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No new normal: building the commons

Now is the time to reflect on the work we’ve done to create an economy based on abundance rather than scarcity, and where to go from here.

By STACCO TRONCOSO

/ 14 Apr 2020

#CONFLUENCERS: "Una agenda común para enfrentar la pandemia", Lucía Dammert

"¿Qué está pasando con América Latina? Nuestras capacidades para resolver los problemas en conjunto están lejanamente cercanas. Están más bien abandonadas".En esta entrega de #Confluencers, Lucía Dammert reflexiona sobre la necesidad de formular una agenda conjunta de América Latina para enfrentar

por democracia Abierta

/ 13 Apr 2020

Why coronavirus hasn’t stopped Hong Kong’s protest movement

Governments are seizing the opportunity to grab power amid the crisis. Hong Kong offers a model for resistance.

By Promise Li

/ 11 Apr 2020

Why coronavirus hasn’t stopped Hong Kong’s protest movement

Why are a third of UK COVID-19 patients ethnic minority?

People of colour are being hit disproportionately by this crisis. Why?

By Sunny Hundal

/ 11 Apr 2020

Why are a third of UK COVID-19 patients ethnic minority?

Corbyn wasn't all bad

Labour has to learn from the successes as well as the failures of the past.

By Neal Lawson

/ 11 Apr 2020

Why we need an income guarantee for all

A consensus is emerging around the idea that everyone should have access to a guaranteed income to get through this crisis.

By Sarah Arnold

/ 10 Apr 2020

Social security needs a massive boost to help people through this crisis

A million more thrown into the benefit system. 14 million in the UK already poverty before coronavirus struck. It’s time to fix the safety net.

By Frances O'Grady

/ 10 Apr 2020

Social security needs a massive boost to help people through this crisis

How my north Texas students taught me ‘we’re all in the same boat’ is a lie

Asking big questions and learning from our different experiences are the first steps to a better world beyond coronavirus.

By Özlem Altıok

/ 9 Apr 2020

How my north Texas students taught me ‘we’re all in the same boat’ is a lie

We need to ramp up global public spending to fight COVID-19

The pandemic has shown us that global solidarity is not a nice idea – it is a necessity.

By Jonathan Glennie and Anton Ofield-Kerr

/ 9 Apr 2020

We need to ramp up global public spending to fight COVID-19

After the pandemic: a ten-point plan for the collective provision of basic needs

The coronavirus has made the foundational economy highly visible. Policy makers need to focus on these essential goods and services.

By The foundational economy collective

/ 9 Apr 2020

After the pandemic: a ten-point plan for the collective provision of basic needs

The Bernie Sanders campaign is over, but the fault lines of US politics have changed

The Vermont Senator is no longer in the race to the White House, but his movement continues to provide the only vision for fixing our broken economy.

By Freddie Stuart

/ 8 Apr 2020

The Bernie Sanders campaign is over, but the fault lines of US politics have changed

Covid-19: por que precisamos proteger territórios indígenas?

Dado o avanço da pandemia de Covid-19 no mundo, vale perguntar quem está entre as populações mais vulneráveis hoje e por que sua extinção potencial pode acelerar o ecocídio a curto e médio prazo. English Español

por Juan Manuel Crespo

/ 8 Apr 2020

Covid-19: por que precisamos proteger territórios indígenas?