Press Coverage

Is the World Bank Helping the Poor—or the World’s Banks?

Source: Takepart October 11, 2014 by Vince Beiser While business-suited officials of the World Bank Group hold their annual conference in Washington,…

Protests Planned at World Bank Development Meeting

Source: Inter Press Service October 10, 2014 NEW YORK, Oct 6 2014 (IPS) – (GIN) – Farmers, indigenous peoples and other social justice…

‘CREATIVE RESISTANCE’ PLANNED FOR ‘ANTI-POOR’ CONFAB

Source: Black Star News October 10, 2014 Oct. 6 (GIN) – Farmers, indigenous peoples and other social justice groups will be taking…

Farmers, Indigenous Peoples and NGOs Take to Streets in Ten Cities Demanding an End to World Bank’s Morally Bankrupt Development

Source: Standard Times Press Newspaper October 10, 2014 For Immediate Release: Wednesday October 8, 2014Farmers, Indigenous Peoples and NGOs Take to Streets in…

World Bank in spotlight

Source: The Phnom Penh Post October 10, 2014 As the World Bank considers supplying fresh loans to Cambodia, a new study uses…

Creative resistance’ protests planned for ‘anti-poor’ development confab

Source: Insight News October 9, 2014 Oct. 6 (GIN) – Farmers, indigenous peoples and other social justice groups will be taking to…

World Versus Bank: The Return of the World Bank and the People’s Resistance

Source: Truthout October 9, 2014 If one was to do some superficial digging on the World Bank, you may get the impression…

Global Activists To Protest World Bank Policies Leading To Land Grabs and Displacement Of Small Farmers

Source: Black Star News October 6, 2014 On October 10, 2014, NGOs, farmers’ groups, and indigenous organizations from across the world are…

Ukraine: Land Grabbing im Brotkorb Europas

Source: NeoPresse August 1, 2014 New York (IPS) – Während sich die internationale Aufmerksamkeit auf die politische Krise in der Ukraine fokussiert,…

The Hidden Hands Behind East-West Tug of War in Ukraine

Source: Al Jazeera August 1, 2014 News from Brussels on July 28 and from Washington on July 29 that both the EU and…