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Jubilee South/Americas calls on all the organizations, movements, and networks who are part of or share in the struggle against debt domination to mobilize this January 26 as part of the Global Day of Action convened through the World Social Forum Process.
Together with millions of people (…)
CADTM’s first South Asian regional workshop was held from Tuesday, 15th January to Thursday, 17th January 2008. 52 delegates from Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal convened near Colombo, Sri Lanka for three days. CADTM Belgium also participated in the workshop.
Sessions on (…)
Coinciding with the signing on December 9, in Buenos Aires, of the South Bank’s Founding Act, hundreds of social movements, networks, organizations and personalities from throughout Latin America and the world are presenting to the Presidents of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, (…)
BANK OF THE SOUTH
SECOND OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENTS OF ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, ECUADOR, PARAGUAY, URUGUAY AND VENEZUELA
FOR A BANK OF THE SOUTH FOCUSED ON A MATRIX OF SOVEREIGNTY, SOLIDARITY, SUSTAINABILITY AND INTEGRATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONTINENT
Dear Mr. Presidents, (…)
As Dominique Strauss-Kahn takes up his post in Washington, CADTM demands full acknowledgement of the consequences of IMF operations since its creation
Today, November 1 2007, Dominique Strauss-Kahn takes up his post as managing director of the the IMF after a long, skilfully orchestrated (…)
Every year, the World Bank (Bank) channels US$ 18-20 billion to developing countries in the form of loans and grants with the ostensible aim of reducing poverty and promoting economic growth. The Bank always acts in tandem with its sibling agency, the International Monetary Fund (Fund), even in (…)
Two opposite tendencies at play in Latin America
On one hand, the United States government and the European Union countries succeed in sealing bilateral agreements of free trade, in favour of their business houses, with the countries of the region. The massive privatisations of the 1980s and (…)
As the 40th Annual Governors Meeting (AGM) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) concludes in Kyoto today, we, representatives from communities and civil society organisations from more than 20 countries reiterate our rejection of the institution. As in the past, deliberations in this AGM among (…)
The People’s Forum on Asian Development Bank, a coalition of Japanese civil society organisations and groups from across Asia, was inaugurated with a public symposium at the Doshisha University here today. Over 300 representatives from the student community, worker’s and women’s groups, and NGOs (…)
The World Bank is going through the worst period of its history. Its situation has never been so precarious. Rejected by a growing number of social movements, its credibility has been further undermined by revelations of nepotism on the part of its president, Paul Wolfowitz. At the same time, (…)
Having been accused of nepotism, Paul Wolfowitz had to resign as president of the World Bank. He is being replaced by Robert Zoelick who has imposed bilateral free-trade agreements on several countries of the South. The World Bank thus proves that it is incapable of becoming democratic and (…)
1. Campaigns, social movements, non-governmental organisations, community-based organisations, faith-based organisations and activists from all around the world have gathered in Nairobi, Kenya for the 2007 World Social Forum. Together, we the undersigned participants of the World Social Forum (…)
Despite attempts by the World Bank (Bank) and the International Monetary Fund (Fund) to spin their 2006 Annual Meetings (19-20 September) in Singapore as a success, events before and during the Meetings show that the two institutions have been unable to deflect doubts among civil society and (…)
Freedom of speech and assembly curtailed during World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings in Singapore Over 80 representatives of social movements and civil society organisations planning to attend events in connection with the recent World Bank-International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings in (…)
To: Dr. Manmohan SinghPrime Minister of IndiaSouth BlockNew Delhi
September 19, 2006
Subject: Blacklisting, illegal detention and ill-treatment of Indian civil society representatives by the Singapore Government
Dear Dr. Manmohan Singh:
You must be aware that the World Bank and the (…)
(Jakarta, September 18, 2006) On Sept 17, Achmad Yakub and Irma Yanni of Federasi Serikat Petani Indonesia (FSPI - Federation of Indonesian Peasant Union) flew to Singapore to organize a Via Campesina press conference on the World Bank and the IMF They arrived at Changi Airport at 5 PM local (…)
Press Statement by the Organisers of the International Peoples Forum vs IMF-WB Asrama Haji Batam Centre, Batam, Indonesia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
18 September 2006 Today we conclude the International Peoples Forum vs. the IMF and World Bank (IPF), which was convened in Batam from September (…)
(Jakarta, 18 September 2006) Two Via Campesina activists were detained by the Singapore authorities last night at Changi international airport and were deported this morning to Jakarta. They were interrogated for 14 hours continuously. They were not doing anything criminal and they had come to (…)
(Jakarta, 17 September 2006) Today in Jakarta farmers leaders from the international peasants’ movement La Via Campesina concluded a 3-day conference with other Indonesian social movements denouncing the IMF and WB crimes against humanity and proposing people’s alternatives. Gus Dur, former (…)
The new deadlines for registration are as follows:
Participating organizations and individuals - August 31
Registration of activities - August 23
Thanks!
The International Convenors of the IPF c/o IPFsecretariat gmail.com
The forum will take place September 15 to 17,2006 Batam, (…)
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