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…
Download the full report here: The recently concluded 9th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has produced its first agreement since its establishment in 1995. Trade observers have been quick to call this a historic agreement but…
A ninth Ministerial Conference of the WTO begins this Tuesday, Dec. 3 in Bali (Indonesia), as yet another attempt to reach the Doha Round, launched in Qatar in 2001. Significant mobilization of civil society, especially in Cancun in 2003, disagreements occurred…
Leave the oil in the ground for a social and environmental post-fossil fuels alternative! Following the recent visit of president Correa in France and his decision to extract oil from Yasuni park, we would like to share information on…
The Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power has organized or will be participating in the following events during the END WTO – Bali Week of Action from December 1-6, 2013
Bali, Indonesia December 1-6, 2013 END WTO! With this joint call from Gerak Lawan and the Social Movements for an Alternative Asia (SMAA) new energy and momentum has been regained by social movements and civil society organisations in the…
Study conducted by the Centro de Memória das Lutas e Movimentos Sociais da Amazônia. This document forms part of the issue Nº 79 of “Biodiversity, livelihoods and cultures” magazine, jointly published by GRAIN, World Rainforest Movement (WRM) and Friends of the…