The Fight Inequality Alliance, with some 24 representatives from across the world, gathered at the University of the Philippines in Manila from September 4-7, 2024, as the group “resolutely stands with the millions of citizens who are acting individually and collectively as part of the 99% to force a reinvention and creation of a new economic system that serves everyone, not just the wealthy few.”
“This is the spirit in which the ongoing Fight for Alternatives Global Assembly has been convened… Our collective ambition is to create a blueprint for an economic model that replaces neoliberalism, and builds economies and societies of dignity, justice and sustainability,” the alliance said in a statement.
Lidy Nacpil, Coordinator of Asian People’s Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) said: “Across the world, people are suffering from the effects of inequality caused by historical and continuing exploitation from colonialism to neoliberalism.”
“The challenges Global South people face can only be addressed by breaking free from the systems that benefit only the few and exploits the well being of people and the welfare of our planet,” she added.
Photos by Elmer Valenzuela
