Campaigns & Events
Mobilisation against G20 in Nice
In November, France will take over the Presidency of the G8 and the G20 and will be organizing their summits in June and November 2011. But while summits pass, the economic, financial, ecological and social crises remain. The last G8 and G20 meetings (in Pittsburgh 2009 and Toronto 2010) did not bring and real answers to these crises. On the contrary, all the evidence points to them having sought above all to reconfirm the legitimacy of the actors and the mechanisms behind these crises, all while making citizens foot the bill.
Call to mobilisation - Anruf zu Mobilisierung - Appel à mobilisacion - Llamamiento a la movilizaciòn
European Cross Network Meeting
The financialization of natural resources: Understanding the new dynamics and developing civil society answers to it - Paris, 28 th and 29 th of October 2011. In recent years civil society has focused on tackling financial speculation in food commodities, as it is regarded as one of the main drivers of food price volatility that heavily impacts small producers and the poor. Similarly governments have been discussing the issue in the context of the G20 focus on food security, but with marginal and contradictory results so far. At the same time, similar attention is being paid by governments to oil and other hard commodities speculation, where prices are even more volatile and the impacts on energy dependant countries are equally severe. Read or download the agenda of the meeting and/or the registration form.
October 15th - United for Global Change
On October 15th people from all over the world will take to the streets and squares. From America to Asia, from Africa to Europe, people are rising up to claim their rights and demand a true democracy. Now it is time for all of us to join in a global non violent protest (...)
