The US-dominated world order is being challenged by a new spirit of
independence in the global south
By Noam Chomsky
http://japanfocus.org/article.asp?id=545
source: japanfocus.org, 18.05.2006 21:22
Latin America and Asia are Breaking Free of Washington's Grip
The US-dominated world order is being challenged by a new spirit of
independence in the global south
By Noam Chomsky
http://japanfocus.org/article.asp?id=545
source: PFAADB, 12.05.2006 18:49
Peoples' Forum against ADB
The 39th Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Governors meeting was held in Hyderabad from 3-6 May 2006. In parallel, a forum came together to organize a counter summit in Hyderabad during the same time - this forum consisted of various groups from India and other countries in Asia and met under the banner Peoples' Forum against ADB (PFAADB).
-, 22.04.2006 20:48
King Gyanendra Allows "Multiparty Democracy" But Won't Give Up Power
Several protesters hurt and killed
http://www.indybay.org/international/
See: http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/04/1816938.php
Nepalis say Ya Basta!: http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/04/1814687.php
source: Jai Sen and bhopal.net, 05.04.2006 22:38
April 05, 2006
STOP PRESS: Medha Patkar and other Narmada hunger strikers forcibly removed
300 policemen under direct orders from the Prime Minister surrounded the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) camp at Jantar Mantar. All the five on hunger strike, including Medha didi, were forcibly removed and taken to All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to be fed against their will. Other activists on dharna were beaten up as they tried to block and resist the action. With 300 policemen with lathis and padded vests, they did not have a chance.
source: http://bhopal.net/march/
Pathak Lal Golder, 12.02.2006 00:56
In Bangladesh we have a nonpolitical broader alliance for saving our language and culture.
various sources, 13.12.2005 17:44
WTO conference starts with protests inside and outside the convention centre.
source: Focus on the Global South plus links, 13.12.2005 17:38
WTO MINISTERIAL BEGINS AMID PROTESTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE HK
CONVENTION CENTRE.
The WTO's Hong Ministerial began with several noisy protests inside and outside the Convention Centre signaling that negotiators would have an arduous 6 days ahead of them. As the inaugural ceremony began, thousands of protestors from across the world, including a 2000 strong delegation
of Korean farmers marched through the streets of Hong Kong demanding an end to the talks. Read more/see pictures:
http://www.focusweb.org/content/view/744/55/
-, 09.12.2005 13:45
From December 13 to 18, 2005, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is meeting in Hong Kong, China. Most NGOs agree: No deal is better than a bad deal and social movements are uniting for protest against the WTO in Hong Kong and many cities around the world.
10 years of WTO - 10 years of plunder and destruction: Ten years are enough!
source: Dr. Vandana Shiva, 06.12.2005 12:30
Will WTO Shrink or Sink?
Dr. Vandana Shiva
The WTO Ministerial at Hong Kong has already failed. For the corporate world it has failed because smaller, poorer developing countries are starting to have a say in outcomes of WTO negotiations. With the backing of peoples power on the streets they walked out of the Seattle and Cancun ministerial, exercising the highest power in democracy, the power to say 'no', the power exercised by Gandhi and Martin Luther King, the power of non-cooperation with unjust rule.
Pathak Lal Golder, 18.11.2005 09:20
Thousands of peasant successfully organised encirclements and sit-in strikes program in front of DC (Deputy Commissioner) office in Kurigram district in Bangladesh.
-, 21.10.2005 00:00
Intercontinental Consultation Meeting of Peoples' Global Action
5-12 October 2005
Haridwar, Uttaranchal, North India
Summary of meeting in Haridwar:
http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/conference2005/summary.htm
more information: http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/conference2005/
The conference has been postponed. There was a small preparation meeting in Haridwar in October 2005.
source: debate, 02.10.2005 15:26
1. The Chennai Open Space Action
. In defence of open space!
. The Chennai Action
. Options for participating
2. About Open Space Forum
. OpenSpaceForum: http://www.openspaceforum.net
3. About CACIM
. some of the forthcoming activities
source: zmag and others, 10.08.2005 23:40
DemocracyNow! on Nagasaki:
Tuesday, August 9th, 2005
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/09/143207
AHM Bazlur Rahman, 07.08.2005 05:36
Appeal for Full Freedom of Expression in Community Radio Stations and all Independent Radio Stations in Nepal
source: Monlar, 30.05.2005 17:59
Date: 5.05.05
TOWARDS A STRATEGY FOR WTO MINISTERIAL IN HONG KONG
ASIA MEETING IN COLOMBO -JUNE 6TH-7TH 2005
source: KRRS, 04.03.2005 20:46
Farmers' Mammoth Rally Marks "Gram Swaraj Day" (Village Republic) on February 13th 2005
source: Wikinews and others, 10.02.2005 16:51
The King of Nepal, Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, has dissolved the coalition government of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, accusing it of factional fighting and failing in its duty to protect democracy. Several key political figures in the old coalition have been put under house arrest.
sources: various, 08.02.2005 18:43
The following report was brought out by courier from Kathmandu, where all communication with the outside world is cut off, except for select satellite telephones and internet connections mostly controlled by embassies. The general public had no access to communication with the outside world from 10:00 AM on 1 February 2005 until at least 7:00 PM on 2 February 2005. All domestic telephones are also shut off, both mobile and land lines. People are traveling from one place to another to communicate.
source: Via Campesina, 02.01.2005 17:40
EMERGENCY: Please donate to Via Campesina Tsunami relief and reconstruction fund
Via Campesina launches initiative to raise funds for self-help by affected communities
Please support fisherfolk and peasant communities in their own relief and reconstruction from the Tsunami disaster
source: bhopal.net, 03.12.2004 22:14
December 3rd, 2004, marks twenty years since the people of Bhopal awoke from their sleep, choking, near-blinded, to scenes of unimaginable horror and suffering. Overnight, at least 8,000 were killed in a city of 800,000 people.
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