As 2014 draws to a close and we look forwards, we find ourselves tired but happy, daunted but excited, exasperated but full of love and hope. ‘All oppression is connected’, proclaimed artivists in Kenya at the Artivism Lab. What connects all modern liberation...
How to Change The System It’s untrue, unhelpful and intellectually lazy to suggest that the 0.01% are bad people. No one planned it and no one is to blame. This is not a binary, satisfying battle between good and evil. Yes, I’m saying the Davos set have this...
“For anyone to truly shake things up, they would need to alter the logic of the system itself. They would need to change its pattern.” The One Party Planet The good news is that patterns are changing. It is people like you and me who are changing them. Earlier this...
Global Economic Inequality – The Facts Inequality is not just real, it is a rampant and at the root of what is wrong with our world today. Figures of inequality presented by organisations like Oxfam and Credit Suisse give us sufficient proof that we have a...
The Experts Won’t Solve Poverty They say, when things go wrong it’s best to leave it to the experts. But what if the experts are getting it all wrong too? This is exactly what’s happening in the case of poverty. Experts are so focused on tackling the symptom...
