by Aileen Kwa There is no sign of movement from the US and EC, despite noises that they are ready to negotiate. The majors want access to developing country markets, but they also want assurances that their subsidies will be...
Read MoreBy Chanida Chanyapate and Isabelle Delforge*Thailand’s ambition to become the "kitchen of the world" has suffered a severe public relations setback. Just as the government launched the 2004 food safety year aimed...
Read More9 April 2004AS the occupation of Iraq enters its second year, the demands of the Iraqis grow clearer every day: an immediate end to the Occupation and free elections – free for all Iraqis to participate and free of US...
Read MoreURGES SUPPORT FOR IRAQIS’ DEMAND FOR A GENUINE END TO OCCUPATION At the strong urging of the Baghdad-based support ream, we have decided to postpone the International Mission to Investigate the Political Transition in Iraq. The...
Read MoreApril 8 2004,Eman Ahmed Khammas, Director, International Occupation Watch Center,Occupied BaghdadTo the peoples of the world and their representatives at the United Nations,The Iraqi people call for international solidarity as...
Read MoreWednesday, 17 Mar 2004 at 1:02pm; CANBERRA, March 17 AAP – Australia should follow the lead of Spain and withdraw its troops from Iraq, Australian Greens senator Kerry Nettle said today.Senator Nettle, who will...
Read MoreAn International Fact Finding Mission of parliamentarians, civil society and political analysts will visit Iraq from April 8-15 to investigate the means by which the US hopes to determine the outcome of the political process by...
Read More[1] A Forum on the War and the Occupation19 March 2004, 9:30AM to 12 Noon, Faculty Center, UP Diliman [2] Direct Action/Mobilization at Camp Aguinaldo20 March 2004, 10:00-12:00 Noon,Camp...
Read MoreEvents taking place in Mumbai for the March 20 Mobilisations: The demonstration will take place at 4:30 PM at Hutatma chowk 10thMarch – 19th March: An aggressive campaign has been launched in the city of Mumbai to...
Read MoreBy Ji Giles Ungpakorn*Generally, it was felt that the World Social Forum in India was a gathering of the “Left”, in a plural sort of way, not some neutral space for academic discussion, and for many people who attended, the open...
Read MoreBy Alec Bamford*For an anti-capitalist event, the WSF runs on suspiciously free market lines. Apart from the 2-3 events organized by the WSF itself for each time slot, there were 133 other parallel venues. To be filled by...
Read MoreBy Herbert Docena* The idea was simple enough: If all of the US’ 702 foreign military bases in 40 countries around the world were shut down, then the US wouldn’t find it so easy to launch its illegal wars. And who better to push...
Read MoreBy Mary Louise Malig*Resistance is infectious. When George Bush declared the war on Iraq was over last May, with matching “mission accomplished” banners and jet fighter plane landing, he was asking for trouble. This whole...
Read MoreBy Isabelle Delforge*An Indian participant from Tamil Nadu stands up and asks the panelists “The WSF keeps repeating that another world is possible. But what world do you want?” The workshop has gathered delegates from all over...
Read MoreThe General Assembly of the Global Anti-War Movement called on the world to fill the streets on March 20 to demand an end to the occupation of Iraq. The General Assembly of the Anti-War Movement convened on January 19 at the...
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