What’s at stake at the WTO
"Our World is Not For Sale" lays out visions and demands of global civil society at the World Trade Organization Ministerial being held in Abu Dhabi in Feb 2024.
"Our World is Not For Sale" lays out visions and demands of global civil society at the World Trade Organization Ministerial being held in Abu Dhabi in Feb 2024.
Octavio Del Favero (Chile) shares reflections on the politics of “civic tech” in the global South, and how it might and might not be a tool for deep democracy.
Tourism is often presented as an ideal economic activity that promotes the development of communities and which presents few liabilities. Yet advocates of a more just system have seen that the promise of tourism as an economically catalysing factor...
Rural Women’s Assembly highlight the cruciality of women’s rights and sustainability as building blocks for peaceful societies. Rural Women's Assembly call for the African Union to act on matters relating to marginalisation and violence, as well as safeguarding their...
A broad coalition of civil society organizations from both South America and Europe outline an alternative vision for international trade agreements, especially related to the MERCOSUR-EU trade negotiations. They call on the EU and MERCOSUR to engage in...
Rural peoples movements from Asia, Latin America and Africa have launched an awareness-raising and mobilization campaign to demand governments address the interconnected issues of hunger, land and resource grabs, and the climate crisis. Arnold Padilla writes about the...
Gomo Lesejane (South Africa) writes on the efforts made to lend a voice to deliberately silenced LGBTIQ+ communities in Africa.
Ana Garcia (Brazil) writes on South-South investments (specifically China’s involvement in Special Economic Zones in Brazil and South Africa) and their impact on the rights of workers, communities and the environment.
Activists and social movements from 30 different African countries recently gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa for the 2022 “African Social Movement Baraza”. Briggs Bomba (Zimbabwe) discusses the historic moment we are living in, and the need for a...
Movements in the Philippines are carrying forward lessons from resistance to mining operations as they push for a “People’s Green New Deal”. Read more about the story of the village of Didipio from Jon Bonifacio – coordinator for...