Topic: Inequality
Economic sharing as a challenge to neoliberal globalisation
Blog / 15th January 2014In the fresh rallying call from civil society for a new future based on sharing, it is interesting to note some old examples of NGO campaigns that call for a more equitable distribution of the world’s resources – such as this Friends of the Earth dialogue from thirteen years ago that recognises how the perennial ethic of sharing is fundamental to redressing the disastrous failure of neoliberal economic policy.
Will 2014 mark the beginning of a second American revolution?
Blog / 6th January 2014Many people at this time of social, political and economic turmoil are voicing the need for a ‘revolution’ in one form or another, with a major focus on all that is wrong in the world’s richest and most powerful country – the United States. Dr Zeki Ergas has taken up this question in a long political essay about the need for a second American revolution to build a better world.
Talkin’ ‘bout a global revolution
Article / 6th January 2014As the global financial crisis now enters its seventh year, it is time to start asking difficult questions about the right priorities for popular protest if we want to realise a truly united voice of the world’s people. There can be no revolution in a truly moral or global sense until the critical needs of the extreme poor are prioritised and upheld, which will require mass mobilisations in the streets like we have never seen before.
Christmas, the system and I
Article / 24th December 2013You and I constitute the very system that we blame for the world’s problems, which is starkly illustrated at Christmas when we rob our fragile earth on the high streets in the name of Jesus. What better way to celebrate the birth of Christ this year than to unite under the banner of freedom and justice, and peacefully demonstrate for an end to hunger and poverty across the world.
Welcome to STWR's new website
News / 10th December 2013We are pleased to announce the launch of STWR’s new website, with a new domain name at sharing.org. In contrast to our old website that provided an archive of material on global justice issues from third party sources, this new site is focused on STWR’s own content and our advocacy for economic sharing in all its forms.
Un dialogo sulla condivisione del cibo
Article / 1st November 2013Se ci interessa mettere fine al perenne crimine della fame nel mezzo dell'abbondanza, non possiamo limitare le nostre azioni al livello del nostro paese o communità. Invece, dobbiamo pensare alla condivisione del cibo in termini globali e soprattutto in relazione alle politiche per mettere fine alla fame.
Two discourses on sharing: social policy and the commons
Article / 11th September 2013The following article is based on a talk given at the 11th international conference of the Globalisation for the Common Good (GCGI), held at the Cité Universitaire Internationale in Paris under the theme: "Imagining a Better World: An Intergenerational Dialogue for the Common Good to Inspire a Creative Leadership".
A new era of global protest
News / 1st July 2013As a new era of mass public protest grows in response to social, economic and political injustice across the world, STWR's July newsletter highlights some of our recent publications that advocate for global economic sharing to become a common platform of the emerging people's voice.
A vision of sharing in a not-for-profit world
Article / 4th June 2013A new project by the Post Growth Institute is exploring the prospect of a mainstream shift toward not-for-profit enterprise as an alternative to the growth-based model of business and finance. Could this form a crucial plank in the vision for a new economy based on sharing and cooperation, rather than competition and endless consumption?
Global Sharing Day 2013: let’s talk about food
Article / 2nd June 2013The idea of sharing food has taken root in recent years as a response to our broken food systems, but does it make sense to talk about food sharing on a global basis? Perhaps it does, as long as we advocate a true form of economic sharing that addresses the power structures and politics underlying our unjust globalised food economy.