Resistance is fertile!Join the movements and campaigns challenging the IMF IMF See: International Monetary Fund IMF See International Monetary Fund (IMF). and World Bank's economic reign during their 60th anniversary year ... INTERNATIONAL Focus on the Global South c/o CUSRI CUSRI Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute (Thailand) , Chulalongkorn University Chulalongkorn University is the oldest university in Thailand [1] and has long been considered one of the country's most prestigious universities. It now has eighteen faculties and a number of schools and institutes. , Bangkok, Thailand tel: +66 2218 7363 65 email: admin@focusweb.org web: www.focusweb.org An information base for the global justice movement, aiming to link development at the grassroots and the macro levels. Friends of the Earth International Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is a federation of autonomous environmental organizations from 70 countries around the world. In contrast to many other NGOs operating internationally, Friends of the Earth is structured from the bottom up as a network of PO Box 19199, 1000 GD Amsterdam, Netherlands tel: 31 20 622 1369 web: www.foei.org International home of the environmental campaign, with national groups in all NI reader countries. IFI IFI International Financial Institutions (IMF, World Bank, etc.) IFI Institutt For Informatikk (Department of Informatics, University of Oslo) IFI Industrial Fasteners Institute WatchNet www.ifiwatchnet.org Connects organizations worldwide which are monitoring international financial institutions (IFIs) such as the World Bank, the IMF, and regional development banks. International Confederation of Free Trade Unions The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) was an international trade union. It came into being on December 7, 1949 following a split within the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), and was dissolved on October 31, 2006 when it merged with the World 5 Boulevard du Roi Albert II Albert II, king of the Belgians Albert II, 1934–, king of the Belgians (1993–), the younger son of Leopold III. He married Donna Paola Ruffo de Calabria in 1959; they have three children. , Bte 1,1210 Brussels, Belgium tel: +32 2 224 0211 email: internetpo@icftu.org web: www.icftu.org Has 233 affiliated organizations with a combined membership of 151 million. SAPRIN SAPRIN Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network www.saprin.org (page 24). Third World Network 121-S, Jalan Utama, 10450 Penang, Malaysia tel: +60 4 2266728 / 2266159 email: twnet@po.jaring.my web: www.twnside.org.sg An independent non-profit international network of organizations and individuals involved in North-South issues with regional offices in Accra, Delhi, Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. and Montevideo. World Bank Bonds Boycott Center for Economic Justice, 733 15th St NW, Ste 928, Washington DC 20005, US tel: +1 202 393 6665 email: bankboycott@econjustice.net web: http://econjustice.net/wbbb/ An international grassroots campaign that is building moral, political and financial pressure on the World Bank. World Social Forum Rua General Jardim, 660, 8[degrees] andar, sala 81 Cep 01223-010, Sao Paulo, Brazil tel: +55 11 3258 8914 email: fsminfo@forumsocialmundial.org.br web: www.worldsocialforum.org The annual Forum is increasingly becoming the beating heart of the global justice movement. AUSTRALIA AID/WATCH 19 Eve St Erskineville NSW NSW New South Wales Noun 1. NSW - the agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare Naval Special Warfare 2043 tel: +61 2 9557 8944 email: aidwatch@aidwatch.org.au web: www.aidwatch.org.au Friends of the Earth Australia PO Box 222 Fitzroy VIC VIC Victor VIC Victoria (State of Australia) VIC Victory VIC Victim (police slang) VIC Vicinity VIC Vicar VIC Vicarage VIC Virtual Information Center (APAN) 3065 tel: +61 3 9419 8700 email: foe@foe.org.au web: www.foe.org.au BRITAIN Bretton Woods Project What is the Bretton Woods Project? The Bretton Woods Project works as a networker, information-provider, media informant and watchdog to scrutinise and influence the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF). c/o Action Aid, Hamlyn House, Macdonald Rd, London N19 5PG tel: +44 20 7561 7610 email: info@brettonwoodsproject.org web: www.brettonwoodsproject.org Jubilee Research c/o NEF n. 1. The nave of a church. , 3 Jonathan Street London SE11 5NH tel: +44 20 7820 6350 web: www.jubileeresearch.org World Development Movement 25 Beehive Beehive (star cluster): see Praesepe. beehive heraldic and verbal symbol. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 193] See : Industriousness Place, London SW9 7QR tel: +44 20 7737 6215 email: wdm@wdm.org.uk web: www.wdm.org.uk CANADA Halifax Initiative 153 rue Chapel St, Suite 104, Ottawa, ON, K1N 1H5 tel: +1 613 789 4447 email: info@halifaxinitiative.org web: www.halifaxinitiative.org Social Justice Committee 1857 Boulevard de Maisonneuve Boulevard de Maisonneuve may refer to
