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April 15th, 2011

No to Liberalization/Deregulation at WTO: Letter to G-20 Finance Ministers

13 April, 2011
14 April, 2011

Dear G-20 Finance Ministers:

As you gather in Washington, D.C. to address pressing issues facing the global economy, we call on you to safeguard governments’ ability to implement policies that will reestablish and maintain financial stability in the wake of the worst financial and economic crisis in decades.

 

March 8th

PUT PEOPLE FIRST, NOT FINANCES (Mobilize for the G8 and the G20 in France in 2011)

PUT PEOPLE FIRST, NOT FINANCES

Call from Dakar to Mobilize for the G8 and the G20 in France in 2011

 

Confronting the G8, May 21st and 22nd, 2011 in Deauville

Confronting the G20, from October 31st to November 5th, 2011 in Cannes

 

Gathered at the Action against the G8/G20 Convergence Assembly at the World Social Forum in Dakar, we - social movements, trade unions, international solidarity associations, women and men from all continents - call for massive popular mobilizations during the G8 summit on May 26th and 27th in Deauville and the G20 summit on November 3rd and 4th in Cannes. Here in Dakar, we have debated about the way to address the social, ecological, economic and geopolitical crises that together constitute a true crisis of civilization...

G20 Platform of Common Demands

6 November, 2010
The G20 is an unelected and select group of countries whose membership was originally drawn in response to the financial crises of the 1990s.1 The group came to its current position of prominence as a result of the latest wave of crises starting in 2007, as it had become clear that the G8 were incapable of responding without the collaboration of those from outside their number. The G20 has illegitimately proclaimed itself to be the premier forum of global economic governance for the future. In particular, the G20 seeks to dictate which bodies should be entrusted with responsibility for policing the global economy on its behalf. The G20’s policy agenda is driven primarily by the interests of global capital, as business leaders meet regularly in closed session with G20 ministers in the run-up to the G20 summits.G20 is trying to promote further liberalisation of trade, investment, finance and public services as a solution to the crisis. Recognizing that profound and fundamental change to the system is the ONLY solution to the crisis, member organisations and social movements of Our World Is Not For Sale make the following demands:

October 7th, 2010

Support proposals from Cochabamba Agreement in climate talks in Tianjin and Cancun! CJN!

During the last Climate Talks in Bonn in August some concrete proposals were
brought to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) in order to advance the negotiations to cut the greenhouse gas
emissions in a new and positive way. The main demands of the World Peoples
Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth (Cochabamba, April
2010) have been incorporated in the negotiation text of the Ad Hoc Working Group on
Long-term Cooperation under the UNFCCC.

September 30th

TODOS A SEÚL, DETENGAMOS LA AGENDA CORPORATIVA DEL G20!! (del 6 al 12 de noviembre 2010)

LLAMADO A LOS MOVIMIENTOS Y ORGANIZACIONES SOCIALES DEL MUNDO ENTERO

A PROTESTAR FRENTE A LA CUMBRE DEL G20 EN SEUL

20 PAÍSES NO DEBEN DECIDIR EL DESTINO DEL MUNDO ENTERO”


POR EL CAMBIO DEL SISTEMA. CONSTRUYAMOS OTRO MUNDO!

QUE LA CRISIS NO LA SIGAN PAGANDO LOS PUEBLOS

Participen en la Semana de Acciones Colectivas de los Pueblos en Seúl, del 6 al 12 de noviembre de 2010

Everyone to Seoul to Stop the G20 and the Corporate Agenda! (November 6-12, 2010)

A CALL TO SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD
TO PROTEST THE G20 SUMMIT IN SEOUL


20 COUNTRIES ALONE CANNOT DEFINE THE DESTINY OF THE ENTIRE WORLD


FOR SYSTEM CHANGE AND AN END TO BUSINESS AS USUAL, LET'S BUILD ANOTHER WORLD!


THE PEOPLE WILL NOT CONTINUE TO PAY FOR THE CRISIS.


Join the People's Week of Collective Actions in Seoul, November 6 to 12, 2010

September 8th

People’s G20 Response Preparation Committee, South Korea Newsletter July, 2010

1 July, 2010
People's G-20 Preparation Committee

Dear Colleagues,
The fifth G20 Summit will be held in Seoul on November 11th to 12th. This meeting has grave consequences for the people of Korea and the entire world. The G20 has appointed itself the principal body responsible for finding a solution to the global economic crisis and managing the world economy. Yet it excludes the majority of poor and developing nations from decision-making. It also seeks to make common people shoulder the burden of the crisis and to promote neoliberal policies, which have already created vast poverty and increased inequality. In addition, the South Korean government is using the upcoming summit as an excuse to severely restrict democratic rights and carry out a crackdown on migrants, street vendors and homeless people.

October 1: International Day of Action against pre-Summit attack in South Korea (G20)

On October 1st tell the South Korean government and the world that the G20 Summit is NO EXCUSE for Repression by participating in the International Day of Action against the pre-Summit attack on Democratic and Human Rights in South Korea.

December 19th, 2009

Detengamos la Ronda de Doha de la OMC: Herramientas para la acción

29 November, 2009

La OMC ha convocado a una Conferencia Ministerial en Ginebra del 30 de noviembre al 2 de diciembre de 2009, com el propósito de avanzar en las negociaciones sobre Agricultura, NAMA y Servicios en el marco de la Ronda de Doha – tal como se lo propuso en las reuniones ministeriales en Doha, Cancún y Hong Kong. En efecto, la Ronda de Doha ha “colapsado” al menos tres veces desde su lanzamiento en 2001, pero aún así, una y otra vez ha sido resucitada de entre los muertos, y las negociaciones técnicas en Ginebra continúan de manera regular.

El Grupo de Negociaciones sobre NAMA celebrará una semana de negociaciones (SUNS #6805)

2 November, 2009
Red del Tercer Mundo

El Grupo de Negociaciones sobre NAMA celebrará una semana de negociaciones
Publicado en SUNS #6805 del 2 de noviembre de 2009

Ginebra, 30 de octubre (Kanaga Raja) – El Grupo de Negociaciones sobre Acceso a los Mercados No Agrícolas (NAMA por su sigla en inglés) celebrará una semana de discusiones a iniciarse el 2 de noviembre, sobre varias cuestiones incluyendo las Barreras No Arancelarias (NTBs por su sigla en inglés).