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Capitalism is just a story, and other dangerous thoughts (PART 2)

March 20, 2015 by The Rules 5 Comments
In part two, of the article series 'Capitalism is Just a Story and other Dangerous thoughts', we explore the role of ordinary citizens like you and I, and what possibilities exist for truly emancipatory social change.
Capitalism is just a story - we live in a false economy
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Capitalism is just a story, and other dangerous thoughts (PART 1)

March 19, 2015 by The Rules 7 Comments
Our system of modern capitalism is just one story; it is not the only one there is. It’s not inherent within us. It isn’t some inevitable expression of predefined Human Nature. It was invented by human beings and so human beings can change it. But in order to get there,...
India Land Rights Protest
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Fighting for land rights in India

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Rajagopal P.V., President and founder of Ekta Parishad talks about the growing protests against the new Land Acquisition Ordinance passed by the Indian government.
Inequality 300 richest have as much as 3 billion poorest
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3 ways humans create poverty

March 12, 2015 by The Rules 19 Comments
This is a big year for anyone interested in, or caught in the teeth of, poverty and extreme inequity. It’s the year of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to be agreed by heads of state in New York in September. Right now, tens of thousands of people—from NGOs, to...
TTIP leak
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TTIP leak: What’s in this 103-page document that they don’t want us to see?

February 27, 2015 by The Rules No Comments
A 103-page document with details of the TTIP negotiation has been leaked to the BBC. According to the BBC the document includes a list of things the EU wants to exclude from the deal.
D-Pax in Nairobi
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D-Pax – Haki Yangu (My Rights)

February 25, 2015 by The Rules No Comments
The song Haki Yangu (Kiswahili- ‘my rights’) speaks of the disillusion of youth and Kenyans in general about political and economic elites that continue to enrich themselves in collaboration with imperialist forces.
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The World Bank’s sham conference on land and poverty

February 18, 2015 by The Rules No Comments
The big question is whose interests the World Bank really serves. While they spend considerable time and money painting themselves as champions of the poor, the Bank has a battery of practices and policies that suggest a very different truth.
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4 things you probably know about poverty that Bill and Melinda Gates don’t

February 4, 2015 by The Rules 13 Comments
Bill and Melinda Gates just released their annual letter, "Our Big Bet for the Future," with their thoughts on the current state of global poverty and the suite of projects they are funding to tackle it. While their hopeful tone and a good deal of what they are proposing is...
Protests around the world against The World Bank and neoliberaism
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Full of love and hope for the new year

December 24, 2014 by The Rules No Comments
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.
One Party Planet - the system ruled by neoliberalism
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It is time to end the blame games and work on real, evolutionary change

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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.
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