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  • 2 Apr 2009
    G20 has 'failed to tackle systemic issues' says Jubilee Debt Campaign

    Jubilee Debt Campaign has expressed 'disappointment' that world 'leaders have not understood the systemic nature of the economic crisis or the need for radical change to address it'.

  • 2 Apr 2009
    Global Coalition for Responsible Credit says it wants financial system ‘worth saving’

    Church anti-poverty campaigners say they hope that the G20 meeting today in London will commit itself to the creation of a 'financial system that is worth saving'.

  • 2 Apr 2009
    Campaigners urge G20 to overhaul world economy

    Gordon Brown and his fellow G20 leaders must agree an overhaul of the global economy to promote jobs, justice and climate when they meet today in London, according to Put People First an unprecedented alliance of more than 160 unions, development, environment and faith groups.

  • 1 Apr 2009
    The fierce urgency of now

    Our need to get out there and demonstrate against a corrupted world, says Brian Draper, needs to translate into a set of positive commitments and actions that speak for what we are for as well as what we are against.

  • 1 Apr 2009
    Pope pushes Brown on ethics and human values ahead of G20

    Pope Benedict XVI has urged British PM Gordon Brown to push for the establishment of an ethically-grounded financial system at the G20 summit that begins in London on Thurday.

  • 1 Apr 2009
    Gordon Brown does God and global justice at St Paul's Cathedral

    Prime Minister Gordon Brown has told faith leaders and representatives of NGOs at St Paul's Cathedral in London that the world must adopt global economic rules based on common values.

  • 1 Apr 2009
    Whitewashed placard wavers?

    The Put People First demonstration in London on 28 March, ahead of the G20 meeting was a showcase of political, environmental and economic idealism, says Hannah Kowszun. But are such marches mirroring too much of what they decry?

  • 31 Mar 2009
    Dead bird challenges fat cats

    Protestors carrying a huge dead canary and signs saying ‘Canary Wharf RIP’ will demonstrate tomorrow against the government’s attempts to revive the dead policies of the free market system on the eve of the G20 summit of the world’s leading economies.

  • 31 Mar 2009
    WCC calls on Brown to ensure G20 thinks long-term

    Responding to global financial crisis must be more than "short term financial bail out." It must seek "long term transformation" and "sound ethical and moral principles", says the World Council of Churches.

  • 31 Mar 2009
    Marching to a different drum

    It is understandable that some people feel sceptical about demonstrations in the wake of events like the G20 summit, says Simon Barrow. But mobilisation for change needs to be seen as part of a larger process of change, not as an act of disconnected idealism.