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A reflection on Pope Francis’ clarion call to #sharetheplanet
Article / 10th July 2015The Catholic Church has embraced a radical position on sharing the world’s resources, one that we would all do well to heed and ponder. But the real significance of Laudato Si’ is its powerful message on the centrality of ending poverty for healing the wider crises of climate change and environmental degradation.
‘Even it up’ for a sharing society
Blog / 1st July 2015A call for sharing the world’s resources is being heard almost everywhere today, and is consistently at the heart of civil society demands for a better world. But too often, this mutual concern is understood and couched in implicit terms, without acknowledging the urgency of realising a fairer sharing of wealth, power and resources as a solution to humanity’s problems.
Wach auf Amerika, wach auf!
Article / 1st July 2015Es ist an der Zeit, dass Amerika seine Werte durch eine umfassendere und spirituelle Vision, auf der Grundlage einer gerechten Verteilung der Ressourcen der Welt, eiligst ersetzt.
Božič, sistem in jaz
Article / 22nd June 2015Mi vsi skupaj tvorimo ta sistem, ki ga krivimo za svetovne probleme, kar se zelo jasno pokaže ob božiču, ko v trgovinskih središčih v Jezusovem imenu ropamo svojo krhko Zemljo. Poznamo še kakšen boljši način praznovanja rojstva Kristusa kot združiti se pod zastavo svobode in pravičnosti ter se na mirnih demonstracijah zavzemati za konec lakote in revščine v svetu.
“Multinationales, payez votre part d´impots!!”
Blog / 18th June 2015Campaigning activities are taking place across several continents this week during a global series of actions for tax justice, which aims to increase public pressure so that governments commit to making multinational corporations pay their fair share of taxes.