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We are the People’s Alternatives

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About Peoples’ Alternatives

Peoples’ Alternatives is a global collective effort to organise people across the world to build a different economic system for an equal future, to face the current crisis run by the greed of the rich and powerful. The current economic system works for the few and not the majority. The solutions to the crisis cannot and should not be dictated by the elites. The same elites who created the problem in the first place and benefit from the status quo. What is needed are solutions that come from people who are confronted by the challenges.The World Bank and IMF will meet in Marrakech, Morocco on African soil for the first time in over 50 years in October.They have failed to give the answers that people demand.

It’s time for a Peoples' Alternative.

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Our Demands:

  1. Introducing higher taxes on the rich
  2. Funding public services such as education, health and water abundantly
  3. Cancelling sovereign debt
  4. Abolishing tax havens and tax dodging by corporations and the rich
  5. Putting the international institutions who uphold the current economic system to a People’s Tribunal.

How to Participate:

  1. Peoples’ Assemblies (14 - 21 August)

    What will we be doing?
    At the country level across the Peoples’ Alternatives we will convene Assemblies where members come together to highlight their inequality struggles, alternatives and demands on how inequalities should be addressed. In these Assemblies we will show the role of governments and IMF and World Bank collusion in pushing more and more people towards breaking point. The Peoples’ Assemblies will be a dynamic and inclusive space for people to raise their voices and share their demands. 

    These Assemblies will take place both physically and online to ensure wider participation and engagement. The Peoples’ Assemblies space will create wider awareness of the correlations between the IMF and World Bank and rising levels of inequalities. Additionally Assemblies will be a space for the Alliance nationally to collate demands and alternatives for the Peoples’ Tribunals taking place in September 2023. 

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  2. Peoples’ Caravans (28 August - 2 September)

    What will we be doing?
    The Peoples’ Caravans will build on and a continuation from the People's Assemblies. At this stage of the action we will be sharing more broadly the inequality struggles confronted by people in the country and how these struggles are of national importance. The Caravans will travel through various communities stopping at key landmarks, public spaces,  government offices/buildings and share their demands and alternatives with the wider public at large and government officials. 

    The Peoples’ Caravans will serve as a moving billboard, capturing public attention and  highlighting the urgency around the issue of inequality and the role of the IMF and World Bank. We will use the caravans to invite active and wider participation, people sharing their own experiences, personal stories and create a sense of community and solidarity.

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  3. Peoples’ Tribunals (23 September - 30 September)

    What will we be doing?
    The Peoples’ Tribunals will hold public hearings where selected individuals from the Assemblies and the Caravans share their testimonies on the impacts of inequality and the IMF and World Bank impacts in their contexts. The Tribunals will be open to the public and to the media for wider dissemination and awareness. 

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FAQs

“We the 99” is an urgent call to movements, civil society groups, activists, and communities across the Global South and beyond to unite, build, organise and demonstrate their counterpower. With their collective voices and actions, draw a red line to the 1% to bring about transformative change.

The 1% refers to a small, elite group of wealthiest individuals that benefits from a system built on inequality. They are those who control a disproportionate share of wealth, resources, and political influence.

The G20 (Group of 20) is an international forum of governments and central bank governors of 19 countries, with the European Union and the African Union. Together they account for over 85% of the global GDP. This combined economic weight gives them the potential to shape global financial, trade, development and fiscal policies to address global economic and environmental challenges.

The lead-up to and days of the G20 Summit present a platform for people on the frontlines of inequality to voice demands for a new economic model and an institutional architecture that realigns economic benefits in the interests of people, planet, peace and democracy. Movements and civil society groups will use the opportunity to raise issues and demands. FIA will coordinate collective actions nationally and globally and to amplify demands for a radically different vision for our economies and societies than the current international financial architecture.

There are different ways to be able to be part of the Fight Inequality Alliance:

  1. Become a member of a national and regional alliance — Please check if there is an existing alliance in your country here. Are you part of a global organization? Please reach out to info@fightinequality.org
  2. Join our mailing list -  Be part of a global grassroots movement creating a more equal future. Sign up to join our receive updates and invitation to our various campaigns. [ADD LINK]
  3. Donate to stand with the 99% - Fight Inequality Alliance brings together communities, activists and movements across the globe to challenge the 1% and build a more just and equal world. Your donation fuels grassroots resistance and powers real change.
     

Fight Inequality Alliance’s Global Assembly is held on November 17 to 18 in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is an iconic gathering to continue growing the global movement to fight inequality, bringing together leading voices, organisations, and community leaders from around the world standing in the frontlines of inequality. You can join us in person or you can join us virtually. To know more, please see details of the global assembly here

Supporting Organisations

Colectivo Atemaxaque Daughters of mumbi resource centre Debt Justice Dzuka Cholinga Youth Zambia Epworth Residents Development Association Kiambu County Disability Network Youth Arise Zambia Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Zimcodd Zivanai Community Empowerment Trust