Vienna, 31/01/01The Antiimperialist Camp denounces the arrest of two of the most important leaders of the popular struggle in Ecuador: Luis Villacà­s Maldonado, National President of the Popular Front and one of the official speakers of the Patriotic Front, as well as Antonio Vargas, the well known leader of the CONAIE (Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador).All the promises of the government of Noboa to the poor people that rose up one year ago against the hunger-politics of the former corrupt government of Jamil Mahuad and even could overthrow it, have proofed to be cheap lies to betray the people, to demobilize and pacify its fights. There is no more doubt: the government of Noboa, ex-vice-president of the overthrown president Mahuad and now president of the Republic, … [read more]

Call for the Anti-imperialist Camp 2001, Italy, July 28th – August 5thWill this world survive until 2100?"Within a hundred years from today the planet Earth will be half dead, and so will the human beings." It is not us who are saying this, but the scientists who observe the ongoing processes in the biosphere. The greenhouse effect…—the overheating of the Earth--will provoke irreversible climatic changes. As a consequence, there will be lack of water almost everywhere within only 50 years. Already today more than a fifth of the world`s population is suffering the lack of drinking water while five million people die every year due to drinking of polluted water. The desertification and destruction of the top soil are progressing and seem to be unstoppable. More than two billion … [read more]