Financial markets in turmoil, energy price rises, food riots, violent conflicts and environmental disasters. And whatever the disaster, poor and marginalised people are always affected the most.... It doesn't have to be this way.

Meena Raman · Trevor Ngwane · Susan George · Tariq Ramadan · Mark Thomas · Bianca Jagger. Chair: Asad Rehman.

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2nd World Water Forum in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2000. Speech by Medha Patkar against privatization of water. John Briscoe (WorldBank) held his speech just before Patkar.

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.

Report about the impact of the Newmont Ahafo goldmine, which is financed by the world bank. More than 9.500 people are affected by relocation and environmental pollution.

Talk by Jim Shultz and Leny Olivera of the Democracy Center on "Globalization from the Ground: What Bolivia Teaches Us" given February 6, 2009 at the University of Washington in Seattle. For more info: http://www.democracyctr.org

Can anyone really own water? There's a 400 billion $ of global business made by corporations out of the blue gold every year. Water is a resource for your life, not a private property. Who controls the resources of life now will soon controls the rest of all things.

This video, produced by International Accountability Project and Accountability Counsel, shows the struggle of two indigenous Shipibo communities in the Peruvian Amazon, who have suffered from oil contamination and severe health impacts caused by Maple Energy plc, a multinational oil company that has received financing from the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

The World Bank Campaign Europe and The Permanent Peoples' Tribunal held a Public Hearing on the World Bank in October: 'WORLD vs. BANK'. This video presents the voices and faces of people who witnessed the impact of World Bank policies and practices around the world. Their testimonies reveal what happens to people and the environment as a result of 1.

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