G20
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The G20 is dead. Long live the G20
The seventeenth G20 Heads of State and Government Summit held in Bali, Indonesia, on 15–16 November stands out as a consequential event from many angles. The international politics is at an inflection point and the transition will not leave unaffected any of the institutions inherited from the past that is drifting away forever. Continue reading
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Goodbye G20, Hello BRICS+
The increasingly irrelevant G20 Summit concluded with sure signs that BRICS+ will be the way forward for Global South cooperation. Continue reading
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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions following the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Denpasar, July 8, 2022
The Group of 20 Foreign Ministers Meeting, convened at the initiative ofIndonesiaunder its G20 presidency, focused on two major topics. The first topic is the crisis of multilateralism and the need to take all possible measures to overcome this crisis and return to the principles enshrined in the UN Charter – specifically, the sovereign equality… Continue reading
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Book Review: Mark Carney: value or price?
Mark Carney has a book out. It is called Value(s): Building A Better World For All. Canadian born Carney was formerly the governor of the Bank of England – the best paid governor ever at £680,000 a year plus £250,000 housing expenses. Carney recently commented that “You don’t get rich in public service.”! Continue reading
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On The Road to a Post-G20 World By Pepe Escobar
The trade war launched by the Trump administration against China may not have been solved by a 2½-hour dinner between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Donald Trump at the G20 in Buenos Aires on Saturday. But it may have opened a path towards a drastic realignment. Continue reading
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Tensions in Hamburg: The G20 Fractures By Dr. Binoy Kampmark
9 July 2017 — Global Research “I think it’s very clear that we could not reach consensus, but the differences were not papered over, they were clearly stated.” – Angela Merkel, BBC News, Jul 8, 2017 Such gatherings and summits are not always smooth, but on a planet bearing witness to a Trump presidency, there was always Continue reading
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Silencing the British People: The Legacy of Thatcherism and the Iraq War By Jason Langley
February 2003 saw the largest political protest in British history. An estimated two million Britons took to the streets of London as part of a wider global movement to march against the looming Iraq war. The protest united people of all ages, ethnicities, faiths and political persuasions. The noise was deafening. A rolling forest of… Continue reading
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How to Make Robin Hood Proud BY David Moberg
Tax Wall Street,’ read a simple, homemade placard high above the crowd of thousands of members of unions, community groups and Occupy activists protesting outside the mid-October convention of bankers and futures traders in downtown Chicago. Curtis Smith, president of the local affiliate of National People’s Action, a network of community organizations focused on the… Continue reading
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Video: EU: Democracy Incompatible with Debt Collection By Michael Hudson
Democracy Now! video stream from Germany by Michael Hudson, who’s been closely following the Greek crisis. Continue reading
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Final timetable out now – Europe Against Austerity Conference
29 September 2011 Saturday 1 October 10am-5pm, Camden Centre, London, WC1H 9AU On Saturday hundreds of activists, trade unionists and left politicians from across the continent are gathering in London for a conference to discuss the crisis and co-ordinate resistance. Greek strikers, activists from the Spanish ‘Indignant’ movement, leaders of the French New Anticapitalist Continue reading
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Video: G20 Toronto – 1 Year Later
A year has passed since the G20 summit came to downtown Toronto. Canadians joined together in solidarity at Queen’s Park to speak out against the injustices … Continue reading
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Videos: Thousands of G20 Detentions Illegal: Ontario Ombudsman
25 June 2011 — The Real News Network Thousands of G20 Detentions Illegal: Ontario Ombudsman Paul Jay asks Ombudsman Andre Marin who is responsible and who has been held accountable for “the most massive compromise of civil liberties in Canadian history” RCMP vs Toronto Police – Who Wanted “Martial Law” Legislation? The RCMP says they Continue reading
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New on Strategic Culture Foundation 6-11 November, 2010
11 November, 2010 — Strategic Culture Foundation G20 and the Federal Reserve’s Dictate 11.11.2010 | 11:19 | PUSTOVOITOVA Elena The US Federal Reserve announced it would additionally pump some freshly printed $600b into the economy via a new treasuries buying program. The message thus sent to the world is that as always the Federal Reserve Continue reading
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“MARTIAL LAW” G20 CHARGE DISAPPEARS
It appears government doesn’t want to test Public Works Protection Act in court Continue reading
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G20: CITIZENS DEMAND INQUIRY WITH TEETH
Public tells Toronto Police Services Board a G20 inquiry must find out why rights violated and by whom Continue reading
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ColdType JULY 2010 Issue
Photo-essay on the G20 protests in Canada by Richard Gottardo; words by Tony Sutton. PLUS – Brothers-in-Arms (David Cromwell), the Other World Cup Winners (Nima Shirazi), Police & Bankers Exempt From Austerity (Linda McQuaig), The Wankers Want Their Dividend (Michael I. Niman), Echoing the Pentagon Papers (Colleen Rowley & David Parry), Some Thoughts on Patriotism… Continue reading
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G20: “THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO GET INSIDE MY HEAD”
15 July, 2010 — The Real News Network Testimony from media activist Lacy MacAuley after being snatched by an unmarked van at the Toronto G20 Continue reading
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G-20 COMMITS ITSELF TO MORE “NEOLIBERALISM” By Leo Panitch
Leo Panitch: Free movement of capital and strengthening power of global elites G-20 objective Continue reading
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Toronto G20: “IT WAS DEHUMANIZING… COMPLETELY”
Toronto G20- Reports from witnesses and subjects of police action – testimony #1 from Queen and Spadina Continue reading
The New Dark Age 