What is the significance of MLK’s ‘social gospel’ for today’s business and human rights agenda?Read the full article
2021 has been another dizzyingly eventful year, while 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of Equal Times.Read the full article
This year’s Nobel Prize in Economics is an indictment against the disproven theory that providing economic security for workers will cost them their jobs.Read the full article
While the Sahel remains plagued by recurrent conflicts, there are nonetheless positive signs of economic and social development in the countries of the region.Read the full article
Current technological momentum points toward the inevitable militarisation of space. The Outer Space Treaty, signed in 1967 with the express purpose of prohibiting the use of space for military purposes, remains the only international agreement [...]Read the full article
“A just transition towards a low carbon economy is not only possible, but an urgent necessity. Climate change will continue to impact workers worldwide, and such impacts are likely to be significant and disruptive unless workers are an integral [...]Read the full article
“We have to change our location daily to hide from the Taliban as they are checking and searching for the people who always talked against them and women who appeared on the radio, television. Living such a life is very [...]Read the full article
Is it a weapon of war between states? A trend emerging out of the rise of identity politics? An attempt to draw lessons learned, to prevent history from repeating itself? An ethical obligation with meaningful [...]Read the full article
“In declaring, on the one hand, that human labour is a key resource, and starting a race to the bottom in their pursuit of the maximum reduction of labour rights, state intervention and social standards on the other, the authors of these draft [...]Read the full article
Commodity traders wreak havoc on global markets and profit from ecological and social devastation. Can they be stopped?Read the full article
The ILO’s findings not only demand clear action by Belarus to respect international human rights, but they also establish a moral imperative for the international community not to stand idly [...]Read the full article
“No sufficiently solid legal framework currently exists to prevent the potential problems that lie ahead, include the possibility of direct violent clashes.”Read the full article
