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Published in: ourEconomy"The UN is being turned into a public-private partnership": An interview with Harris Gleckman
Lynn Fries speaks to Harris Gleckman about the growing corporate influence over our global governance system.
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Published in: hriBRICS countries to build digital sovereignty
The push towards digital sovereignty is frequently criticized as a Trojan horse for authoritarian measures. It's...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why it keeps kicking off everywhere: ‘Order’ versus social justice from the Balkans, to the Middle East, to the Andes
This is a cold war fought by “leaders” willing to maintain their privilege at all costs, to the detriment of a...
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Published in: ourEconomyourVoices Episode 1: Whose data? Our data!
In the first episode of ourVoices we explore the rise of big tech, and imagine a future where our data is used to...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaFor a truly global peace agenda in a multipolar world
China and the Asian region more broadly are taking pivotal roles in leveling the playing field for developing...
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Published in: Home“People will rise up”: Uyghur exile foresees end of China’s ruthless rule
Rahima Mahmut cannot go home to Xinjiang: executions, re-education camps and everyday racism are the norm in China’s...
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Published in: ourEconomyImpoverished economics? Unpacking the economics Nobel Prize
When the world is facing large systemic crises, why is the economics profession celebrating small technical fixes?
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Published in: ourEconomyTo salvage multilateralism we need a Global Green New Deal
It's time to reclaim the policy space lost to footloose capital by creating a new public realm at the global level.
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Published in: ourEconomyWhy we must reform the IMF – before it’s too late
The fund’s legacy of austerity must be replaced by a new social contract based on shared prosperity and a just...
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Published in: Home“No one is too young to make a difference”: stories from the global climate strike
Young people recount how they protested, in the face of poverty, conflict and toxic air pollution, for action on...
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Published in: 50.50Join our Tracking the Backlash investigative project
We are looking for skilled and passionate investigative and production editors to join our team. Deadline for...
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Published in: ourEconomyWanted: writers from the global south
Are you a journalist, writer or researcher based in the global south who is passionate about building a fairer...
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Published in: HomeHong Kong’s protest movement must stop ignoring migrant workers
The city's migrant workforce could bolster the protests significantly, but their demands are not being heard.
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Published in: 50.50Anti-LGBTIQ ‘conversion therapy’ occurs worldwide, new study reveals
Activities to ‘cure’ LGBTIQ people are widespread globally, says report, driven by ultra-religious groups and...
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Published in: ourEconomy"It's time to end the gentleman’s agreement" – an open letter to the IMF
Over 100 organisations and academics sign a letter demanding a fair selection process for the next IMF managing director.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The next one hundred years – a salute for Agnes Heller
It is quite wrong to see authoritarianism as harking back to the past. Its threat is built into the times we live in.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat we could learn from lawyers - and from China - about protecting the planet
James Thornton of ClientEarth has fought court cases to challenge government inaction on climate, environment and...
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Published in: HomeNorth Korea’s new missile can reach the US – just what Trump said he’d stop
Kim Jong-un has the bombs to put on it too – but lately it’s all smiles from Donald Trump. Is this a lesson for Iran?
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Published in: ourEconomyWhy central banks need to take human rights more seriously
It's time that central banks developed a better understanding of the social and environmental impacts of their decisions.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?We need to look in a different direction to solve the current crisis of liberalism
Can liberalism be saved from obsolescence and does this really matter? Did the recent European elections spare us...