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The Atoms of Democracy

October 16, 2015 by Huzaifa Zoomkawala 2 Comments

In elementary school we are presented the table of elements. Once Democritus had postulated the atom, it became a logical imperative for those that followed to reduce nature to a fixed set of elements. Some went further and broke the atom down so much so that very little remained except...

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The 10 Main Factors for Dissolving Neoliberal Ideology (Part 1)

October 15, 2015 by Thorsten Wiesmann 2 Comments

We need a clearer understanding of the process and practices through which the pathological space of social destruction comes into being. Thinking in terms of potentiality is an enormously powerful process – one that usually remains untapped, unused and unrecognized. Our thinking creates the world! But instead of discovering the...

Ideas, Money, Power, The story of poverty

Global Goals – The party’s over

October 8, 2015 by The Rules 5 Comments

The glitter has settled over New York, celebrities and world leaders have flown home and the party is over. A week after the adoption of the United Nations’ seventeen Sustainable Development Goals, we take a moment to reflect on the Global Goals and the efforts of The Rules community to...

Commons, It's The World Vs. The Bank, Power

Peru, the poster child for the World Bank in Latin America

October 6, 2015 by Guest 2 Comments

Peru is the host of the 2015 World Bank-International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings, taking place in Latin America for the first time in over 40 years. The two Bretton Woods institutions, criticised for their record of lowering social and environmental conditions, seek to showcase Peru as a “success” of...

The World Bank meeting is happening in Peru

Commons, It's The World Vs. The Bank, Power

Civil Society Comes Together in Latin America to Challenge the World Bank’s Annual Meetings

by The Rules No Comments

Civil society organisations, Indigenous communities, and social movements come together to challenge the World Bank’s neoliberal agenda, which has caused massive environmental destruction and social distress on the Latin American continent.

Featured, Money, Power, Secrets

The Trans-Pacific Free-Trade Charade

October 4, 2015 by Guest No Comments

As negotiators and ministers from the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries meet in Atlanta in an effort to finalize the details of the sweeping new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), some sober analysis is warranted.

Featured, Ideas, The story of poverty

‘When it clicked’ – I chanced upon a series of eye-opening discussions on social justice with a friend

October 2, 2015 by Guest 3 Comments

About five years ago, I chanced upon a series of eye-opening discussions on social justice with a friend that made me realize that pretty much all I had assumed till then was fundamentally flawed.

Featured, Ideas, Money, Power, The story of poverty

UN Millennium Development Goals replaced by new ‘distraction gimmicks’

September 27, 2015 by Guest 2 Comments

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.

Featured, Ideas, Money, Power, The story of poverty

The Sustainable Development Goals: A Siren and Lullaby for Our Times

September 26, 2015 by Alnoor 1 Comment

At first glance, the rhetoric of the SDGs seems irresistible. They talk about eliminating poverty “in all its forms, everywhere” by 2030, through "sustainable development" and even addressing extreme inequality. None of which we would argue with of course. But as with all half-truths, one just has to dig beneath...

Featured, General, Ideas, Money, Power, Secrets, The story of poverty

J’accuse: Laying Poverty Blame Where It Belongs

September 25, 2015 by Elsie Bryant 5 Comments

A lot of people might agree that the United Nations as a concept is a good one – it’s intended to protect human rights, seemingly uphold some sense of ‘universal’ values and strive for some kind of international cohesion. But can an organisation arguably run by the old rich, (largely)...

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