In 2019, social movements and organizations from Chile began organizing the Peoples’ Summit, which would take place in parallel to the UN climate change summit, ‘COP25’, in Santiago. Following massive popular mobilizations in Chile in October and November, and the subsequent move of the COP to Madrid, Chilean organizations decided to carry out their Summit anyway. Real World Radio will travel to Chile for special coverage of the event. At the same time, we will share the voices of social movements and organizations coming to Madrid from all over the world, to once again demand “CLIMATE JUSTICE NOW!” Although geographically separated, these events have such strong links. RWR presents them together in this space.

Real World Radio will participate in the Anti-imperialist Meeting of Solidarity, for Democracy and against Neoliberalism which will take place from November 1-3 in Havana, capital of Cuba, and will share a special coverage. The activity is part of the process of struggle and mobilization of the Continental Day for Democracy and against Neoliberalism founded in 2015 also in Havana.

This year, the UN Human Rights Council Working Group that is negotiating the Binding Treaty on transnational corporations and human rights abuses will discuss the technical elements of the future legal instrument. For this reason, the organizations that are part of the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity will come to Geneva from all continents to ensure the new instrument holds transnational corporations accountable for their serious attacks against the peoples and human rights. Real World Radio is present in Geneva to bring to you the different voices of social movements and organizations.

Real World Radio will participate in the mission that will be carried out in solidarity with Colombia to strengthen the guarantees promoted by the peace accords, as stated by La Vía Campesina in a press release. We will cover each day of work and in this section you will be able to find out about all details.

The Latin American Coordination of Rural Organizations (CLOC-La Vía Campesina) is holding its 7th Continental Congress from June 25-30 in Havana, Cuba. “From our territories: Unity, struggle and resistance for socialism and peoples´ sovereignty” is the theme of this peasant meeting that is taking place in the framework of the 60th anniversary of the first Cuban Agrarian Reform Law and CLOC´s celebrations for its 25th anniversary since its creation.

Latin American social networks and organizations will mobilize in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the occasion of the G20 Summit and the submissiveness of the neoliberal Argentinian government to the International Monetary Fund. Together with different alternative media, Real World Radio will be present in Buenos Aires covering the actions to be carried out as part of the mobilizations planned by the Continental Day in Defense of Democracy and against Neoliberalism.

Seven Brazilian activists from rural, urban and youth organizations are holding a hunger strike since August 1st, 2018, outside the Federal Supreme Court in Brasilia, capital of the country, to demand the release of political prisoner Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva and the restoration of democracy in Brazil. Day by day, together with a communications team of Brazilian social movements, we will follow the action.

The Intergovernmental Working Group of the United Nations Human Rights Council that is negotiating a Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights is holding its fourth session in Geneva, Switzerland. In the process that started in 2014, this is the first time negotiations are taking place based on a specific text, known as the “Draft Zero”. Several social movements and organizations are present in Geneva to mobilize and push in favor of the new treaty. Real World Radio is covering the official negotiations and the mobilizations, actions and parallel activities carried out by social movements.