On AlterNet: g-20

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "g-20"

G20 Protests Put the Pressure on Canada's Dirty Industries

Ron Johnson, Earth Island Journal. June 26, 2010.

Climate and environmental justice movements aired their grievances in anticipation of this weekend’s G20 summit.

According to Obama Global Capitalism Is an 'Abstraction,' Not Worth Protesting

Eric Stoner, AlterNet. September 29, 2009.

Does the president not know that these things are tied to "concrete, local, immediate issues that have an impact on people's lives"?

Robocops Employ Scary Crowd-Stopping Technology at Pittsburgh Protests

Mike Ferner, After Downing Street. September 28, 2009.

An arsenal of "crowd control munitions," was deployed with a massive, overpowering police presence in Pittsburgh during last week's G-20 protests.

Pittsburgh Police Riot, Attack Students

Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. September 26, 2009.

"The only figures breaking any laws on that calm campus were the cops themselves."

Cops in Fatigues Throw Protester into Unmarked Car at G-20 Protests and Drive off

Jan Frel, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. September 25, 2009.

Wearing fatigues and combat boots, cops who look like soldiers throw citizen into car.

G20 Interview: Planning New Global Financial Regulatory Frameworks

Jeb Sprague, AlterNet. September 24, 2009.

An interview with Rupert Thorne, Deputy to the Secretary General of the Financial Stability Board.

Activists, Big Business Converge on G20 Meeting

Jeb Sprague, IPS News. September 21, 2009.

As media and government delegates prepare for the G20 Summit to be held Pittsburgh, local business and activist groups are promoting clashing visions of days to come.

The G-20 Faces the Global Econopocalypse, But It's Nothing But a Big Show

Walden Bello, Foreign Policy in Focus. March 31, 2009.

The show masks a deep fear among the global elite that it really doesn't know the direction in which the world economy is heading.

How to Pay for a Global Climate Deal

Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello, Brendan Smith, SolveClimate. March 28, 2009.

Leaders at the G-20 summit should go in a green direction to jump-start protection of the global climate.