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Toward a great ethics transition: The Earth Charter at twenty

Article / 21st February 2020

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.

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: Still working to ensure freedom, equality and dignity for all

Article / 30th January 2020

To mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations issued '30 articles on the 30 articles' that summarise this historic document. Below we republish the backgrounders about the economic and social rights which are central to our campaigning activities at STWR.

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New leadership for the IMF, same old hypocrisy?

Article / 30th January 2020

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.