Global governance

The Earth Charter recognises that achieving social and economic justice will require both ensuring ecological integrity, as well as the rights to freedom of opinion, expression and peaceful assembly etcetera. Written by Brendan Mackey for the Great Transition Initiative. 

世界人権宣言の７０周年を記念して、この歴史的文書を要約する「３０条項についての３０のアーティクル」を国連は発表しました。以下にその第２５条についての紹介と背景解説を再掲載しました。

With its latest pronouncements on the threat of rising inequality, can we expect to see an International Monetary Fund that firmly rejects the austerity policies it has historically pushed? Unfortunately not, explains Sam Pizzigati for Inequality.org.

As global leaders gather in the coming months at several summits and meetings, the following open letter is written by the growing global movement to fight inequality - calling out the failure of the current approach by governments and to set out a vision for radical change.