July 20-22, 2001
Articles and Documents
G8 Owes Us an Answer (August 3, 2001)
New research shows that economic growth worldwide has actually slowed during the era of intense globalization. The growth has been starkly uneven, and the polarization of income inequality has caused an economic slowdown to both rich and poor nations. (Guardian)
Raising the Temperature (July 24, 2001)
George Monbiot calls for "hamas" – enthusiastic, but intelligent, anger, instead of "hamoq" – uncontrolled, stupid anger, as the great Islamic activist Hamza Yusuf Hanson distinguished. A lesson Monbiot learned from the Genoa summit is that corporate power will not give up voluntarily. Therefore, he advocates the non-violent mass action of "hamas." (Guardian)
G8 Leaders Promise a Great Deal While Delivering Next to Nothing (July 24, 2001)
G8 leaders promised to launch a fund to tackle AIDS and a new African partnership scheme acclaimed by Tony Blair as the continent's "Marshall Plan." However, NGOs and campaigners remain deeply unimpressed. (Independent)
Russia: G-8 Leaders Must Address Jeopardized Democracy (July 17, 2001)
Human Rights Watch condemns Russia for the decline of democratic freedom and urges G8 leaders to press for media freedom in the country and an end to the continuing atrocities in Chechnya.
How to Rule the World: Rich Nations Should Stop Running The Planet And Give Way To Global Democracy (July 17, 2001)
George Monbiot criticizes the politics of "global democracy" as exclusively dictated by the G8 nations. Are the G8 ready to accept the need for global democracy? If so, this would mean accepting that the rich nations can no longer run the world for their own benefit. (Guardian)
Thirst for Justice (July 11, 2001)
The G8 governments are uncertain about how to handle the stunning growth of international ‘civil society' and NGO advocacy, not least because a persistent decline in participation in the democratic process has accompanied this growth. (Guardian)
Italy Invites Third World Leaders to G8 to Deter Mobs (June 28, 2001)
In an attempt to head off violent anti-capitalist protests, Italy is inviting to the G8 summit in Genoa next month the top-level officials and spokesman from the 49 poorest countries and nine personalities who have an unquestioned moral authority in the debate about the great problems of the world. (Guardian)
Genoa - Resisting as Women (June 27, 2001)
Agreeing to the political economy set forth by the G7 countries implies the acceptance of massive lay-offs, unemployment, and the exploitation of women, workers and children in the poorest countries. (Attac News)
