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Declaration of the Social Movements Assembly
As the Social Movements Assembly of the World Social Forum of Tunisia, 2013, we are gathered here to affirm the fundamental contribution of peoples of Maghreb-Mashrek (from North Africa to the Middle East), in the construction of human civilization.
Female Leadership
What is the role of women in leadership, society and development today?
Challenging the investment arbitration industry
During the CELAC-EU President Summit in Chile, some Latin American governments rejected the inclusion in the final declaration of the proposed EU wording in support of providing foreign investors legal certainty. To understand why, we need to look at the industry behind investment arbitration.
The World's Richest 25
Just 25 people, almost all men, increased their known wealth to $827 billion in 2012. That could pay for the costs for every student in the US to go to university more than three times or pay for universal primary and secondary education throughout the developing world four times.
The relationship between Latin American and European social movements
The challenge of social movements to continue working in an articulated way are two of the main issues addressed in this interview with Lucia Ortiz
The crimes of large corporations
Brid Brennan on the impunity of transnational corporations.
Dirty Money: The Finance and Fossil Fuel Web
Banks and Oil not only make up the most wealthy corporations, they sit on each other's boards and their executives include some of the world's most powerful political and social institutions. An insight into one dimension of the 'Davos class.'
Planet Earth: A corporate world
Which are the biggest companies in the world? Which corporations control them? How does their power compare with states?
Global 0.001%
Just 11 million people, or 0.15%, control $42 trillion dollars or two thirds of world GDP. An even tinier group of people, 0.001%, control a third of that amount. Where are they based? What could this money pay for? How much wealth does that leave for the rest of us?
International Call Cumbre de los Pueblos 2013
Between the 26th and 28th of January 2013, the CELAC Summit (EU-LAC) will be held in Santiago, Chile. A Peoples Summit will be held in parallel from 25-27th of January.
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