Topic: Corporate power
Why Congress must vote on the United States’ role in Yemen
Article / 2nd March 2018Few Americans know that the U.S. military is making the crisis in Yemen worse by helping one side in the conflict bomb innocent civilians. We believe that since Congress has not authorized military force for this conflict, the U.S. government should play no role in it beyond providing desperately needed humanitarian aid, writes Mike Lee, Bernie Sanders and Chris Murphy.
“Market discourse has captured the development agenda to a point that may be incompatible with UN mandates”
Article / 14th February 2018CIVICUS speaks with Barbara Adams, senior policy analyst at the Global Policy Forum (GPF), on the problem of private finance within the UN development system, and the need for civil society action in response to these growing trends.
Justice for people and planet
Report / 14th February 2018The report ‘Justice for People and Planet’ shows how corporate power has been used to repeatedly abuse and violate human and environmental rights, written by Greenpeace with assistance from SOMO.
Farming for a small planet
Article / 2nd February 2018What model of farming can end nutritional deprivation while restoring and conserving food-growing resources for our progeny? The answer lies in the emergent model of agroecology, often called “organic” or ecological agriculture, writes Frances Moore Lappé.
"End the age of greed": Davos week of action 19-26th January
News / 17th January 2018Members of the Fight Inequality Alliance will from January 19th to 26th, mobilise across the world to highlight the crisis of rising inequality and demand the end to the age of greed and for a more equal society. The 2018 Week of Action takes place under the theme ‘End the Age of Greed‘ and will be parallel to the annual World Economic Forum, a meeting of the world’s elite in the financial sector.
Let’s wrench power back from the billionaires
Article / 15th January 2018We must develop a new and international progressive movement that takes on the greed and ideology of the billionaire class, and commits itself to tackling structural inequality both between and within nations, writes Bernie Sanders.
Ahead of COP23 climate talks, tens of thousands march demanding end to ‘era of fossil fuels’
Blog / 7th November 2017Just days before world leaders are set to gather in Bonn, Germany for the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23), tens of thousands of activists from across the globe kicked off a series of planned actions on Saturday by taking to the streets to demand an end to coal, denounce U.S. President Donald Trump's climate denial, and highlight the necessity of moving toward 100 percent renewable energy as quickly as possible.
Time to stop big corporations from ruling the world
Article / 25th October 2017Social movements from around the world are in Geneva this week to push the United Nations to adopt a binding treaty on corporations and human rights. Dorothy Guerrero explains why it is a crucial fight for Global Justice Now.
Struggles of La Vía Campesina for agrarian reform and the defense of life, land and territories
Report / 18th October 2017On ‘Food Sovereignty Day’ La Via Campesina launches publication that calls for a massive change in the current agro-food systems
Philanthrolateralism: Private funding and corporate influence in the United Nations
Article / 28th September 2017In order to make the UN system really ‘fit for purpose’, member states and UN bodies have to take bold action to overcome selective multilateralism, the weakening of democratic governance, and the financial erosion of public institutions. A special issue article by Karolin Seitz and Jens Martens for Global Policy.