Introducing with indymedia.org, coverage of the protests in September 2000 against the IMF and the World Bank conference in Prague. Interviews with activists and campaigners from the southern hemisphere give damning criticism of the IMF and World Bank policies as the film charts the preparations for the day of action in Prague, the day itself and its aftermath.

Street Protest against the World Bank's involvement in the United Nations Climate Change processes. the World Bank is a major investor in oil, mining and gas, and building infrastructure for the global fossil fuel economy. so it is worse than hypocritical for it to set itself up as the body to channel international assistance finance for responding and adapting to climate change.

During the second meeting between the G20 finance ministers in St Andrews on Saturday morning, over 300 protesters gathered on West Sands to share their support for climate change reduction and social justice initiatives. After a photo-op with news outlets, the group marched to the Union to prepare for a counter-summit workshop with speakers from various organizations in the afternoon.

As the world finances start to spin and the roulette wheel of international finance starts to turn increasingly dark, this is not the time to abandon the ideas that have made a select few people very rich.

Finance ministers from around the world have descended on Washington, D.C. for the annual World Bank/IMF spring meetings. The annul gathering opened with the 20 finance ministers from the worlds leading economies. Top on their agenda were two new bank taxes, climate change and possible reforms to the institutions voting system.

< protests, demonstrations and marches are happening across the city and expected to continue all week long.

The group called the G-6 Billion came together today to sing, pray and march. They say they represent the nearly seven billion people, who are not represented by the G-20 Summit.

On the Market and Policy Origins of the International Financial Crisis...
Economist from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London speaks at the Bretton Woods Project seminar on the Financial Crisis - Putting Together a Coherent Civil Society Response.

Go here to view the powerpoint presentation.

Robert Wade, Development Studies Institute, LSE Speaking at the 2nd Workshop: “Developing Joint UK Policy Responses to the Financial and Economic Crisis” organised by the Bretton Woods Project and School of Oriental and African Studies, Research on Money and Finance.