tel: +1 514 933 6797 email: sjc@web.ca web: www.socialjusticecommittee.org IRELAND Debt and Development Coalition Ireland All Hallows, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 tel: +35 31 857 1828 e-mail: ddc@connect.ie web: www.debtireland.org NEW ZEALAND New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. / AOTEAROA Jubilee Aotearoa / Debt Action Network c/o Christian World Service, PO Box 22652, Christchurch tel: +64 3 366 9274 email: cws@cws.org.nz web: www.cws.org.nz UNITED STATES Food First 398 60th Street, Oakland, CA 94618 tel: +1 510 654 4400 email: foodfirst@foodfirst.org web: www.foodfirst.org Global Exchange 2017 Mission St, #303, San Francisco, CA 94110 tel: +1 415 255 7296 web: www.globalexchange.org Institute for Policy Studies 733 15th St NW, Suite 1020 Washington DC, 20005 tel: +1 202 234 9382 web: www.ips-dc.org International Rivers Network 1847 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94703 tel: +1 510 848 1155 email: info@irn.org web: www.irn.org FURTHER READING 50 Years Is Enough Network, Empty Promises: The IMF, the World Bank and the Planned Failures of Global Capitalism. Available at $5.50 from: www.50years.org/promises/index.html Sarah Anderson, John Cavanagh and Thea Lee, Field Guide to the Global Economy, New Press, 2000. Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke, Global Showdown: How the New Activists Are Fighting Global Corporate Rule, Stoddart, 2002. Walden Bello, De-Globalization: Ideas for a New World Economy, Zed, 2003. Patrick Bond, Against Global Apartheid: South Africa Meets the World Bank, IMF and International Finance, Univ of Cape Town, 2001. Robin Broad, ed, Global Backlash: Citizen Initiatives for a Just World Economy, Rowman & Littlefield, 2002. John Cavanagh and Jerry Mander, eds, Alternatives to Economic Globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation : A Better World is Possible, Berrett-Koehler, 2002. Ha-Joon Chang, Globalization, Economic Development & the Role of the State, Zed/TWN, 2003. Kevin Danaher, ed, Democratizing the Global Economy: The Battle Against the World Bank and the IMF, Common Courage Press, 2001. William F Fisher and Antonio Negri, eds, Another World is Possible: Popular Alternatives to Globalization at the World Social Forum, Zed, 2003. Naomi Klein, Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate, Picador, 2002. Notes from Nowhere, We Are Everywhere: The Irresistible Rise of Global Anticapitalism, Verso ver·so n. pl. ver·sos 1. A left-hand page of a book or the reverse side of a leaf, as opposed to the recto. 2. The back of a coin or medal. , 2003. World Development Movement, Debt and Destruction in Senegal, 2003. Zoe Young, A New Green Order?: The World Bank and the Politics of the GEF GEF Global Environment Facility GEF Guanine-Nucleotide Exchange Factor (biology, biochemistry) GEF Global Environment Fund GEF Generic Extensibility Framework GEF Graduate Education Foundation GEF Global Ejection Fraction , Pluto Press, 2002. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FILM/VIDEO Another World is Possible: Northern Voices at the 2002 World Social Forum 50 Years Is Enough Network, tel: +1 202 463 2265 Green Gold Cheekystreak Productions, www.cheekystreak.org Suits and Savages: Why the World Bank Won't Save the World Conscious Cinema Productions, www.consciouscinema.co.uk/suits.htm To Be A Woman Visafric Productions - Inter-Church Coalition on Africa tel: +1 416 9271124 Two Trevors Go To Washington http://go.to/two.trevors Deadly Embrace: Nicaragua, the World Bank and IMF http://store.globalexchange.org/deadlyembrace.html Profits of Doom bbcstudies@bbc.co.uk Life and Debt www.lifeanddebt.org Global Village, Global Pillage PILLAGE. The taking by violence of private property by a victorious army from the citizens or subjects of the enemy. This, in modern times, is seldom allowed, and then, only when authorized by the commander or chief officer, at the place where the pillage is committed. Center for Economic Justice tel: +1 202 393 6665 Profit and Nothing But www.frif.com/new2001/but.html The Money Lenders: Update 2000 www.richtervideos.com Banking on Life and Debt Maryknoll World Productions www.maryknoll.org The War of Water Oswaldo Rioja, marcelaolivera@mindspring.com Organize your own 'Global Justice Film Festival' by sending for the Global Justice Film Project Organizing Kit. Cost: $15 in the US, with international orders subject to additional charges due to shipping costs. Contact hope@50 years.org tel: +1 202 463 2265, or order by mail from 50 Years Is Enough (see above). SATIRICAL WEBSITES Whirled Bank www.whirledbank.org World Bunk www.worldbunk.org RELATED ARTICLE: 50 Years Is Enough, set up in 1993, is a coalition of over 200 organizations committed to the fundamental transformation of the IMF and World Bank. These are its platform demands: * Open all World Bank and IMF meetings to the media and the public. Cancel all impoverished country debt to the World Bank and IMF, using the institutions' own resources. * End all World Bank and IMF policies that hinder people's access to food, clean water, shelter, healthcare, education and the right to organize. (Such 'structural adjustment' policies include user fees, privatization privatization: see nationalization. privatization Transfer of government services or assets to the private sector. State-owned assets may be sold to private owners, or statutory restrictions on competition between privately and publicly owned and economic austerity programmes.) * Stop all World Bank support for socially and environmentally destructive projects such as oil, gas and mining activities, and all support for projects such as dams that include forced relocation of people. * Full funding for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and an end to support for trade initiatives that undermine access to affordable and generic lifesaving medications for HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and other diseases. There will be a mass mobilization in Washington DC during the IMF/World Bank meeting from 22 to 26 April 2004. Contact: 50 Years Is Enough Network 3628 12th St NE, Washington DC, 20017, US. tel: +1 202 IMF BANK (463 2265) email: info@50years.org web: www.50years.org |
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