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Doha is the problem, NOT the solution

We, representatives of peasant organizations, women, migrants, workers, urban and rural poor, fisherfolks, social movements and civil society organizations from East and Southeast Asia call for the rejection of the Doha Round......READ MORE

 

 

2008.07

A statement to the G8 signed by more than 150 movements, networks and organizations

CHALLENGE TO THE G8 GOVERNMENTS

The gathering of the most powerful countries of the world is an occasion for the people of the world to demand that this G8 Summit address the twin ‘tsunamis’ that plague humanity today – the food and climate crisis – and the continuing problem of Debt that has contributed significantly to these two crises and exacerbate their impacts......READ MORE

 

 

 

2008.07

SOCIAL MOVEMENT LOBBYING AND ACTION DOCUMENTS ON WTO (EN)

DOCUMENTOS SOBRE OMC PARA LA ACCION Y EL CABILDEO (ES)

July 6, 2008......READ MORE

 

2008.07.06

Call to Action to Stop the WTO Doha Round

Ministers from dozens of countries, including the U.S., EU, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Philippines, South Africa, Kenya and Egypt, will meet in Geneva on July 21 to attempt to push through the conclusion of the WTO’s Doha Round...READ MORE

 

 

2008.07.06

Call for Joining with Us to G8 Action Network!

G8 Action Network

The G8 Summit will be held in Toyako Hokkaido in July 2008, following a series of ministerial preparation meetings in several places which will start in March. The G8 Action Network is an open network composed of individuals or organizations questioning the G8 Summit itself......READ MORE

 

 

2008.07

JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE’S SOLIDARITY DAYS

July 4-8, 2008, Hokkaido, Japan

Resisting Free Trade, Militarism and Fighting for Real Solutions to Climate Change

No more world creating inequality, poverty and social disparity

We demand Climate Justice!

Join the International People’s Solidarity Days to discuss and build our alternatives......READ MORE

 

 

 

2008.07

Our Response to the G8 Summit-- From Local to Global, from Global to Local

Koshida Kiyokazu

The Group of Eight (G8) Summit Conference 2008 is to be held at Toyako lakeside in Hokkaido. I live in Hokkaido, which is located at the northernmost tip of the Japanese archipelago and has a population of some 5.6 million. Among the administrative divisions of Japan, this is the second largest island and occupies 22 percent of the total area of Japan......READ MORE

 

 

 

 

2008.05

China accession to WTO and its consequences for working people

Au Loong Yu

One of the greatest recent events that will shape global capitalism for years to come is the integration of China into the world market. Economists told us: “the entry into the world economy of China, India and the former Soviet Union has in effect doubled the global labour force (China accounts for more than half of this increase)…...READ MORE

 

 

2006.05

Hong Kong Declaration: Further betrayal of people and the environment

Au Loong Yu

The WTO Doha Round began in 2001. Despite experiencing temporary failure in 2003, partial progress within the Doha agenda was made during the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference in December 2005 that may pave the way for full agreement in 2006.....READ MORE

 

2006.02.02

Disneyland, Doha and the WTO in Hong Kong: The Spectacle of Corporate Fear, Absurdity and the New Universalism

Hidayat Greenfield

It's fitting that the Sixth WTO Ministerial should arrive in Hong Kong only a couple of months after the opening of Disneyland. In both cases reality is abandoned at the door, while fiction and fantasy take over...Download PDF

 

2005.11.21

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