World Social Forum on Migration set to begin in Mexico City
From 2.-4. November 2018, social movements and activists from around the world will be meeting in Mexico City for the 8th World Social Forum on Migration (WSFM). Under the banner,
Peoples’ Global Conference on IMF and World Bank to be held in Bali
The gathering will be held in parallel to the 2018 Annual Meeting of the IMF and World Bank in Bali, will look into the experiences of peoples’ movements from various countries in struggling against IMF-WB’s policies, and will put...
Grassroots opposition to military show on Jeju Island
The Gangjeong International Team has issued a signature campaign to stop the military exercises and show (International Flight Review) that are expected to be held on October 10th, 2018 on Juju Island off the coast of South Korea.
Confronting divisions and extremism in Iraq – sports camp held in Sulaymaniah
The Iraqi Social Forum (ISF) is in Sulaymaniah, northern Iraq, leading a sports camp in the town of Dukan. The camp includes various exercises and nonviolent workshops, with the aim of building a strong civil society, confronting divisions...
Fighting for a socially just, democratic multilateral trading system
Karibu partner "Our World is Not for Sale" (OWINFS) has this week been participating at the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Public Forum (the WTO’s largest annual outreach event) in Geneva, Switzerland. OWINFS members and their allies hosted...
“Listen to us”: Development alternatives from small-scale farmers and fisherfolk
In September 2018, over 50 small-scale farmers, fisherfolk and representatives of civil society organizations from 15 different countries met in Yaoundé, Cameroon for the International Civil Society conference on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agriculture and fisheries organized by...
International civil society conference on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agriculture and fisheries – Cameroon
“More and Better” Network invites you to their International civil society conference on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agriculture and fisheries that will be held in Cameroon, 11-13th September 2018.
Hope for a new era on the Korean Peninsula, but militarization continues – Voices from the South June / July 2018
Sung-hee Choi of the Save Jeju campaign in South Korea reflects on the new developments on the Korean Peninsula, specifically the meetings between South and North Korea, as well as
The Global Compact on Migration (GCM) & the Challenges to the Migrant’s Movement
In December 2018, the UN is expected to formally adopt the “Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM)” in Morocco. The GCM will be the first global framework to comprehensively address issues related to the hundreds...
Resistance to the ‘La Colosa’ gold mine – A success story from Colombia
After a 10-year nonviolent campaign coordinated by grassroots activists and international support, the town of Cajamarca in Colombia voted with a 97.9% majority to say “No” to the world’s third