Israel is one of the most heavily militarised states on earth. It is the single largest exporter of drones in the world, responsible for 41% of all UAVs exported between 2001 and 2011. War on Want’s new report Killer Drones:…
To the chant of “guilty, guilty, guilty!”, a “peoples’ tribunal” indicted the World Trade Organization yesterday for the “systematic violation of human rights, massive destruction of livelihoods and the environment, privatization and commodification of the commons and the violation…
The 9th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) pushed through a Bali Package in the final hours, extending the Conference to December 7, but at the cost of the developing countries, the poor and the hungry. Facilitating…
The Bali Package jeopardizes our right to Food Sovereignty; WTO is gambling with our future The Bali package is a total sham for the poor and hungry of the world. Why should humanity beg the WTO for a…
Riots break out in Porgera, Papua New Guinea, after Toronto-based Barrick Gold’s security kills several local miners. Reporting by activist Jethro Tulin, of the Akali Tange Association, a local human rights organization. Jethro has visited Canada many times…
Bali, 5 December 2013 As developed countries intensify political pressure at the 9th WTO Ministerial Meeting in Bali and blame India for the stalemate on food security, it is critical that Indonesia and India lead the G33 to defend the…
BALI MINISTERIAL: INDIAN FARMERS URGE MINISTER SHARMA TO CONTINUE SUPPORT TO FARMERS AND RIGHT TO FOOD The Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers Movement (ICCFM) reiterates its support to Minister Anand Sharma and the Indian government for taking a…
As the official World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations opened today on the 3rd of December in Bali, Indonesia, peoples’ movements took to the streets. Gerak Lawan, an alliance of Indonesian Peoples Movements against Neocolonialism and Imperialism, along with the Social…
In 1999, anti-globalization protests rocked the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations in Seattle and gave birth to a new era of the global justice movement. At every turn the WTO has faced major protest from outside the negotiations and dissent…
Under CAFTA-DR – the Central American free trade agreement – a company can sue a government if it makes decisions that negatively affect the company’s economic interests. (This will also be the case if Australia signs the Trans-Pacific Partnership currently…
The devastation caused by super typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan is considered by many a wakeup call not just to the reality of our vulnerability to extreme weather events that have sadly become the new normal, but also the need to make drastic…
Demands increase for international mechanisms to punish transnational corporations’ crimes International Peoples Treaty: “Defending peoples’ rights against corporate power” Geneva (Switzerland), Bali (Indonesia) – Social movements, networks and organizations from the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop…