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Getting the Message from the UNFCCC: “Just Go Home.” . . . and ORGANIZE!

Posted by in Campaign for Climate Equity, Cancun / COP 16 on 11th December, 2010 | 1 Comment

cancun_gate_by_ShtigMonths before civil society boarded planes or hopped on busses and bikes destined for Cancun (yes, we met up with a small contingent of cyclists arriving from West Virginia) — it was clear that we weren’t really very welcome.
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Rights Versus Markets: The Heart of the Debate in Cancun?

Posted by in Campaign for Climate Equity, Cancun / COP 16 on 9th December, 2010 | 2 Comments

Respect rightsIn the middle of week two at COP16, protests have begun to erupt, both inside the halls of the Moon Palace, and outside in the streets of Cancun. When la Via Campesina, the world’s largest movement of peasant and smallholder farmers, called for a global day of action yesterday, people around the world responded. The day of action was called ’1000 Cancuns’.
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