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Third International Conference of Via Campesina Opens in India

Today the Third International Conference of Via Campesina opened in Bangalore, India, with 110 delegates (men and women) from 40 countries around the world representing hundreds of farm and indigenous peoples' organisations.

Class Action Suit Filed Against City of Seattle

MAJOR CLASS ACTION FILED V. CITY OF SEATTLE, SEATTLE MAYOR SCHELL, AND FORMER POLICE CHIEF STAMPER FOR UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTS DURING WTO by Rauvin

Waking Up the Global Elite

October 2, 2000 ACTIVISM IN THE STREETS HAS LED TO AN OUTPOURING OF PLATITUDES IN THE SUITES. by WILLIAM GREIDER / The Nation

Poverty Soars in Transition Countries in Europe, Central Asia: World Bank

Agence France Presse PRAGUE, Sept 19 (AFP) - Poverty has soared in the transition countries of Europe and Central Asia, while inequalities have also increased in some former Soviet states, according to a World Bank report released Tuesday.

World Bank, IMF Policymakers Meet Amid Good Times, Bitter Protests

Agence France Presse / Nathaniel Harrison WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (AFP) - Sober-suited World Bank and IMF policymakers open an annual round of discussions next week in Prague, where their projections of flourishing global growth will be bitterly dismissed by protesters who insist the two institutions do more harm than good.

FAO""s Annual Report on the State of Food and Agriculture: Despite Tangible Progress, 13 Percent of Humanity Still Suffers from Hunger and Related Diseases

Paris, 15 September 2000 - More than 800 million people still lack access to the food they need, much less than the 960 million estimated 30 years ago, but still a massive number accounting for 13 percent of the world's population, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says in its annual report "The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA-2000)," released today at a news conference at the

U.S. Department of Labor Accepts NAFTA Complaint

U.S. Department of Labor Accepts NAFTA Complaint Over Mexico's Failure to Enforce Worker Health and Safety Laws. Move Could Lead To First-Ever NAFTA Fines Contact: Martha Ojeda Coalition For Justice in The Maquiladoras 210-732-8957

Address by Fidel Castro to the Millennium Summit

REPUBLICA DE CUBA MISION PERMANENTE ANTE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS ADDRESS BY DR. FIDEL CASTRO RUZ, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA TO THE MILLENNIUM SUMMIT New York, September 6, 2000 Excellencies:

Hungry in Times of Plenty

By Devinder Sharma

Human Reality Hidden in New Free Trade Deal

By AZIZ CHOUDRY* | September 6, 2000 The Singapore and New Zealand Governments are selling their new free trade and investment agreement as an abstraction, unlinked to people's lives. On Batam, an Indonesian territory 40 minutes from Singapore by boat, I saw the human realities that lie behind the deal.