Redefining what ‘consensus’ means in the WTO? Geneva , 27 October 2005 Dear Mr. Lamy, The undersigned trade unions and Civil society organizations from around the world, are appalled by the high ly undemocratic and...
Read More18 October 2005 `THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE IN MOTION’ The US proposal on Agriculture seen as source of momentum The Doha negotiations, which only a few months ago was characterized as stalled over many areas of disagreements...
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anti- globalization protesters and free-trade proponents. The protest came during efforts to open a dialogue between World Trade Organization officials and non-governmental organizations.
GENEVA (15 0CTOBER 2005)- trade activists numbering over 3,000 massed up in front of the WTO headquarters here this afternoon to open the weeklong activities centered around the upcoming WTO General Council Meeting. After a...
Read MoreThis post Cancun video is a biting reminder of the battles still to be won. {playerflv}why-wto-really-bad-for-you.flv|320|240|#00000|false{/playerflv}
Read MoreGENÈVE : CENTRE D’ATTENTION Jacques-Chai Chomthongdi* Translated by Alain Monod and Valérie Espinasse, volunteer translators from CoorditradCette année, les représentants de la société civile présents au...
Read MoreMISSION IMPOSSIBLE POUR LAMY ? Nicola Bullard * Translated by Jean-Charles Ladurelle and Thomas van Oudenhove from Coorditrad.Dans le monde uniforme des négociations commerciales, Pascal Lamy se repère...
Read MoreLE « GUIDE-G » : Les différents groupes dans les négociations à l’OMC sur l’agriculture Par Jacques Chai Chomthongdi * Translated by Catherine Barranco et...
Read MoreL’empire et son avenir Jayati Gosh * (Une critique de « Dilemmes de la domination : la désagrégation de l’Empire américain » Metropolitan Books, New York 2005) par Walden Bello. Translated...
Read MoreSeptember 2005 PDF Version When the Wind Blows: An overview of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) in India By Focus on the Global South, India and Young Professionals Collective (YPC) Mumbai …….when the wind...
Read MoreBy Tom Reifer, Department Of Sociology, University Of San Diego (1) *This essay draws on work-in-progress for the forthcoming work, by Gar Alperovitz and Tom Reifer, War & the American System. The dawn of the second...
Read MoreTom Reifer* [This is an edited version of a longer article, the full text of which is available on the Focus website] In this article, Tom Reifer argues that “…ultimately it was the rains of Hurricane Katrina and floods that...
Read MoreBy Soren Ambrose* “If we appreciate the achievement of “beating” the G8 and the IFIs… this victory could be part of building serious momentum for the global justice movement as it moves toward the WTO meetings in Hong Kong and...
Read More[Espanõl ]by Shalmali Guttal*When the Bush Administration nominated its Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz for the presidency of the World Bank in March this year, many World Bank watchers reacted with shock. Outrage...
Read Morepor Walden Bello* (Discurso pronunciado en el Encuentro Mundial de fundaciones que promueven la democracia, Parlamento Sueco, Estocolmo, 28 – 30 de agosto de 2005.) Han pasado ya 25 años desde que comenzara la...
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