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Rostock, Germany, Thu, May 24 2007
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G8: Defend local social rights globally
Call for participation of urban and local social movements at G8 protests
Since decades the policies of G7/G8 in favour of their own economic growth, multinational companies and global financial markets build a main reason for the world wide plundering of nature and labour, for the destruction of local economies and independent developments, for the undermining of market regulations and social standards, for the privatisation of collective resources and public services.
The prize for this development has to be paid by all the people who become victims of financial speculation, special economic zones, unequal trade agreements, privatisations and large-scale development projects. While a minority is becoming richer, the prize paid by the poorer populations in the cities and at the countryside, in informal settlements and deprived urban areas, by the exploding number of people who live in the slums, barrios and favelas of the world. The prize is even paid by the global climate change, which again affects poor dwellers in poor regions most seriously.
Besides some talks about aid for Africa and the world climate we cannot see any change of policies of G8. Their strategies are not based on any democratic legitimacy and they are not based on human rights and international law.
For these reasons we support the protests against the policies of G8 in Rostock and Heiligendamm.
With a series of events in the frame of the alternative G8 summit we want to raise awareness on the relevance of economic globalisation for local developments and local livelihoods. We want discuss common strategies, how local social movements can internationalise their struggles against evictions, speculation, privatisation, for the right to housing, city, water and land.
Knut Unger, Habitat Netz
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