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| U.S. Supports Postponing IMF-World Bank Meetings |
The Bush administration agrees with top officials of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank that the two institutions' annual meetings planned for downtown Washington later this month should not take place as scheduled, a U.S. government source said yesterday. A formal decision has not been made. [delve]
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| GATT Watchdog Press Release |
| Programme of Action Against November WTO Meetings Announced - GATT Watchdog
GATT Watchdog will mount a campaign of active opposition to the World Trade Organisation and a new round of negotiations leading up to the November 9-13th WTO Ministerial Meeting in Doha, Qatar. [delve]
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| No Logo |
A brilliant but flawed portrait of contemporary capitalism - A review of No Logo, by Naomi Klein, HarperCollins/Flamingo, London, 2000.490 pp by Walden Bello, executive director of Focus on the Global South. [delve]
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| We Must Mobilise Against A Miasma of Mini-MAIs |
You've got to wonder at the nerve of New Zealand trade officials. During the furtive Multilateral Agreement on Investment negotiations and the subsequent international waves of opposition they were quietly hatching binding bilateral investment deals containing provisions resembling some of the most controversial elements of the MAI. - By Aziz Choudry - a ZNET Commentary www.zmag.org/ZNET.htm [delve]
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| Fair Trade Campaigners Protest Outside Starbucks |
Today in Christchurch the young and the old joined the Global Day of Action Against Starbucks. The Fair Trade campaigners from Trade Aid, the Green Party and Business for Social Responsibility protested against what has been labelled sweatshop coffee, for the working conditions and allegations of child labour under which much of the world's coffee is produced. [delve]
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| Only NGOs with WTO accreditation permitted to protest... |
The next World Trade Organization Ministerial will be held in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar. Qatar traditionally does NOT allow public protests and political demonstrations, the King has instructed the government to make an exception for the WTO Ministerial. But it seems that Qatar will welcome -- and permit to protest -- only those non-governmental organizations that have WTO accreditation. [delve]
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| NOT ONE OR TWO, BUT HUNDREDS OF PROTESTS |
Naomi Klein, Globe and Mail
There weren't two protests that took place in Quebec City -- one a "peaceful" labor march, the other "violent" anarchist riot. There were hundreds of protests, all resisting the passive vision of democracy pushed by the FTAA. [delve]
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| Kevin Loughlin Reports From The Quebec Protests - SCOOP |
Brilliant sunshine and clear skies bathe Quebec City this morning as the 34 Heads of State meet in the opening session of the 2001 Summit of the Americas. Inside the 10 square kilometre security perimeter, Police and officials reflect on yesterday's street violence in which four Black Bloc anarchists were arrested. [delve]
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| Breaking news of the FTAA actions in Quebec |
As the corporation-state's mass media networks churn out misinformation, Indymedia will be providing a voice for a diverse group of people mobilizing across the hemisphere against the FTAA and Summit of the Americas. Extensive IMC coverage is listed below. Audio, video, photos and written accounts of the news as it happens will continue to be updated. [delve]
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| WANTED, DEBTOR ALIVE |
The World Bank on Friday introduced a new multilateral lending program to stimulate economic growth in poverty-stricken nations.
Dubbed "Nature for Debt," the program will provide billions of dollars in low-interest loans and technical assistance to developing nations on the condition that they open up protected parklands for mineral extraction and oil and gas development. According to the bank, Nature-for-Debt swaps will give cash-strapped nations the money and help to provide the infrastructure that they need to attract multinational companies to run drilling and mining operations in the former parklands. Proceeds from the mineral exports will then be used to repay the nation's debt to the bank.
"With Nature for Debt, everyone wins" said World Bank President James Wolfensohn. "The companies make a profit, and third-world countries prove their credit-worthiness while getting a chance to play with the big boys." Although some environmentalists have criticized the program as "premature," the bank is considering extending this program to the Western U.S. on a trial basis. [delve]
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| An accord to auction vital resources |
By Vandana Shiva - The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is the agreement being most aggressively pushed through the 'built-in agenda' of the WTO though no new round was possible in Seattle because [delve]
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| The Wealth of Nations |
Ironically, Adam Smith's epic work The Wealth of Nations, which was first published in 1776, presents a radical condemnation of business monopolies sustained and protected by the state. [delve]
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| Draft Report |
on the Level of Paramilitary Response and Loss of Democratic Rights During the Seattle Round of the World Trade Organization Ministerial [delve]
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| Russia and the WTO |
Before Russia can gain entry to the WTO, it must first obtain approval from all current members – including its former Soviet republics [delve]
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| Free trade with China |
Conservatives and liberals disagree, even among themselves, over whether increased trade with China will effect improvements in its human rights record, religious freedom, fair labor practices, or security concerns. (The Heritage Think Tank) [delve]
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| In Seattle .... |
In Seattle we contributed to the collapse of a dangerous attempt to control the world's economy and resources for the benefit of corporations and the wealthy. [delve]
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| FOE briefing |
This short Friends Of the Earth briefing explains why trade liberalisation talks collapsed in Seattle. [delve]
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| Seattle Ministerial Conference confusion |
The situation of confusion and extra-legality, if not illegality, in which the Seattle Ministerial Conference ended on 3 December night, appears to have been compounded by the decisions, and non-decisions, of the Special Session of the General Council [delve]
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| Seattle's police chief quitts |
Seattle's police chief announced his resignation yesterday in the wake of violent protests that marred the World Trade Organisation's conference. He said he hoped his stepping down would remove politics from the examination of what went wrong. [delve]
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| Developing countries unhappy with Mike Moore |
Many developing countries are unhappy with our Mike Moore over the lack of their participation in the WTO preparatory process for the Seattle Ministerial and its increasingly non-transparent nature of the proceedings. [delve]
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| The Vancouver Statement |
On the Globalization and Industrialization of Agriculture
Formulated and signed in June 1998 in Vancouver, Canada
We believe that the industrialization and globalization of food and fiber imperils humanity and the natural world. Reducing farming to a monocultural, synthetic, transnational corporate business threatens the health, nourishment, right livelihood,and spirituality of communities and the earth. [delve]
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| Nike Sweatshops |
Nike now lets you personalize your shoes by submitting a word or phrase which they will stitch onto your shoes, under the swoosh. So Jonah Peretti filled out the form and sent them $50 to stitch "sweatshop" onto his shoes.
Here's the responses he got.. fun and games with nike... [delve]
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