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The SDGs and the problem with saving the world

August 12, 2015 by Jason 3 Comments
The UN’s new Sustainable Development Goals aim to save the world without transforming it.
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10 times the encyclical on climate change didn’t shy from being outright radical

June 22, 2015 by Swati No Comments
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.
Extracting wealth
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The Delusion at the Heart of the Sustainable Development Goals

April 11, 2015 by Jason 6 Comments
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...
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The Grand Flaw in the UN

March 27, 2015 by Chuck Woolery 2 Comments
The UN’s greatest structural flaw is that the universal protection of human rights is only an afterthought. A grand gesture with absolutely no muscle other than words and noble promises
India Land Rights Protest
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Fighting for land rights in India

March 19, 2015 by The Rules No Comments
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.
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The best climate change speech you’ll ever read

March 18, 2015 by Martin Kirk 10 Comments
John Ashton was the UK Government lead negotiator in global climate talks for six years. He just gave this speech to an energy industry conference in Paris. He addressed it to Ben van Beurden, CEO of Shell, urging him and his industry to heed the global crisis of climate change.
4 reasons to question poverty eradication story
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4 reasons to question the official ‘poverty eradication’ story of 2015

March 16, 2015 by Martin Kirk 2 Comments
The UN is currently coordinating a grand manoeuver of immense complexity. In order to agree to a new generation of global development outcomes called the Sustainable Development Goals. Unfortunately, even a cursory understanding of the data shows it is little more than hype, designed to rally public support behind a...
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...
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.
Commons, It's The World Vs. The Bank, Money, Power, Themes

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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