Despite the Chinese state’s Olympic promise to improve, the violation of basic human and workers' rights continues and activists continue to be imprisoned for trying to change their conditions.
Big western corporations have been producing merchandise in sweatshops across China for years, with the coming of the Olympics things have only got worse! China continues its ongoing violation of fundamental human rights, including the use of forced labour, the denial of freedom of association and the denial of the right to collectively bargain…
Its time to act!
Join No Sweat at The Cross Kings on Saturday 17th May & organise against the sweatshop labour behind the Olympics!
3pm Action Meeting & Film Showing: China Blue: Filmed in the face of opposition from the Chinese regime, China Blue tells the inside story of western retailers, the garment industry in south China, and how workers are fighting back.
7.30pm No Sweat Benefit Gig featuring:
Rhizomes (conscious roots reggae 9-peice)
The Lockup (Two smoking barrels of ska from Newbury)
The Ruby Kid (Political Hip Hop – “Like Percy Shelley tripping off of vicodin”)
Jakal (PUNK.SKA.REGGAE)
Press1 (Hip Hop Poet from SE London)
Saturday 17th May 08 @ The Cross Kings
126 York Way London N1 0AX
www.nosweat.org.uk [1]
www.thecrosskings.co.uk [2]
Nearest Tube: Kings Cross
Buses 10, 30, 45, 46, 73, 259, 390, 476