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Amazonas : Semana dos Povos Indigéna
April 2007- More then 36 Povos from Amazonas met in Belem.
Arakawa Tokyo Japan. WSF global day of action 2008
Arakawa, Tokyo city center. Attac Japan and other social movements organised a Day of Forum on various issues: Against GMO campaign, Antipoverty campaign, Let's raise Income Gap and the Asian Peace Alliance. Various debates and culturale events (dances and open discussions). Short interviews on localizing the World Social Forum event - connection of people to people is possible.
Indonesia-Jakarta Global Day of Action 26 jan 2008
Jakarta, Indonesia A coalition of Indonesian social movements marched in Jakarta today as part of the International Global Day of Action coordinated. Members of workers organisations, fisher folks, peasants and others, gathered at 2pm at the Indosat building (Jl Thamrin) and marched peacefully to the Presidential Palace asking for an « Indonesia without neoliberalism ». People are oppressed by current economic policies that put land, water and sea under the control of transnational companies and that undermine workers rights. Protesters raised key national issues such as the new investment law, import and liberalisation of food products, labour law, global warming and debt. The demonstration was organised by « Gerak Lawan », the Indonesian movement against nelocolonialism and neoliberalism that brings together workers, farmers, women, fisherfolks, students, anti-debt and environmental organisations. The Indonesian Peasants Union (SPI), member of the international movement La Via Campesina actively took part in this action.
Anti Hartz IV Demo Berlin 2007
Since the change of the German welfare and dole money system, there have been a lot of protests. The unemployed are e.g. forced to take any kind of work for one EUR an hour to not loose their welfare. Also the poverty numbers, especially of children, have plummeted. The wages have dropped, but only of the lower incomes groups, while the top level has severly increased their incomes.
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