The leaders of 19 largest economies plus the European Union met in Buenos Aires on November 30 and December 1, 2018.
\nBy CSP-Conlutas Media Workgroup
\nThe meeting was a shame.
\nIt was not a meeting between equals.
\nOn the opposite.
\nPresident Trump gave orders to all of them.
\nIn the benefit of American corporations,
\nhe announced a new NAFTA together with Canadian and Mexican leaders and
\ndeclared a 90-day truce with China while Chinese leaders commit themselves to increase imports from America.
\nFurthermore, Trump canceled the meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin to hide their deals which are under probe in the U.S. and
\nhe stayed away from his ally Prince Mohammad Bin Salman whose relationship are under strong criticism.
\nIn order to protect all these leaders who are hated by the working people,
\nBuenos Aires was put under occupation of a 30,000-strong army and police.
\nA large section of the Argentinian capital was sealed off.
\nThere was no public transport, no buses, no trains, no subway, no boats.
\nEven so, leftwing organization and social movements held a counter-summit on November 29 and a huge demonstration on November 30, 2018.
\nOn one of the main panels of the counter-summit, Herbert Claros, a CSP-Conlutas leader, spoke on behalf of the Palestinian and Central American migrants.
\n\u201cIn this internationalist rally, we cannot forget two great struggles.
\nThe first one is the struggle of the Palestinians.
\nToday it is the international day of solidarity with Palestinian People.
\nThat is very important.
\nThey are resisting against the State of Israel in Gaza!
\nThey are an example for our struggles.
\nThe other struggle is our Latin American sisters and brothers from Central America who are in Mexico at war against Trump\u2019s army.
\nThey are the migrants.
\nThey are our brothers and sisters from Latin America!\u201d
\nThere was another important panel by top Argentinian Human Rights organizations demanding Freedom for Daniel Ruiz, an Argentinian activist and political prisoner.
\nThe International Labor Network for Solidarity and Struggles also held a workshop on international struggles the day before.
\nOn November 30, a 30,000-strong demonstration was held in downtown Buenos Aires. There were banners against Trump, European leaders, Argentinian president Mauricio Macri.
\nThe Prince Mohammad Bin Salman was also criticized for the war on Yemen and the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
\nPalestinian and Syrian revolution flags were also present as a symbol of international struggles.
\nCSP-Conlutas played an important role in these protests. On top of being one of the organizers, it had a 100-strong delegation taking part in the protests in Buenos Aires. It was the largest international delegation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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