Archive - 2011 - Call to Action

Tout au long de ses 15 années d’existence, l’OMC a fixé les normes du commerce mondial en faveur du pouvoir et des profits des entreprises, au grand dam des travailleurs, des agriculteurs et de l’environnement, et mettant en péril la souveraineté des pays du monde entier. Le programme des négociations destinées à élargir l’OMC (qu’on appelle Cycle de Doha) était inapproprié quand il fut lancé en 2001, mais il l’est encore davantage aujourd’hui, au vu des répercussions des crises mondiales actuelles.

PUT PEOPLE FIRST, NOT FINANCES

Call from Dakar to Mobilize for the G8 and the G20 in France in 2011

Confronting the G8, May 21st and 22nd, 2011 in Deauville

Confronting the G20, from October 31st to November 5th, 2011 in Cannes

Gathered at the Action against the G8/G20 Convergence Assembly at the World Social Forum in Dakar, we - social movements, trade unions, international solidarity associations, women and men from all continents - call for massive popular mobilizations during the G8 summit on May 26th and 27th in Deauville and the G20 summit on November 3rd and 4th in Cannes. Here in Dakar, we have debated about the way to address the social, ecological, economic and geopolitical crises that together constitute a true crisis of civilization...