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Stop the waste: UN food agencies call for action to reduce global hunger
News / 15th October 2019With one-third of food produced for human consumption lost or wasted, and millions still going hungry, the UN’s food-related agencies are shining a spotlight on the issue.
What INGOs can learn from Greta Thunberg and the global climate strikes
Article / 15th October 2019Combining analysis, outrage and active citizenship can build and sustain large-scale public engagement, writes Stephen McCloskey for openDemocracy Transformation.
The movement to take climate action has begun – but we have a long way to go
Blog / 11th October 2019Our planet needs action on a truly planetary scale. That cannot be achieved overnight, and it cannot happen without the full engagement of those contributing most to the crisis, writes the UN secretary general.
The most important meeting you’ve never heard of — and the grand challenge on inequality
Blog / 11th October 2019Last month 195 world leaders once again met in New York for big speeches and grand events. But on inequality, when all is said and done, more has been said than done, writes Ben Phillips.
Plunder of the commons: compensate the commoners!
Article / 4th October 2019After centuries of enclosure, privatisation and colonisation, it's time that the commons were returned to all of us, writes Guy Standing in openDemocracy.
We need biodiversity-based agriculture to solve the climate crisis
Article / 4th October 2019Regenerating the planet through biodiversity-based ecological processes has become a survival imperative for the human species and all beings. It is not just a climate solution, but also a path to eradicating world hunger, explains Dr. Vandana Shiva.
Millions of us are living in poverty — we need investments to raise the standard of living
Blog / 4th October 2019About 100 million Americans are effectively hidden by official poverty statistics, yet enough revenue could be raised from fair taxes to completely eliminate poverty in the United States, writes Karen Dolan.
A just society': Ocasio-Cortez unveils legislative package to tackle American poverty and inequality
News / 26th September 2019A package of new economic justice bills aim to improve the lives of Americans living in poverty, including a resolution for the United States to finally ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.
Much “foreign aid” Is taxpayer-funded plundering of the global south
Article / 25th September 2019In actuality, USAID has been a taxpayer-supported program for neocolonial exploiters requiring long-term protection at public expense, writes Barbara G. Ellis for Truthout.
Should we feed hungry children, or the war machine?
Blog / 25th September 2019Every dollar of public money financing US militarism abroad is a dollar that could fight hunger, homelessness, or climate change, writes Medea Benjamin for openDemocracy.