In Metro (free London newspaper) Ed O’Brien was interviewed:
“Radiohead’s involvement with the Trade Justice Movement came out of the awareness raised by the Jubilee 2000 campaign which highlighted the crippling burden of debt faced by the developing world.
Following on from that campaign, NGOs such as Christian Aid, Oxfam and CAFOD were telling us that, although aid and debt relief were essential, if we were to be truly effective in wiping it out in the long term, then the issue of trade and the illogical, grossly immoral rules that govern it had to be challenged. This is where the Trade Justice Movement has come in.
I like the fact that the Trade Justice Movement is a coalition. It reflects the way this campaign is supported by a great many people in this country who realise that, in an increasingly interdependent and globalised world, we in the richest countries have a responsibility to the world’s poorest.
This is not merely a responsibility based on compassionate grounds. There are now, more so than ever, pragmatic reasons. Poverty and inequality are the greatest human threat to the well-being and security of all human beings on our planet. The Trade Justice Movement seeks to redress the balance.” [thanks Rob]
Radiohead news on this day..
- Radiohead Live in Glasgow [live report] – 2008
- Radiohead collect postcards for Scottish Parliament – 2008
- Radiohead on Copyright, Carbon, Glasto & Glasgow – 2008
- Dead Children Playing: 2nd edition – 2007
- Radiohead in San Diego – Night 2 Live Report – 2006
- The Eraser vodcast and more – 2006
- Rice & Cullum play Radiohead on Glastonbury – 2004
- Radiohead in BANG Magazine – 2003
- Rock Werchter on 3FM – 2003
- Details on Radiohead/Sigur Ros Ballet – 2003
