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The global Tax Justice Network arose out of meetings at the European Social Forum in Florence, late 2002, and at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, early 2003. It is a response to harmful trends in global taxation, which threaten states' ability to tax the wealthy beneficiaries of globalisation. These trends have disturbing implications for development, democracy, public services and poverty, as explained further in the network's Declaration.
The network's founding objectives are:
- to publicise the issues and educate interested parties,
- to promote links between interested parties around the world, particularly north-south links,
- to stimulate research and debate,
- to encourage and support national and regional campaign activity.
Campaign objectives are suggested in part 2 of the Declaration, 'A Manifesto for Tax Justice,' and some broad policy proposals gathered in the annex to the Manifesto.
Network members come from many different backgrounds: academic, professional, financial, development NGOs, trade unions, religious, political, and from social movements around the world fighting to end poverty and oppression.