An excerpt from the film Uganda Rising showing in a (very!) brief overview the utter decimation of Africa that took place via colonialism and the so-called "Scramble For Africa." Despite the film's focus on Uganda, I think this excerpt sheds light on just how much of the violence that we see today actually has a colonial/European precedent rooted in exploitation and racism.

Arundhati Roy's initial findings of the Independent People's Tribunal on the World Bank Group in India that took place in Delhi at the end of September 2007.

Aruna Roy's initial findings of the Independent People's Tribunal on the World Bank Group in India that took place in Delhi at the end of September 2007.

Amit Bhaduri responds to the World Bank's comments on the Indian Peoples Tribunal.

Indigenous Peoples' representatives and organizations were angered by the final Report of the Permanent Forum on Climate Change, which ignored their stated concerns about the World Bank's carbon trading projects (REDD), and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).

The U.S. economy is facing what is possibly its worst recession in more than a quarter century, as an $8 trillion housing bubble continues to deflate and consumers pull back. The U.S. trade gap will probably continue to narrow, affecting U.S. trading partners, including Latin America.

The World Bank is looking into the feasibility of building a canal between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea as one way of redressing the falling water level of the Dead Sea.

On Al Jazeera Vandana Shiva accuses the World Bank and IMF of being the architects of the food crisis and gives some advice how to cope.  http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D1347B14-5364-45C5-8C46-950C65418...

Jubilee USA co-ordinator Neil Watkins makes a pre-report on the 2008 Annual Meetings, flagging key civil society concerns. .

Of the 6 billion people on earth, 1 billion—primarily in North America, Europe, and East Asia—receive 80 percent of the global income. Meanwhile more than 1 billion people subsist on less than one dollar a day.