Global hunger is threatening families because of climate change
Article / 23rd May 2019The wellbeing of families is facing challenges on many fronts and – particularly in the developing world – climate change is perhaps the greatest of these as it is exacerbating hunger and food insecurity, explains Siddharth Chatterjee for the Inter Press Service.
The ‘3.5%’ rule: How a small minority can change the world
Article / 23rd May 2019Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change, writes David Robson.
What happened to the WHO’s social justice project?
Article / 23rd May 2019The solution to the problem of resources for health is not for public bodies to go begging to the private sector or to celebrity philanthropists. The solution today, as it was at Alma Ata 40 years ago, is economic justice and an adequate tax base at national and international levels, writes Alison Katz for the People’s Health Movement.
The key to global security? It’s not just about security
Article / 17th May 2019In his 900th column for openDemocracy, Paul Rogers shows how economics and climate demand a new approach to international security.
The UK must protect economic and social rights with a new law – here’s what should change
Article / 1st May 2019The UK is an outlier for subscribing to international treaties that enshrine socioeconomic rights, but without incorporating them in domestic law, writes Koldo Casla and Peter Roderick.