The idea of solidarity has its roots in the history of the workers’ movement, and as this is usually excluded from conventional tales of human endeavour, it is seldom understood.
Clearly, trade and finance are not organized, in Africa or the world at large, with a view to liberating a popular movement.
The Greek government has the mandate to revive the idea of solidarity and social justice, but also the idea of the economy itself.
Patočka calls for a renewed effort in Europe today to reestablish some kind of equilibrium between “the rationality of means” and “the rationality of ends”.
Amid the crisis, the Athens city council won the Bloomberg Philanthropy sustainable development and EFTA solidarity awards.
We need to embrace and create new money systems that focus on enabling us to achieve our goals and maximize our potential.
On the anniversary of the Magna Carta, a call for a new debate on the conception of citizenship. Let’s seize the opportunity to transform our utopian dreams into everyday life.
The terrorist attack in Tunis highlights the challenges facing Tunisia's new government and underlines the need for western support in meeting them.
When big agribusiness teams up with international aid organisations to corner the market on seeds, everyone loses.
These ideas--care for the soul, flourishing, solidarity--are ideas that according to Jan Patočka could be useful for reinterpreting our political space, in the face of a crisis which is shattering it.
A fourth personal communication from the heart of territory where Islamic State holds sway.