Topic: People's movements
European action day against the commodification of health
News / 5th April 2018Every year, different networks of trade unions, citizens’ groups, NGOs and social movements organize a series of actions in several European cities for World Health Day (Saturday 7 April 2018).
MLK Global 2018: Internationalising the poor people’s campaign
Article / 3rd April 2018People across the Global South and economically marginalized people in the North are increasingly aware of the need to organize, agitate for and advance a vision of economic equality such as Dr. King proposed 50 years ago. #MLKGlobal advocates internationally for the recognition and take-up of MLK’s original Economic Bill of Rights, revisited for today.
Huge organizing effort, ’40 days of action’ launching to fight poverty
Article / 15th March 2018Fifty years after Martin Luther King's initiative, a new Poor People’s Campaign connects religious faith to social justice. An interview with Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, by Eleanor J. Bader for AlterNet.
Share The World’s Resources present our campaign vision at the Green Party conference
Article / 5th March 2018STWR took part in the Green Party spring conference held in Bournemouth, UK, where we hosted an event that introduced participants to our campaign vision as an organisation.
Demanding 'fundamental restructuring of the economy,' progressives embrace bold new agenda
News / 27th February 2018Arguing that only a positive and truly transformative economic agenda will be sufficient to overcome the Republican congressional majority and President Donald Trump, scores of progressive leaders this week endorsed a bold 11-point platform that calls for Medicare for All, tough Wall Street regulation, and a ban on corporate money in elections.
“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.
Un dialogo su protesta, condivisione e giustizia
Article / 22nd January 2018Con l’aggravarsi della crisi economica, la principale responsabilità dei governi è ridisegnare i nostri sistemi politici ed economici in modo che nessuno muoia di fame. Ma questo non accadrà mai senza un’esplosione di sostegno pubblico senza precedenti.
"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.
Iran’s protests take place against a backdrop of inequality
Blog / 9th January 2018Will Iran listen to groups like the IMF or the voice of its people? Unless the country deals with basic economic concerns and inequality, the frustrations will continue to simmer, writes Negin Owliaei.