It outlines "twelve... proposals, which [its authors] believe, together, give sense and direction to the construction of another, different world."
Outlaw patenting of knowledge on living things and privatization of "common goods for humanity", i.e., water.
Use public policies to fight discrimination, sexism, xenophobia, antisemitism and racism and fully recognize the political, cultural and economic rights of indigenous peoples.
Take steps to end environmental destruction and the greenhouse effect using alternative development models.
Dismantle all foreign military bases and the removal of troops from all countries except those under the explicit mandate of the United Nations.
[1] The signatures of the manifesto (so-called "Group of Nineteen") are Aminata Traoré, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Eduardo Galeano, José Saramago, François Houtart, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Armand Mattelart, Roberto Savio, Riccardo Petrella, Ignacio Ramonet, Bernard Cassen, Samir Amin, Atilio Borón, Samuel Ruiz García, Tariq Ali, Frei Betto, Emir Sader, Walden Bello, and Immanuel Wallerstein.