A full list of STWR’s publications as well as related news, articles and blogs can be found below.
The elephant in the room: What Trump, Clinton, and even Stein are missing
Article / 30th November 2016Though it is a defining issue of our time, politicians who depend on corporate money and media dare not mention the growing power imbalance between corporations and governments and its sweeping implications, writes David Korten in YES! Magazine.
Blind spots in Agenda 2030: What happened to improving global social governance?
Blog / 24th November 2016Many of the aspirations contained within the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are to be supported, despite their reliance on too much economic growth. But on the question of how to create a new socially just, redistributive and regulatory global economic and social policy, Agenda 2030 falls down, explains Bob Deacon.
Extreme economic inequality is spiraling out of control
Blog / 23rd November 2016An equal share in economic growth is not enough to lift millions of people out of extreme poverty – governments must adopt a package of redistributive measures, and realise they are servants to their citizens, not vested interests, writes Winnie Byanyima.
Global climate justice movements refuse to be overshadowed by election of climate change denier to U.S. presidency
Article / 21st November 2016The following collective statement was issued by organisations, networks, and movements gathered in Marrakech at COP22, in response to Donald Trump becoming President-Elect of the United States of America and its potentially devastating implications for the cause of climate justice.
Human rights must be Integrated Into international investment agreements
Article / 21st November 2016In the following statement from human rights and other civil society organisations, governments are urged to place human rights at the core of international investment and trade agreements – and therefore reject any proposed agreements that do not meet this essential requirement.