Mammon has become my kinsmen’s one and only god. Their sponduliks hold them sway, while their consumerist lust creates a kind of oligophrenia. Who then can challenge the obdurate hierophants of Mammon? I feel such presage in my heart, trepidation even, when I...
The ubiquitous ‘development goals’ chosen by the United Nations – first Millennium (MDGs) in 2000 and now Sustainable (SDGs) – were and are and will be a distraction from the real work of fighting poverty done by social justice activists. This weekend in New York...