The EU Finance ministers will be meeting on the 15th June and European Council will be meeting 23rd-24th. This will be a key moment in the campaigning calender to influence decision makers ahead of the G20 in November. FTT coalitons around the world will attempt to gain coverage in national media of their campaign action.
Please do come onboard and help us lobby for an FTT on June 22nd Global Day of Action!
- Global Day of Action Proposal June 22nd (English)
The GDoA Proposal will offer you a background to the international coalitions efforts on the FTT and what the main objectives are for the Day of Action.
Download the proposal and get active (link on the right, right-click, “save as”). Collect signatures on the streets. Do a media stunt. Lobby your government! Spread the campaign to facebook, twitter, flickr and youtube.
The proposal is also available in [Spanish], [French] and [Portugese]. Please help us translate!
- Global Day of Action Toolkit
Download the toolkit! It is designed to assist you with everything you need to for country participation in the Day of Action – from how to run a media stunt to mobilising individuals online. Download the GDoA banners! These banners in PDF format are designed to fit into your press releases and web adverts. Please use them widely!
- Banner (EN) GDoA "Big Day for a Tiny Tax" plus byline
- Banner (EN) GDoA "Big Day for a Tiny Tax"
- Banner (EN) GDoA "Robin Hood Tax" #2
- Banner (EN) GDoA "FTT"
- Banner (EN) GDoA "Robin Hood Tax" #1
Remember to email your best photos to fttjune@posterous.com and stay tuned on all new action coverage on http://fttjune.posterous.com Embed the GDoA Flickr slideshow (below) into your website. Grab an "embed-code" here: http://www.flickr.com//photos/fttjune/show/?embed=1
Forward and/or embed the brand-new 350.org film-clip for the FTT:
Use this video (below) to send out to your supporters by email/facebook/twitter, and in the long-term, Kevin has produced one with a blank ending which organisations can use to put up their own URL link to national coalition actions. Click "Share" and "Embed" on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1E1Rnx4LPg to get the youtube embed code for this video.
Use the following paragraph or something similar to describe the issue to your supporters.
"Some call it the Robin Hood Tax, others call it the Financial Transaction Tax, others call it a really good idea. This tiny tax could take $400,000,000,000 out of the pockets of the bankers who got rich by crashing the economy and use that money to stop domestic service cuts and help the people who are suffering the most from climate change, and who did the least to cause it. This amazing 0.05% tax also helps stabilize the economy by preventing high speed trading (done mostly by computers all on their own). Help us make this piece of common sense into a common practice."