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Year 2009

Contribute to “What’s New?”! - 8 January 2009 - by Marina Urquidi

Our world is both unique and infinitely diverse. To build a future that respects the unity we share and the wealth of our diversity, we shall form citizens’ alliances! “What’s New?” on the Alliance Web site is for you to read, of course, but also for you to make. Our mission is to help you, through this section, to build your contacts and find potential partners, and to circulate news on your (...)

Climate Justice Now! From the World Social Forum 2009 - 9 February 2009 -

In the midst of the global financial crisis, the ninth World Social Forum (WSF) hosted, from January 27 to February 1 in the Brazilian Amazonian port city, Belém, 133,000 representatives of various organizations, social movements, left-wing parties, nongovernmental organizations, as well as other alterglobalists from 142 countries. Among them was President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil, (...)

From the World Social Forum: Putting Finance in Its Place - 2 March 2009 -

For a new economic and social model Let’s put finance in its place! The financial crisis is a systemic crisis that emerges in the context of global crises (climate, food, energy, social…) and of a new balance of power. It results from 30 years of transfer of income from labor towards capital. This trend should be reversed. This crisis is the consequence of a capitalist system of production (...)

Desirable News: International Court of Arbitration to Decide on Legitimacy of the South’s Foreign Debt - 12 March 2009 - by Nova, Centre per a la Innovació Social (NOVACIS)

Yesterday, five years after the Southern countries bloc demanded time for countries to handle their foreign debt, with the ability to cease payments before crisis situations break out, the International Court of Arbitration was created, to assess each country’s debt and consider whether repayment is (...)

Desirable News: The International Water Court: Towards Universal Access to a Limited Resource - 22 March 2009 - by Nova, Centre per a la Innovació Social (NOVACIS)

Water, an irreplaceable vital resource, and therefore a powerful economic and geopolitical instrument, has been clouded in the past by pollution and ecological imbalance, a growing demand and scarcity in an increasing number of places in the world, and it has been concentrated in major industrial and financial groups with a view to short-term (...)

Seeking Partners
Invitation to Broaden Worldwide Alliances - 25 March 2009 - by Camilla Burg

As the Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and United World moves progressively toward less financial support and greater autonomy of its members, we have received this invitation to connect with another worldwide network and open a discussion on synergy possibilities. All interested persons, please read! As we move along in a year full of promise and new hope, I have come to realize that it (...)

Live from the World Social Forum: A Colorful Carnival with Serious Business - 1 April 2009 - by John Samuel

We are happy to present here a first-hand report from the World Social Forum (WSF) 2009, by John Samuel, a longstanding friend of the Alliance and member of the WSF International Council, who offers a vivid account of many of the different aspects of this year’s WSF, and a touch of friendly, constructive critique. Music was in the air. Drenched in a late-afternoon shower, more than 100,000 (...)

A Take on …
Monsanto Commits to Increasing Profits - 10 June 2009 - by Vicent Boix

In the current global crisis, also suffering, of course, are those producing one of the elements that are essential—along with breathable air and drinkable water—to the survival of humankind: food. Vicent Boix offers us an analysis of one of the ways in which food production, and producers, are being increasingly asphyxiated, a way explicitly planned by the agrochemicals manufacturer (...)

Desirable News: Solemn Oath to Bind Scientists to Society - 6 August 2009 - by Nova, Centre per a la Innovació Social (NOVACIS)

See the Proposal Paper that inspired this desirable news item

Allies Speaking
Could It Be Too Late? - 11 August 2009 - by Philippe Robichon

An early Ally, Philippe Robichon speaks out, or rather, cries out! Greetings to all! I am still involved in defending the environment. But I now believe it is too late. We should have hit the brakes 30 years ago and most of all have designated the guilty more clearly: nothing has stopped "ultra" liberalism in its thirst for money, in its voracity to destroy the wealth of the globe and to (...)

Youth Called upon to Make a Difference in Urban Habitat - 13 August 2009 - by John Anugraha

Being young is not a disadvantage, but on the contrary an asset in making a difference for the future, where the young are the first concerned! The UN estimates that by 2030, 60% of the population will be living in cities. Challenges in the cities will increase, hence their responsibilities to address issues such as economy, illiteracy, poverty, climate change, violence, housing, etc. The (...)

Proposals for Building a New World-governance Architecture - 31 August 2009 - by Equipe du FnGM / FnWG team

Although there have been a few attempts at building a new world governance, the latter has remained largely embryonic. It is nonetheless possible, in the vast open space of world governance, to move forward in great strides, even with limited means, precisely because there is plenty of space. Advancing proposals is a risky, but indispensable enterprise. The Proposal Papers that have so far (...)

A Take on …
The Story of "Cap and Trade" - 1 December 2009 -

With Copenhagen coming up, Annie Leonard (The Story of Stuff) has produced this new "for beginners" film on the plan to limit and trade carbon-emission permits. A useful and interesting 10-minute take on what is being planned in order to distract us from the real problems the planet is facing.

Please note
Some links on the Web site might not work for a few days - 14 décembre 2009 - by Communication Alliance 21

We have just recently moved the entire Alliance 21 Web site to a new server to increase its accessibility, its safety, and its management efficiency. This is to inform all readers that for the next few days, due to this move, a number of links on the Web site are not responding correctly. We are currently reviewing the entire Web site to make the necessary corrections, so please bear with (...)

Allies Speaking
From the Alliance to “oeconomia” - 28 December 2009 - by Pierre Calame

The work of the Alliance, the findings of the World Citizens Assembly, and the Agenda for the Twenty-first Century that came out of it are my main sources of inspiration. The Agenda for the Twenty-first Century staked out three imperatives: to make the Charter of Human Responsibilities the third pillar of the international community; to start, from the local to the global, a revolution of (...)

Video Song
May the Children Sing - 29 December 2009 -

Guillem Ramis i Moneny, an Ally from Majorca since about ten years ago, suggested that we disseminate this song "that can be useful for peace." May the Children Sing, by José Luis Perales, 1992 May the children sing, may they raise their voice, may they make the world listen, may they bring their voices together and reach the sun, the truth is within them. May the children sing, who live (...)

Seeking Partners
Invitation to Join the World Parliament Experiment - 31 December 2009 -

In October 2003, the Alliance World Parliament Workgroup produced a few proposals at the end of a year-long international Internet-based debate. Less than four years later, a World Parliament Experiment was implemented in Norway, and since then, has pursued its development through face-to-face and online sessions, with several of these planned in 2010. Following is a message from the World (...)

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