Third World Within

Initiated by Coalition Against Police Brutality in Spring 2000, Third World Within (TWW) is a network of NYC-based People of Color Organizations that seeks to make connections between People of Color in the U.S. and Third World peoples who struggle against a new global violence characterized by the World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Fund. TWW understands that policies of global restructuring are fundamentally based on race and gender oppression. TWW seeks to both establish a People of Color presence in the new protest movement and explain the many connections between human rights violations against Third World people around the globe and within the U.S. In this spirit, TWW organized a delegation of People of Color organizers to attend the UN World Conference Against Racism and Xenophobia in Durban, South Africa. Since September 11, TWW has worked to create conditions for People of Color to participate in broader calls for peace and global justice.