cologne 


 

11.30 Action in Leverkusen, at one of the big German Multinationals (BAYER)
 
17.00 Laugh- Parade in the town of Cologne


 
 
 
   Saturday 19th June
  Cologne 

11.00 Critical participation in the human chain against 3rd
         world debt.
14.00 Demonstration against the world economic summit
17.00 Dinner at the camp 99
19.00 Farewell Party together with the Caravan of Refugees
          and Migrants


 
 
 -  Sunday 20th June
  Dusseldorf

Leave from Dusseldorf


 
 

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