Demanding an end to world hunger
Blog / 15th December 2011The events of 2011 may well go down in history as constituting the most significant turning point of modern times.
The Rise of the 99%
Blog / 10th July 2011In almost every region of the world today, the people are rising up. In the Middle East and North Africa, a revolutionary wave of protests swept across the Arab world and continues to escalate in many countries, not least in Libya and Syria.
Redistribution: The sane alternative
Blog / 5th June 2011Across the world, the gulf between the rights of ordinary people and the interests of those who hold the reins of the world’s financial wealth has rarely been so stark.
Challenging the bailout economy
Blog / 18th May 2010As Europe frantically shores up an unravelling economic system, popular protests are erupting against adjustments made to placate the finance markets. Austerity measures and bailouts may keep the banks happy, but what about the people? By Anna White.
The movement of movements: from resistance to climate justice
Blog / 10th December 2009Just as the 1999 Seattle protests against the WTO launched the global justice movement onto the world stage, Copenhagen may reveal a global civil society that has developed beyond the politics of resistance into a truly diverse, forward-looking force for change, writes Anna White.