Alliance for Responsible Trade

 1.  National Strike in Peru

 2.  Mobilization around the G8 Summit.

 3.  4th Caribbean Peoples' Conference .

 4.  Suspensión of the 4^th Round of the Andean Community (CAN) - EU Negotiations.  

 5.  A Call to Action- the Doha Round.

1. National Strike in Peru

Perú was paralized for 24 hours by a national strike. The strike was called by the General Confederation of Workers of Peru, other union guilds, indigenous social organizations, campesinos and political forces; in reaction to a series of legislative initiatives  by the government to strengthen its economic program, which are seen as being against the interests of the majority.  The strike ended with a successful report but not without repression and with the announcement of the creation of a People's Assembly in November, a social movement of the organizations and political movements from the Peruvian opposition.  

Read more:

 ·         Cusco es ejemplo de lucha y respeto: http://www.diarioelsoldecusco.com/index.php?idn=540

• 200 Detenidos durante Paro Nacional : http://www.ansa.it/ansalatina/notizie/notiziari/peru/20080709225434689377.html
• Madres de comedor popular en Ica respaldan paro: http://www.cnr.org.pe/noticia.php?id=22817
• Marchas y bloqueos en paro contra Gobierno de Perú:

http://lta.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idLTAN0941686120080709

• Ayacuchanos exigen cumplimiento de acta firmada tras Marcha de los Huari

http://www.rpp.com.pe/1969/12/31/ayacuchanos_exigen_cumplimiento_de_acta_firmada_tras_marcha_de_los_huari/nid_130105.html

• Perú cierra jornada de huelga general

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_7498000/7498869.stm

• Nuevas reformas jurídicas para profundizar el modelo neoliberal

http://alainet.org/active/25089

• Se anuncian creación de la asamblea de los pueblos: http://www.cnr.org.pe/noticia.php?id=22823

    2. Mobilization around the G8 Summit

From July 7-9, the presidents of the eight richest countries in the world met: Germany, Canada, US, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan and Russia.  The central focus of these encounters which have happened since 1973, is to discuss today's international politics and economy, defined by