G-20

Los sindicatos de los servicios públicos abren a debate público los nuevos acuerdos sobre el comercio

16 September, 2014
Public Services International (PSI)
El primer día de la Cumbre Mundial de la Internacional de Servicios Públicos (ISP) sobre el Comercio de Servicios, que se está celebrando en Washington D.C., dirigentes sindicales de todo el mundo analizaron con los medios de comunicación sus crecientes temores sobre los efectos que tendrán las políticas comerciales sobre los servicios públicos.

La sociedad civil internacional dice el desarrollo debe tener prioridad frente a la Facilitación del Comercio en el marco de la OMC

18 July, 2014
Les escribimos hoy para solicitarlea los miembros de la OMC que pongan como condición para la entrada en vigencia del acuerdo de Facilitación del Comercio la conclusión y cumplimiento del mandato de desarrollo estipulado para las negociaciones de la Ronda de Doha.

Video: Press Conference, G20 Counter-Summit, St-Petersburg, Sept. 2, 2013

2 September, 2013

G20 Counter-Summit Press Conference
St-Petersburg, Sept. 2, 2013

With Boris Kagarlitsky (Institute for Globalization and Social Movements, IGSO, Russia), Diana Aguiar (Brazil Network for the Integration of Peoples -REBRIP, Brazil), Kevin Danaher (Global Exchange, USA), Au Loong Yu (China Labor Net, China)

Press Release: G20 Summit and Counter summit in Saint-Petersburg

26 August, 2013
On the 3-4th of September in St. Petersburg a counter-summit, a large-scale international event that aims to be an alternative to the September G20 Summit and to develop new principles of economic and social policy that are not based on the "Washington Consensus" will be held. The international counter-summit organised by the "Post-globalization" initiative will bring together world-renowned experts, politicians, economists, social scientists from Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America. In the frames of the counter-summit panel discussions, seminars and public lectures will be held.

Towards G20 Counter-Summit 2013: Conference "The End of Neoliberalism", Kiev

4 June, 2013

Towards the G20 Counter-Summit in Russia in September 2013, on the 11-12 of June 2013 the conference THE END OF NEOLIBERALISM will take place in Kyiv, involving the leading academics from Western and Eastern Europe, who conduct research on economic and social aspects of globalization. The conference will be held within the international initiative Post-Globalization, supported by the Scientific and Technological Potential and History of Science Research Center of NAS of Ukraine, Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, Visual Culture Research Center and Center for Society Research.

Press Release: Post-Globalization Initiative, towards a Counter-Summit on G20

2 May, 2013

Crash of neoliberal model and hegemony of the USA it was declared during scientific conference in Moscow within the Post-globalization initiative. Participants decided to organize Counter-Summit for G-20 in St. Petersburg. They are sure that it gives an opportunity to form a coalition of movements, non-governmental organizations, labour unions and individuals which are brought together not only by the common need to criticize the “Washington consensus” and current global economic order but also by the common will to design new policies and alternative strategies to overcome the current crisis.

Global Call, Towards a Peoples' Counter-Summit on G20, Russia, Sept. 2013

25 April, 2013
LET'S MOBILIZE
TOWARDS THE PEOPLES' COUNTER-SUMMIT ON G20
St-Petersburg, Russia / September 3-4, 2013

SYSTEM CHANGE IS THE ONLY RESPONSE TO THE GLOBAL CRISIS !
Let's build together a
Post-Globalization Alternative to NeoLiberalism !

Grupos de la sociedad civil de todo el mundo solicitaron a los gobiernos del G20 que se opongan a seguir discutiendo sobre las negociaciones de la OMC en la cumbre del G20 realizada en México en 2012

17 June, 2012
21 June, 2012
Grupos de la sociedad civil de todo el mundo solicitaron a los gobiernos del G20 que se opongan a seguir discutiendo sobre una mayor liberalización del comercio en el marco de las negociaciones de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) en la cumbre del G20 realizada en México en junio de 2012. En una declaración, los grupos de la sociedad civil afirmaron que el G20 no tiene legitimidad para decidir sobre el futuro de la gobernanza del comercio internacional ya que solo un espacio que incluya a todos sus miembros, sin importar su poderío económico, puede tomar decisiones de manera legítima sobre temas importantes relativos al futuro de las negociaciones de la OMC.

People’s G20 Response Preparation Committee, South Korea Newsletter July, 2010

1 July, 2010
People's G-20 Preparation Committee

Dear Colleagues,
The fifth G20 Summit will be held in Seoul on November 11th to 12th. This meeting has grave consequences for the people of Korea and the entire world. The G20 has appointed itself the principal body responsible for finding a solution to the global economic crisis and managing the world economy. Yet it excludes the majority of poor and developing nations from decision-making. It also seeks to make common people shoulder the burden of the crisis and to promote neoliberal policies, which have already created vast poverty and increased inequality. In addition, the South Korean government is using the upcoming summit as an excuse to severely restrict democratic rights and carry out a crackdown on migrants, street vendors and homeless people.

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Press Release / G20 Counter-Summit Conclusions: "What We Need is System Change!"


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. With the participation of more than 30 international delegates of world social movements, our G20 Counter-Summit was hosted by the Post-Globalization Initiative.

Five years after the financial meltdown, the G20 continues promoting failed neoliberal policies, forcing austerity measures in countries facing deep recession and social crisis. During this period a vast architecture of impunity was built to serve the interests of transnational capital.

VIDEOS G20 Counter-Summit: OPENING / Resisting Global Corporate Governance: Voices For System Change


G20 Counter-Summit, St-Petersburg, Russia

OPENING: Resisting Global Corporate Governance: Voices For System Change

"What we need is system change!" / G20 Counter-Summit Final Declaration, St-Petersburg, Russia (Sept. 2013)


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.

G20 Counter-Summit program, St-Petersburg, Russia

Venue: International Business Center (www.spbmdc.ru), St. Petersburg, naberezhnaja Reki Smolenki 2, Metro Vasileostrovskaya

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

10.00 – 12.00 – Registration, book-bazaar (books of speakers and their organizations) and photography exhibition

12.00 - OPENING SESSION: RESISTING GLOBAL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: VOICES FOR SYSTEM CHANGE

Press Coverage: G20 Counter-Summit, St-Petersburg, Russia



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

VIDEOS: G20 Counter-Summit, Opening Conference: "G20 and the Global Crisis on the Eve of an Attack Against Syria", Sept. 3, 2013

G20 Counter-Summit, Opening Conference: "G20 and the Global Crisis on the Eve of an Attack Against Syria", Sept. 3, 2013

With Samir Amin (Third World Network/Egypt-France), Dorothy Guerrero (Focus on the Global South/?hailand), Hanny van Geel (Via Campesina/Netherlands), Pedro Paez (Head of the Antimonopoly Service of Ecuador), Edgardo Lander (Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela) and Boris Kagarlitsky (Institut for Globalization and Social Movements, Russia).

"Lo que necesitamos es un cambio de sistema!" / Declaración final, Contra-Cumbre G20, St-Petersburgo, Rusia (Sept. 2013)


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.

"Lo que necesitamos es un cambio de sistema !" / Declaración final, Contra-Cumbre G20, St-Petersburgo, Rusia (Sept. 2013)


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.

VIDEOS: International Delegates Presentations, G20 Counter-Summit, Russia


Presentations from a diversity of International Delegates to G20 Counter-Summit, on a variety of G20 related topics.

G20 Counter-Summit: Statement Against Military Intervention in Syria


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.