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Vandana Shiva, G8 Birmingham People's Summit TOES 1998, Jakob von Uexkull

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Public Action by Jubilee 2000
On May 16, 1998 70,000 people formed a ten km chain in which people linked arms to call for a millennial debt cancellation for the poorest countries. Tony Blair meet with representatives from the New Economics foundation for 20 minutes to discuss this goal. Blair told the reps that the Jubilee protest had succeeded in getting the debt issue to the top of the summit agenda.
Central Message: A Strategy For a Just and Sustainable Future for All

Vandana Shiva

"There are signs that the People's Summit could be a breakthrough event. The
British Foreign Office has invited and is considering proposals on how to
make a link with the official G8 Summit. A number of mainstream businesses
are willing to join the proceedings. Around four thousand journalists are
expected to come to Birmingham. On one important issue alone within the
People's Summit, the agony caused by third world debt, the Jubilee 2000
campaign aim to attract 50,000 people for a mass action."


18th December 1997


LAUNCH LETTER TO 1000 ORGANISATIONS in the UK and OVERSEAS

Dear Colleague,

The People's Summit

As you may know, leaders of the world's most powerful countries come to
Birmingham on May 15 - 17th 1998 for the G8 Summit. This is a wonderful
opportunity for you to help set the case for social and environmental
change. I am writing to let you know how you can get involved.

The G8 Summit is the most powerful economic summit of the year. It is a
self-selected club of the rich but their decisions affect the whole world,
it's people and nature. The G8 are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
UK, the USA and, most recently, Russia. This is the first summit in Britain
since 1991.

Every year since 1984, a citizens event (originally called The Other
Economic Summit) has taken place alongside the G8 Summit, to raise key
social and ecological campaign issues, to challenge the right of the G8 to
take decisions that affect the world, and to present alternatives. These
events have had a very real effect, helping to alter the agenda of the G8
Summit, changing where the G8 Summits have met and at times stealing the
media limelight from the official G8 event.

The New Economics Foundation grew out of the first of these events and has
been involved in facilitating them ever since. Now, after extensive and
creative preparation and consultation, I am delighted to let you know of
the People's Summit, which promises to be our best chance yet to assert the
case for a just and sustainable world economy.

Vandana Shiva

"There are signs that the People's Summit could be a breakthrough event. The
British Foreign Office has invited and is considering proposals on how to
make a link with the official G8 Summit. A number of mainstream businesses
are willing to join the proceedings. Around four thousand journalists are
expected to come to Birmingham. On one important issue alone within the
People's Summit, the agony caused by third world debt, the Jubilee 2000
campaign aim to attract 50,000 people for a mass action."

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