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...
Read MorePhilippine Working Group on GFMD and Migrants’ Rights International Global Call to Action 1 June 2008 Join the “Peoples’ Global Action on Migration, Development and Human Rights”, 22-30 October 2008, Manila, Philippines...
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To the ASEAN Leaders and the ASEAN Secretariat:
The undersigned civil society movements and organisations from ASEAN wish to express their strong concerns about the proposed EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA) slated to be concluded within the next two years.
We are aware that the trade negotiations are already ongoing, and these are done without prior meaningful public consultation, either with elected representatives or civil society in any of the countries concerned. Any agreement as far-reaching in its consequences and as broad in scope as the proposed EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement should involve at the very least a wide-ranging and on-going consultation process, in addition to full disclosure of all texts being considered. We view access to information and process as vital components for the meaningful participation of civil society in all stages of the discussion.
Read MorePLANIFICACIÓN CENTRAL Y LIBERTAD DE MERCADO: DOS CARAS DE LA MISMA MENTALIDAD FUNDAMENTALISTA por Walden Bello* Walden Bello fue invitado a participar en la serie de debates organizados por la revista Economist, sobre...
Read Morepor Daphne Wysham y Shakuntala Makhijani* (Publicado por primera vez en Foreign Policy in Focus, 31 de marzo, 2008) La crisis de identidad que hace ya un buen tiempo afecta al Banco Mundial no parece ser fácil de superar....
Read Morepor Walden Bello* Hoy existe consenso en la comunidad científica en torno a que un aumento de la temperatura media mundial en el siglo XXI mayor a 2,4 grados Celsius, provocará cambios de gran envergadura en el...
Read Morepor Dorothy-Grace Guerrero* “En 20 años China ha logrado resultados económicos que a Occidente le tomaron un siglo. Pero en esos 20 años también ha concentrado el equivalente a un siglo de problemas...
Read Morepor Nicola Bullard y Bea Moraras* Después del dramatismo que se vivió en Bali, la conferencia de Bangkok sobre el cambio climático (31 de marzo – 4 de abril) fue más bien aburrida. Al Gore no descendió de las alturas, no...
Read Morepor Patrick Bond* (Este artículo fue publicado por primera vez en MRZine, un boletín mensual electrónico, en http://www.monthlyreview.org/mrzine/bond060108.html) En medio de su bienvenida crítica a la...
Read Morepor Alejandro Bendaña* Si la meta es el desarrollo -mejor definido como la transformación soberana de la democracia social- entonces no debemos hablar de hacer más efectivas las actuales modalidades de...
Read Morepor Walden Bello* La escalada exponencial del precio del petróleo, la caída del dólar en picada y el derrumbe de los mercados financieros son los ingredientes claves de un cóctel que puede terminar siendo bastante más que una...
Read MorePeter Rosset* Around the world it seems more and more that the time has come for La Via Campesina (http://www.viacampesina.org). The global alliance of peasant and family farm organizations has spent the past decade...
Read MoreAileen Kwa* GENEVA, May 12 (IPS) – The high food prices that have sparked riots in many parts of the developing world — from Indonesia, India and Bangladesh to Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire and Haiti —...
Read MoreMary Ann Manahan* In various parts of the country, poor Filipinos are lining up for rice, sending out signals that a rice crisis is unfolding in the country. They line up specifically for the subsidized rice sold by the...
Read Moreby Jacques-chai Chomthongdi* When it comes to rice Thailand sees itself as a major player in the world. Nine to ten million metric tons of milled rice leaves Thai ports each year, accounting for almost 30 per cent of the...
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