Since 1988 Global Exchange has worked in solidarity with grassroots movements around the world struggling for social, economic and environmental justice. From peasant hamlets in Burkina Faso to squatter settlements in Mexico, to the fishing villages of Malaysia and communities here at home, we have been on the frontlines for human rights and global justice for more than 22 years.  Here are some of our favorite milestones and victories

Global Exchange 

launches the No 

Blood For Oil 

Campaign, rallying 

millions to march for 

peace under banners 

that made the link 

between U.S. oil addiction and war.

 

Global Exchange 

helps build a national 

Fair Trade movement 

co-founding the 

National Fair Trade 

Federation.

Global Exchange 

joined with activists 

worldwide to oppose 

the unjust and oppressive policies of 

the World Bank and 

IMF and co-founded 

50 Years is Enough.

 

Global Exchange 

opens a Peace 

House in Mexico to 

challenge militarization, repression, and 

impunity.

 

Global Exchange 

re-branded Nike 

as “the sweatshop 

shoe company,” 

calling international 

attention to  worker’s 

conditions.

 

 

Global Exchange 

launched our Fair 

Trade coffee campaign.  Our campaign 

succeeded in convincing both Starbucks 

and Proctor & Gamble 

to offer Fair Trade.

 

Global Exchange’s 

Medea Benjamin cofounded CODEPINK – 

a network of women 

dedicated to ending 

the war – and held a 

four-month vigil for 

peace outside the 

White House.

 

Global Exchange 

takes on the Auto 

Industry – challenging 

Ford Motor Company 

to break America’s 

addiction to oil and 

build zero-emission, 

fuel-efficient vehicles.

 

Global Exchange files 

a joint suit with ILRF 

against chocolate 

giant Nestlé for their 

refusal to end child 

labor abuses and 

slavery on cocoa 

farms.

 

 

 

Global Exchange 

opens a Green 

Festival in Seattle.  

The Green Festival 

introduces over 

100,000 people each 

year to the thriving 

green economy.