Topic: People's movements
If America can find $716bn for the military, it can fund the Green New Deal
Article / 8th March 2019At long last the political debate in the world’s richest country is vibrant with proposals that would help the most vulnerable in our society. And what do we hear in response? A growing chorus of naysayers.
Talk by Share The World’s Resources at Cambridge University: Reclaiming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Blog / 9th February 2019STWR teamed up with Cambridge University Amnesty International and the Cambridge Homeless Outreach Programme to outline the case for achieving the UN's longstanding vision of "better standards of life" for all.
Global Peasant Declaration represents huge advance for human rights
Article / 24th December 2018Seventy percent of the world’s population is fed by small-scale producers. These producers, however, face an onslaught of threats related to economic globalisation.
After Paris: countries are not paying their fair share
Report / 14th December 2018A review of climate targets and commitments by each country has been released during the UN climate conference in Poland.
10 demands for an energy system based on people power and justice
Report / 5th December 2018Friends of the Earth International’s People Power Now manifesto sets out positive measures that will accelerate the transition towards a climate just world.
United Nations: Third committee approves the UN declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas
News / 26th November 2018The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) of the UN General Assembly voted in favour of the UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas.
Civil society demands action on biodiversity loss
News / 26th November 2018The world is facing a biodiversity crisis, and leaders and delegates of the Convention on Biological Diversity must take real action to halt the devastation of global ecosystems. Friends of the Earth International, together with other members of the CBD Alliance, delivered this urgent call for action at the opening of the 14th Conference of the Parties in Egypt.
A global people’s bailout for the coming crash
Article / 9th October 2018When the global financial crisis resurfaces, we the people will have to fill the vacuum in political leadership. It will call for a monumental mobilisation of citizens from below, focused on a single and unifying demand for a people’s bailout across the world.
Find out more about our flagship book
News / 1st October 2018Share The World’s Resources (STWR) have published a book version of the pioneering work by Mohammed Mesbahi, which proposes a ‘people’s strategy for world transformation’ based on a massive mobilisation of civil society to end hunger and life-threatening poverty as an overriding international priority.
Rise for climate: powerful global mobilisation concludes demanding real climate leadership
News / 10th September 2018This weekend over 250,000 people took part in more than 900 actions in 95 countries. The Rise for Climate mobilizations demanded political action to keep fossil fuels in the ground and deliver a swift and just transition to 100% renewable energy for all.