Peopleâs G20 Response Preparation Committee, South Korea Newsletter July, 2010
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Dear Colleagues,
The fifth G20 Summit will be held in Seoul on November 11th to 12th. This meeting has grave consequences for the people of Korea and the entire world. The G20 has appointed itself the principal body responsible for finding a solution to the global economic crisis and managing the world economy. Yet it excludes the majority of poor and developing nations from decision-making. It also seeks to make common people shoulder the burden of the crisis and to promote neoliberal policies, which have already created vast poverty and increased inequality. In addition, the South Korean government is using the upcoming summit as an excuse to severely restrict democratic rights and carry out a crackdown on migrants, street vendors and homeless people.
Recognizing the huge impacts posed by the G20 on the rights of people in Korea and around the world, labor unions, social movement organizations and progressive NGOs in South Korea formed a Peopleâs G20 Response Preparation Committee (hereafter Peopleâs Preparation Committee) on June 18th in order to respond to the G20 Seoul Summit. The Peopleâs Preparation Committee will take full responsibility for organising various activities and actions protesting the G20 summit as the representative of South Korean peopleâs, social and civil movements.
We would like to share with you developments in our preparation for the G20 Summit.
Four Main Action Principles of Peopleâs Preparation Committee
The Peopleâs Preparation Committee agreed to the following four main principles:
1) We are committed to organising various activities and actions to denounce the G20 Summit for making people and developing countries pay for the crisis and criticise the structural problems of neo-liberal financial globalization.
2) We are committed to organise various activities to denounce the South Korean government for using the G20 Summit as an excuse to repress democracy and human rights and ignoring internationally-recognised labour and human rights standards.
3) We are to maintain political, organisational and financial independence from the South Korean government and capital, so that we can truly represent the alternative voices of labour, peopleâs and civil society movements about/against the G20.
4) We will contribute to strengthening solidarity with local and international labour, social and civil society movements to build a labour-and-environment-friendly alternative economy, and to introduce capital controls and contribute to strengthening the capacity of international movements against neo-liberal globlaisation.
Points of Action (provisional)
Agenda 1. Financial regulation and taxation on speculative capital
Agenda 2. Decent work
Agenda 3. Basic Labour rights
Agenda 4. Environment and climate change
Agenda 5. Alternative trade agreement to FTAs and TNCs
Agenda 6. Food security and agriculture
Agenda 7. Democracy and human rights
Agenda 8. Poverty and development
Agenda.9. Forced migration
Agenda 10. Peace and security
Agenda 11. Gender and G20
Agenda 12. Cultural diversity and IPRs
Agenda 13. Public services
Main Role of Peopleâs Preparation Committee
Peopleâs Preparation Committee will take full responsibility to organise the following activities and actions.
1) We are committed to organising a Peopleâs Week of Collective Action from November 6th to 12th including:
* A rally and march on November 11th.
* A Peopleâs Summit
* Opening and closing ceremonies for the Peopleâs Joint Action Week
2) We will organise all possible activities and actions concerning current, future and emerging issues related to the G20 Summit based on general consensus among participating organizations, including:
* Protesting the crackdown against migrant workers, homeless people and street vendors in the name of a successful G20 Summit.
* Responding to the G20 Finance (Vice) Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meetings
* Protesting the governmentâs repression of democracy and universal human rights under the excuse of successful G20 Summit.
3) We are encouraging and supporting thematic activities based on the proposed points of action so as to expand and strengthen our response to the G20.
4) We are committed to making every effort to encourage social forces to join the peopleâs G20 actions and strengthen their participation, as well as to create and build peopleâs alternative positions on the global economic crisis.
5) We are committed to organising various publicity and public consciousness-raising activities to expose the fundamental problems of G20 summit.
Peopleâs Summit(provisional title), Seoul
South Korean peopleâs, social and civil society organisations are calling upon international social movements to jointly organise a Peopleâs Summit protesting the G20 Summit. The Peoplesâ Summit will be organised as part of the Peopleâs Week of Collective Action programmes, and it will be based on equal participation of all people to develop peopleâs alternative solutions for responding to the global economic and social crisis.
Korean peopleâs, social and civil society organisations will host the Peoplesâ Summit (provisional title) in solidarity with international social and civil movements to develop peoplesâ alternatives. The main goal is to develop a solution to the current crisis and to shield poor people who are suffering from the impact of the crisis.
The format of the Peopleâs Summit will be a forum consisting of several creative workshops held directly before the G20 Summit. During the Peopleâs Summit people from G20 and non-G20 countries will assess the impact of current economic and social policies promoted by the G20, and demand alternative global economic reform and the social change necessary to create a better world.
Calendar for Peopleâs Week of Collective Action
- Date: November 6th to 12th
- General Picture of Peopleâs Week of Collective Action
* Opening (November 6th)
* National Workers Rally (November 7th)
* Peopleâs Summit( November 7th to 9th )
* Press Conference â Seoul Declaration
* Mass Rally and March (November 11th)
* Closing v(November 12th)
Participating Organisations
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions(KCTU)
National Association of Professors for Democratic Society(NAPDS)
Citizenâs Movement for Environmental Justice
Korean Federation of Medical Groups for Health Rights
Korean Women's Association United(KWAU)
Global Call to Action Against Poverty Korea(GCAP-Korea)
Korean Peasantsâ League(KPL)
Civil Society Network for Financial regulation and taxation on speculative capital
Civil Society Organisation Network in Korea
Peopleâs Solidarity for Social Progress(PSSP)
Peopleâs Solidarity for Participatory Democracy(PSPD)
Korean Progressive Solidarity
National Students March
Korean Women Peasant Association
Joint Committee with Migrants in Korea (JCMK)
All Together
Green Korea United
Korean Urban Poor Association
Alternative Forum of University Students
National Democratic Association of Street Vendors
Citizenâs Coalition for Economic Justice
Institute for Global Political Economy
Imagine Institute
Corea Institute for New Society
New Community Institute
Institute for New World
SpecWatch Korea
Korean Clerical and Financial Workers Association
NANUMMUNHWA_ Global Peace Activities
Solidarity for Ending Poverty
Energy & Climate Policy Institute for Just Transition (ECPI)
Action for Energy Justice
Migrant Workers Rights Watch, Korea
Solidarity for Street Vendors and Informal Workers
Joint Preparation Committee for Building Socialist Workers Party
Korea Progressive Academy Council
Progressive Strategy Council
Center for Energy Politics(CEP)
Contacts for the Peopleâs Preparation Committee
- Joint Secretariat Team will be established shortly.
- Official E-mail : peoplesg20action.Seoul@gmail.com
- Thematic working group and/or networks based on each point of action will also be established.
- Provisionally you can contact the Peopleâs Preparation Committee through the following persons/organizations:
? Korean Confederation of Trade Unions
Contact : Mr. Lee Changgeun(bulnavi@gmail.com), / Ms. Ryu Mikyung(inter@kctu.org)
? CSO Network in Korea
Contact: Mr. Sungkyu Oh(ohskks@gmail.com), / Ms Youngmi Yang,( pspdint@hotmail.com)
? CS Network for Financial regulation and taxation on speculative capital
Contact: Mr. Lee Hanjin (hanjin444@hanmail.net )
? Regional Southeast-east Asia Office, La Via Campesina
Contact: Ms Kim, Haesook(rupina72@gmail.com )
? Energy & Climate Policy Institute for Just Transition(ECPI)
Contact : Mr. Lee Jinwoo(purevil@naver.com)
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