Archive - Sep 2013

Today, as governments meet in Geneva to negotiate a proposed Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), 341 organizations representing hundreds of thousands of people from nearly every developing and developed country, called on governments to abandon the talks. Among the endorsers were 42 major international and regional networks such as Public Services International (PSI), UNI Global Union, the European Federation of Public Services Unions (EPSU), the IndustriALL Global Union, the International Union of Food and Allied Workers (IUF), and the ATTAC European network. The letter was organized by the OWINFS network.

Series of links to TV and Radio Coverage of the G20 Counter-Summit, and to written articles published online.

DECLARACIÓN DE LA CONTRA CUMBRE G20
San Petersburgo, 4 de septiembre, 2013

Movimientos sociales y organizaciones de la sociedad civil de diferentes partes del mundo se reunieron en St-Petersburgo, Rusia, los días 3 y 4 de septiembre 2013, a la víspera de la Cumbre del G20 y en el contexto de una amenaza por parte de Estados Unidos (EEUU) de atacar a Siria. Con la participación de más de 30 delegadas y delegados de los movimientos sociales del mundo, nuestra Contra Cumbre G20 fue auspiciada por la Iniciativa Post-Globalización.

DECLARATION OF THE G20 COUNTER-SUMMIT
St Petersburg, 4 September 2013

Social movements and civil society organizations from different parts of the world have met on 3 -4 September 2013 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on the eve of the G20 Summit and in a context of the threat by the United States of America (USA) to attack Syria. With the participation of more than 30 international delegates of world social movements, our G20 Counter-Summit, was hosted by the Post-Globalization Initiative.

Technological Bridge between the G20 Counter-Summit international participants gathered in Moscow and the European Parliament Event "Advancing a new regulatory regime for Transnational Corporations and Investment: Towards An International Peoples’ Treaty", Sept. 5, 2013

Social organizations from all over the world have come together in St. Petersburg, Russia, September 3-4, 2013, to hold accountable the policies of the G-20 group of industrial nations and their failure to effectively address the critical issues of growing global inequality, financial crisis, environmental destruction and military conflicts.