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10 times the encyclical on climate change didn’t shy from being outright radical
Rarely do international leader figures acknowledge the fact that capitalism with its extractive industrial model is responsible for causing the crisis of climate change, poverty and inequality. The Pope's encyclical on climate change didn't miss a change to make this this quite clear.
Thanks to President Obama, Shell has permission to drill for oil in the American side of Arctic. As if this wasn't destructive enough, the US Navy is arriving in the Gulf of Alaska this June to play its war games.
The United Nation's agenda to end poverty misses out on dealing with the systems that have created poverty. Tessa Khan from APWLD pointed out this problem in her speech at the UN's Financing for Development hearings.
Here are some iconic quotes from the great Eduardo Galeano. Be prepared for some serious revolutionary inspiration.
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The World Bank Displaced a Population Roughly the Size of Berlin
Alnoor Ladha talks to The Real News about how the World Bank and the IMF have always facilitated interests of western corporations.
As we counter the story the establishment is telling about the sustainable development process, here are articles that support tell the true story of poverty and development.
Many people have had things to say over the years about the capitalist system, here are some of our favourites.
Capitalism is Just a Story, Commons, Do we Live on a One Party Planet?, Featured, Ideas, Money, Power, Secrets
The Delusion at the Heart of the Sustainable Development Goals
The main goal of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is not just to further reduce extreme poverty, but to eradicate it entirely. This is a welcome move, but it also raises some tough questions. Is poverty eradication actually possible under our current economic system? Or will it require a...
We are caught in a battle for ideas — the beliefs and values that govern how the entire world works. And the only way to join the battle is to question your own assumptions and make sure that what you believe — about yourself, the world, and the connections between the two — fits what you...
The controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal is designed to give corporations more power over domestic laws, including environment, labour and other safeguards. This and other revelations about the TPP came forth after Wikileaks released the Investment Chapter of the deal on March 25, 2015.
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