Socialist Outlook

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Bangkok Appeal to the people of the world

Socialist Outlook no. 34, May 2000 · 432 words

Last December's events in Seattle have changed the balsocial movements opposed to and the leaders, governments, corporations and global economic tional JUlE IME World Bank and WTO, that drive the globalisation project.

Seattle gave expression to movethe international ments, exploitation that violates on south, scale peoples' fight for human rights including social, economic, democratic rights.

Seattle showed that we are able to unite against global project. Our challenge gitimate, HOW CUBBC DuE Cal cance, and deepen the debate and promote indebted nations; In that regard, we need to for mobilisation at a national and international level, and to strengtach intchnaWe therefore appeal to all my ma forkers cellation of all debt of developing countries which of civil socicty is ille immoral unpayable;

to end the IMF's structural adjustment policies leaders gather and meet. In to call for a moratorium on particular we call on moveany new negotiations that ments to focus on two main would incrcase tac power and scope of the WTO, First, on the UN General exclude from Assembly the jurisdiction Keview in leneva On 66 " of the WTO 25th June, 1999. occasion, we will assemble to as peasant organise the debate, discusagricul- sion and articulation of our pare for a mass mobilisation services, in New York in September S. intellec- This will be the Summit of World Leaders in New York, property claims; Millennium Assembly on 6.9 September impose con- Simultancous actions will be trols and taxes organised around the world. on capilal, We call on social move- mobilisation at the following cyclis. numbers and unite against Meeting of globalisation wherever world Development Thailand, 6-7th Ma he meeting of APEC 8th May, The Beijing +5 Review in New Tork, 3-yanc Social Summit The Africa. EU Summit in Caim on 27th June On this Demonstrations in the run-up to the G7 Global Summit, national Jubilee 2000 conferand actions for CHUC in paracular demonstrations Japanese embassies over this period, as Japan is the chair General of the anti-US bases campaign in Okinawa of the G7 Summit, 21-23 July, 2000. Prague 26-28th September.

Asian The Women's March New York on trin Uctobet, 2000. ASEM People's Forum in The Dakar anti-debt African meeting. from 1lth to 17th December, 2000 Signatories include the following Networks and Organizations: Agencia Latino Americana debt de Informacion (ALAI)

Committee for the outside Cancellation of the World Debt (CADTM) Focus on the Global South International Sourth Group Network (ISGN) Kairos Europa Opération Spéciale Monde de Promotion du Handicap (O.S.P.M.H) the Servicio Paz y Justicia en Via Campesina and from in Britain, Jubilee 2000 Coalition, UK.

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