URGENT: Protesters Fight Dangerous U.S. Provocation of China
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Please HELP support hundreds of brave grassroots protestors on the Korean Island of Jeju, now suffering brutal attacks by riot police. The issue is South Korean government construction of a giant military base for the U.S. Navy, being built now on a magnificent UNESCO World Heritage Site. The U.S. goal is to encircle China, but it could lead to war.
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IFG’s Asia-Pacific Program wants to avoid a conflict by bringing together grassroots groups from the region for coordinated responses toward a peaceful resolution.
Noam Chomsky: “The protest on Jeju counts as a critical struggle against a potentially devastating war in Asia. China sees the base as a threat to its national security, likely to trigger confrontation and an arms race between South Korea and China, with the U.S. involved.” MORE.... |
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New Report: Outing the Oligarchy
Billionaires Who Benefit from Today’s Climate Crisis
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IFG released a special report, “Outing the Oligarchy: Billionaires Who Benefit From Today’s Climate Crisis,” which identifies the world’s top 50 individuals whose investments benefit from climate change and whose influence networks block efforts to phase out pollution from fossil fuels.
IFG’s report comes as global debates intensify on how best to protect the climate and how best to counter the corrupting power of extreme wealth over politics. The report draws the links between the two debates and identifies the emerging, ultra-rich tycoons who are deepening the world’s climate crisis. READ MORE
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IFG’S NEW ASIA-PACIFIC NETWORK LAUNCHED IN HONOLULU AT MOANA NUI |
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IFG announced its Asia-Pacific Network program as part of our 3-day teach-in and conference, Moana Nui 2011, Honolulu, November 9-11.
In partnership with a coalition of Pacific Island activists, I Pua Mohala I Ka Po, the event protested the impending APEC/TPP trade agreements among Pacific Rim nations, as well as rampant militarism and colonization in the Pacific, environmental devastation from undersea corporate mining, and the growing battle between the U.S. and China for hegemony in the region. Events culminated with a march on the APEC/TPP meetings.
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