School dinners by McDonald’s. Corporations taking countries to court because their environmental regulations are ‘too tough’. The BBC sold to Rupert Murdoch. Paul Kingsnorth explains why we should be very worried by what is about to go on behind the closed doors of Cancun.
… Cancun: Why Should You Care? Paul Kingsnorth | … is about to go on behind the closed doors of Cancun. Half the point of the World Trade … the WTO’s upcoming ministerial conference at Cancun – and what difference they are likely …
In September the World Trade Organisation will be holding its fifth ministerial conference in Cancun, Mexico. Simon Retallack explains what is at stake.
… holding its fifth ministerial conference in Cancun, Mexico. Simon Retallack explains what … the WTO will meet for the fifth time in Cancun, Mexico. Outlined here are the key … of the world’s largest corporations. At Cancun, governments must decide whether or not …
Free trade. So benign sounding a phrase. A concept whose principles no reasonable person would challenge. Trouble is, free trade as we know it – free trade as it is pushed by those who will mass at Cancun, Mexico, in September – is far from free. Think about it. If it truly was free, would they put sanctions on those who don’t want to participate and use police to violently put down protests by those who oppose it? Free trade is really just a euphemism, like ‘peacekeeping’ or ‘forest management’, that hides a far uglier, more brutal reality. Free trade is a brand – Free Trade™, which sells a repackaged product no one in their right minds would buy if they knew what it really was.
… as it is pushed by those who will mass at Cancun, Mexico, in September – is far from … our leaders will talk about and promote at Cancun is not and can never be ‘free’; when …
Locked out of some meetings. Not even invited to others. And then all the decisions are made after you’ve left. It’s all in a day’s work for ‘developing’ World delegates at the WTO. By Mark Lynas
… be just as bad at the upcoming WTO meeting in Cancun, Mexico. The powerful countries have …
The greatest danger of the Paris conference is that the global South will be bullied into to accepting a terrible deal rather than leave with none at all, writes Brian Tokar. That gives civil society an essential role - to support the resistance of developing country representatives inside the summit to an unjust and ineffective agreement imposed on them by the rich, powerful, high-emitting nations.
COP21, Paris: 'Another world is possible, necessary and urgent' Brian Tokar | 17th November 2015 News Climate Change Unfccc COP21 France eiffel-tower-cut.jpg The greatest danger of the Paris …