Uncover the truth that’s keeping people in poverty
Blog / 1st November 2017When companies don’t pay their fair share of tax, it hits the world’s poorest people the hardest – depriving their governments of money that could be spent on vital services like hospitals, schools and clean water. Without these, people in developing countries simply don’t have a fair chance of overcoming poverty. Together we can do something about it.
How can we turn military spending into a budget for the people?
Blog / 1st November 2017While President Trump’s 2018 budget proposes giving more than $700 billion to the military, it will come at the expense of trillions of dollars in cuts to the safety net over the coming decade. But an alternative is mapped out in The People’s Budget, which aims to limit investment in the military and pump money into jobs, education, health care and climate resiliency. And it’s getting growing support, writes Frida Berrigan for Waging Nonviolence.
Share The World’s Resources at the BIEN Congress in Lisbon, Portugal in September 2017
Blog / 19th October 2017STWR took part in the BIEN Congress for the first time with a presentation on Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and its important role in building a solid platform for implementing basic income schemes worldwide.
Banning nuclear weapons: the beginning
Blog / 6th October 2017Against all odds, 122 countries agreed in July to ban nuclear weapons. At the heart of the United Nations treaty is an explicit ethical goal: to protect peoples of the world from the humanitarian catastrophe that would ensue if nuclear weapons were employed.
A society beyond consumerism
Blog / 29th September 2017Does consumerism thrive on our discontentment? Tim Jackson previews his talk at the Resurgence Festival of Wellbeing