The reparative economy
Instead of a system that puts profit over people and the planet, we need to build an economy that prioritises repair and healing.
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Published in:ourEconomy: Opinion👍How the IMF could help the Global South fight the climate crisisOpinion: Billions were allocated to help countries fight Covid – the same must be done for climate action
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Published in:ourEconomy: Video👍Empire not only made the colonies. It made the unequal Britain we see todayopenDemocracy’s new film BOOMERANG, exploring the legacies of empire through Liverpool’s docks, is available online
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Published in:ourEconomy: Interview👍To achieve racial justice we must rebuild the world – and save the planetOlúfémi Táíwò argues that reparations for slavery and colonialism must include saving the earth from climate catastrophe
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Published in:ourEconomy: Interview👍‘Repair is the reimagination of power’: Healing from the injustices of colonialismRaj Patel and Rupa Marya, the authors of ‘Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice’, on building an...
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Published in:ourEconomy: Opinion👍The case for climate reparations is now irrefutableThe latest UN climate report highlights how communities that have contributed the least to climate change are...
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Published in:ourEconomy: News👍Island states meet to discuss suing Global North over climate changeA new alliance for climate reparations is seeking compensation from wealthier countries for loss and damage
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Published in:ourEconomy: Opinion👍Why climate justice must go beyond bordersThe elite’s ‘solution’ to the climate crisis is to turn the displaced into exploitable migrant labour. We need a...
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Published in:ourEconomy: Analysis👍It’s time to decolonise our multilateral system for climate justiceCOP26 exposed a need to center the Indigenous wisdoms and regenerative practices of communities that endure the most harm
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Published in:ourEconomy: Interview👍'Oil companies owe a debt to the lives destroyed'In this interview, Ken Henshaw explains why Nigerians are demanding reparations for over 60 years of Shell oil extraction
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Published in:openDemocracyUK: Opinion👍It’s time to issue climate reparations to working-class people around the worldShared struggles, shared solutions: connecting communities from east London to Ogoniland in search of justice
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Published in:ourEconomy: Opinion👍Delivering reparatory justice means uprooting the legacies of colonialismReparations are not charity or aid – but an acknowledgment of responsibility by industrialised nations that they...
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Published in:ourEconomy: Opinion👍From revelation to reckoning to revolution: In pursuit of racial justiceWithout implementing a reparative justice agenda, new traumas will just pile on top of the old ones
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Published in:ourEconomy👍We’re launching a new series on the reparative economy. And we need your help!Instead of a system that puts profit over people and the planet, we need to build an economy that prioritises repair...
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Published in:ourEconomy: Feature👍Reparations would shake up American capitalism – and that’s a good thingPaying compensation to the descendants of slaves would not just right a historic wrong, it would transform the US...
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Published in:ourEconomy👍Repaying the debt owed to Black people requires a democratic and reparative economyThe entire racial capitalist system that extracts labor and blood from Black lives must go.
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Published in:ourEconomy: Analysis👍The UK claims to be a world leader in fighting climate change. It’s wrongAt home, the UK outsources its responsibility to decarbonise, and abroad it fails its historic responsibility to...
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Published in:ourEconomy: Opinion👍Barbados: the small but mighty force for climate actionThe island’s first female premiere shows the connection between slavery, reparations and climate finance – and how...
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Published in:ourEconomy: Opinion👍The United States owes Black America reparationsFollowing centuries of exploitation, theft and discrimination, here is what a reparative economic agenda should entail.