An update to The Rules’ 2013 global inequality video

An update to The Rules’ 2013 global inequality video

When we were researching the data behind the global inequality video, we were shocked by how extreme the figures were. And judging by how fast the video spread, everyone else was just as surprised as we were. But that was in 2013, and things have changed a lot since...
Memory, fire and Hope: five lessons from Standing Rock

Memory, fire and Hope: five lessons from Standing Rock

“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Standing Rock may have been evicted but the movement hasn’t lost. Here are five lessons activists around the world can learn from the...
Beyond wetiko agriculture: saving ourselves from the soil up

Beyond wetiko agriculture: saving ourselves from the soil up

How much longer do you hope to live? How long do you hope your children or grandchildren will live?  Do you think you or your loved ones will live 60 more years? If so, you’ll be around to witness the end of food production on the planet.  Unless, that is, we become...
Aid in reverse: how poor countries develop rich countries

Aid in reverse: how poor countries develop rich countries

We have long been told a compelling story about the relationship between rich countries and poor countries. The story holds that the rich nations of the OECD give generously of their wealth to the poorer nations of the global south, to help them eradicate poverty and...