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Buenos Aires – Argentine civil society organizations have launched a series of actions planned this week against the G20 summit.
"We reject policies that favor large multinationals and imperialist countries and not the people or the rights of nature," said Beverly Keene, spokesperson for Confluence G20 and IMF Out, who is organizing a People's Summit Wednesday and Thursday.
The Peoples Summit will be held before the G20 summit on Friday and Saturday, when leaders of 19 of the world's largest and most developed countries, as well as the European Union, will meet in Buenos Aires to discuss issues such as the future of work and the development infrastructure. and food security.
Critics say the G20 summit is imperialist and gives priority to the interests of big business.
Keene said the main concerns were about the growth of precarious working conditions, extractivism and the effects of increased use of agricultural technologies and chemicals on poor rural communities.
The Cumbre de los Pueblos in Spanish began Wednesday at the University of Buenos Aires. It aims to provide an open space to discuss ideas for a just and peaceful future. Conferences and workshops are presented by various groups including the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Political Institute, the Latindadd Economic and Social Justice Network and the Multisectorial Antiextractivista Environmental Activist Group. They will cover topics such as economic justice, the environment and the rights of women and children. Talks are expected to continue on the square in front of the congress in Buenos Aires on Thursday.
"These are the people who are affected"
Those who attended the first day of the Peoples Summit said that it offered groups a way to discuss a wide range of issues.
Aixa Leguizamon, an activist of the Socialist Workers Movement, said the People's Summit was an opportunity to meet activists from other countries, such as Brazil, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
"I am absolutely opposed to the existence of groups focused on the exploitation of workers from around the world and the planet," she said. "I say that because they are meeting to discuss how to manage GDP around the world, how will they do it without people being affected?"
Economists and labor relations experts have criticized the G20 for placing infrastructure and telecommunications ahead of basic conditions such as food and security.
They said that the growth of work via online platforms such as Uber contributed to the precarious working conditions with low worker protection. The economist and researcher of the Institute of the World of Work Julio Godio, Sofia Scbaderra, said that working on online platforms had led to the so-called "tyranny of the algorithm".
"You do not have a leader, so you can not explain why you have problems, for example if your child is sick or if your train is late." All you get is a note ", a- she declared. This problem particularly affects women because of the traditional "second job" of housework and childcare.
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| Members of social groups gather to protest group 20 summit in Buenos Aires [Marcos Brindicci/Reuters] |
Keene expects several thousand people to attend the Peoples Summit on Thursday. However, she pointed out that the measures put in place by the government would make it difficult for people. "The government is doing everything in its power to convince people to stay at home or leave the city," she said.
Friday was declared a holiday. Buenos Aires trains and metro will be suspended on Friday and Saturday, and service will be cut off on Thursday. In an interview with the A24 news channel, Public Safety Minister Patricia Bullrich advised residents to leave the city for the duration of the G20 conference.
Other actions and protests against the summit are expected until Saturday.
The G20 summit comes at a difficult time for Argentina. On November 2, the central bank raised its inflation forecast for 2018 to 47.5%. The economy is expected to contract by 2.4%.
President Mauricio Macri requested a loan from the IMF in June this year, which provoked mbad protests in Argentina. The IMF is extremely unpopular with many Argentines because of its role in the severe financial crisis that the country experienced in 2001.
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