Alternative Globalization Addressing Peoples and Earth

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redistribution, sustainability, security and self-determination;
• protect and advance the interests of small, weaker and vulnerable
states;
• deliver sustainable development and poverty eradication, as defined
by the people themselves;
• give primacy to people’s right to food, water and the necessities of life,
and protect the ability of small producers to survive and thrive;
• be subordinate to international law and agreements that guarantee
universally recognized human rights including civil, political,
economic, social, religious and cultural rights, gender equity, labour
rights, migrant worker rights, and rights of Indigenous Peoples;
• recognize the inalienable rights of Indigenous Peoples to their
territories, resources and traditional knowledge;
• strengthen respect for creation with ecological standards that safeguard
the interests of future generations and the survival of the earth;
• respect the right and responsibility of governments to ensure the wellbeing
of all members of society, democratic participation and public
stewardship;
• contribute to world peace by ensuring the equitable distribution of
resources and by restraining powerful governments from using trade
as a weapon to advance their economic, military and political interests;
• ensure greater corporate social responsibility and accountability,
guaranteed by government regulations on the basis of the social
obligations to private property;
• be initiated, concluded, implemented and monitored through
transparent processes that ensure the full, informed and timely
participation of those whose lives will be affected; and
• respect the sovereign rights of peoples to choose a diversity of
development paths including the right to withdraw from, or renegotiate
such agreements.
For further reflection:
How can Agape and transformative justice become the norm in trade
relations at all levels?