Category: G20
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The IF campaign launch
Yesterday saw the launch of the IF campaign to end global hunger. The campaign has been launched by a coalition of 100s of NGOs and faith groups and is the largest campaign of its kind since Make Poverty History in 2005. Alongside targeting global poverty directly, the IF campaign focuses on the need to target
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The left must build a coalition of the willing at the G20 in order to boost global recovery
First published on Left Foot Forward Whilst the Seoul and Cannes Summits were positive steps forward for development, next to nothing has been achieved by the G20 in Los Cabos in Mexico. Crucially, world leaders have yet again failed to agree a global plan for jobs and growth needed to drag the world out of
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The government mustn’t fail this crucial test of international leadership
by Chris Leslie is the Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury. First published on LabourList As this week’s G20 meeting in Cannes grows near, the prospects for a new “Robin Hood” or financial transactions (FTT) tax is growing. Significant voices such as George Soros, Paul Krugman, Joe Stiglitz and Jeffrey Sachs have expressed their support, and
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Gordon Brown + Avaaz to G20: Green Jobs and Stimulus Now
[YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHAibPjXnA4] Above: Gordon Brown sends an urgent message with the global online movement Avaaz, recorded in Bhalswa slum in Delhi, India This week, we could turn the tide of the global recession which is threatening progress on everything we care about, including strong action on climate change. It has already plunged 100 million people into
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