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A just society': Ocasio-Cortez unveils legislative package to tackle American poverty and inequality
News / 26th September 2019A package of new economic justice bills aim to improve the lives of Americans living in poverty, including a resolution for the United States to finally ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.
Should we feed hungry children, or the war machine?
Blog / 25th September 2019Every dollar of public money financing US militarism abroad is a dollar that could fight hunger, homelessness, or climate change, writes Medea Benjamin for openDemocracy.
Much “foreign aid” Is taxpayer-funded plundering of the global south
Article / 25th September 2019In actuality, USAID has been a taxpayer-supported program for neocolonial exploiters requiring long-term protection at public expense, writes Barbara G. Ellis for Truthout.
Only a global Green New Deal can save the planet
Article / 20th September 2019The Sanders plan for a Green New Deal recognizes that unprecedented international cooperation will be needed—with the US doing its fair share—if we’re to have any hope of solving the climate crisis. By Tom Athanasiou for The Nation.
UN’s upcoming summits may foreshadow a revival of multilateralism or an obituary for world order
News / 18th September 2019The United Nations will be hosting six high level plenary meetings—unprecedented even by its own standards—during the beginning of the 74th session of the General Assembly in late September.