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I was given 3 minutes to tell Asian and European leaders why we need profound change
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 19 October 2018
At the Asia-Europe Meeting 12 of national leaders in Brussels on 18 October 2018, civil society was given 3 minutes to present the outcomes of the 12th Asia-Europe People’s Forum (AEPF), which took place in Ghent at the start of this month. This is the address presented on behalf of the AEPF by Dorothy Guerrero of Global Justice Now.
Read moreWe have come to Geneva from 40 countries to demand an end to corporate impunity
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 15 October 2018
Global Justice Now is joining the Week of People’s Mobilisation from 13 to 20 October in Geneva. It has been organised at the same time as the fourth session of an intergovernmental working group of the UN Human Rights Council, which is mandated to develop a UN Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises with respect to human rights. The battle for this long-sought treaty is entering a decisive stage.
Read more10 Years Since the Financial Crisis: Why the multiple crises will not be solved by business as usual
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 9 October 2018
The neoliberal promise that we will have increased economic growth through free trade to improve our lives and the health of our planet was never delivered by the institutions that created the multiple crises we are facing because it is not possible. It never was. The continued pursuits of such policies are resulting in greater inequality, worsening environmental crisis, and erosion of peoples’ rights and sovereignty.
Read moreAsia Europe People’s Forum: Responding to new global challenges and building new solidarity partnerships between Asia and Europe
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 29 September 2018
This weekend Global Justice Now has joined partner organisations in Asia and Europe in co-organising the 12th Asia Europe People’s Forum (AEPF12) which is being held in Ghent, Belgium from […]
Read moreBritain: the newest ‘Pacific Island’ paradise?
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 23 July 2018
In a somewhat surreal twist, UK trade minister Liam Fox has announced a consultation on whether the UK should seek to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) when it leaves the EU next March. Quite rightly, many think this move is ridiculous as we are nowhere near the Pacific.
Read moreTrump’s trade war is not the alternative to free trade we need
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 14 June 2018
Campaigns: Trade
American protectionism, under Donald Trump’s “America First”, is creating and accelerating deep global shifts that are threatening the global trade, investment and financial regime that the US built and has […]
Read moreColonialism, borders and justice should be in our conversation about migration
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 27 April 2018
Campaigns: Migration
In opposing the hostile environment for immigrants, we must link the root causes of poverty and inequality around the world with the rise of migration. The failure to understand and communicate the role of neoliberalism in causing the collapse of working and living conditions in countries of the North has driven anti-migrant sentiments.
Read moreAsian and European campaigners vow to fight destructive trade deals and push for a binding UN corporate treaty
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 27 February 2018
Campaigns: Trade
“New generation free trade agreements are being aggressively pursued in Asia and Europe. They are destructive to our lives, to our democracy and the planet, and they are being negotiated without transparency and public participation to give more power to transnational corporations.” This, in brief, was the shared analysis of the participants in a recently held conference in Jakarta.
Read moreWho will benefit from the UK’s ‘golden partnership’ with China?
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 1 February 2018
Prime Minister Theresa May is currently visiting China to strengthen the UK’s relations with Beijing. In a press conference at the Great Hall of the People, she reiterated the UK’s […]
Read moreOur task is to make the UK break from Trump
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 20 January 2018
So just ahead of today’s anniversary of his inauguration, Donald Trump has once again called off a visit to the UK, this time to open the new US embassy in […]
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