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12 May 2022

What labour and trade union agenda should the new Colombian government and Congress pursue? Here are some proposals

Carlos Julio Díaz Lotero: A key task for those elected is to rethink the development model that has been pursued for over 30 years, with appalling results. If we succeed in turning trade union proposals into public policy, the principles of ever more decent work will [...]Read the full article

The dispute over sustainability: false solutions versus real alternatives

28 April 2022

Development

The dispute over sustainability: false solutions versus real alternatives

Nazaret Castro: The current debate is about the content of the term sustainability and whether the solution to the environmental problems caused by the capitalist market economy is more market mechanisms.Read the full article

Climate emergency and global security: could tomorrow's conflicts be handled differently at the UN?

13 April 2022

Environment

Climate emergency and global security: could tomorrow’s conflicts be handled differently at the UN?

Chloé Maurel: Despite the will of the majority of its members to see the global governance body embrace new tools to deal with the challenges of the century, the UN is still stalled on the issue of how to deal with conflicts related to climate [...]Read the full article

It's cities, not nations, that can challenge corporations and tackle climate change

31 March 2022

Environment

It’s cities, not nations, that can challenge corporations and tackle climate change

Steve Rushton: By taking on corporate power, cities – in concert with the climate movement – can build a new system out of the shell of the old.Read the full article

Why gender perspectives must be included in the study of artificial intelligence

24 March 2022

Human rights

Why gender perspectives must be included in the study of artificial intelligence

Lucía Ortiz de Zárate Alcarazo: Given that technology is a human construct that is socially and culturally conditioned, any prejudices, habits and ideas that are not regularly and rigorously examined are destined to find their way into the design and use of new [...]Read the full article

Is physical money destined to disappear?

17 March 2022

Politics & economy

Is physical money destined to disappear?

Fundación Alternativas: Attempts to implement top-down mechanisms, such as the single digital payment, that leave out a significant percentage of the world’s population will only result in poverty and exclusion. Virtual money already coexists seamlessly with physical [...]Read the full article

Putin is the product of a corrupt economic system that we must now reform

4 March 2022

Politics & economy

Putin is the product of a corrupt economic system that we must now reform

Mary Kaldor: The courageous Ukrainian resistance and the anti-war movement in Russia are a civic, not ethnic, reaction to the invasion. And their civic stance has global support.Read the full article

Kazakhstan: a breach of the social contract and the end of a political cycle

10 February 2022

Politics & economy

Kazakhstan: a breach of the social contract and the end of a political cycle

The Conversation: Since the beginning of January 2022, Kazakhstan has found itself in the throes of a social and political crisis of unprecedented proportions. Popular demonstrations, armed riots and an attempted coup d’état have shaken Central Asia’s largest and [...]Read the full article

Think the gig economy provides a platform for ‘women's empowerment'? Take a look at Ukraine and think again

27 January 2022

Labour

Think the gig economy provides a platform for ‘women’s empowerment’? Take a look at Ukraine and think again

Svitlana Iukhymovych : Chronic informality and gender inequity have paved the way for the platform economy’s current success in Ukraine.Read the full article

Five lessons from Martin Luther King's ‘dream' that apply to the global fight for decent wages today

13 January 2022

Human rights

Five lessons from Martin Luther King’s ‘dream’ that apply to the global fight for decent wages today

Ruth Vermeulen: What is the significance of MLK’s ‘social gospel’ for today’s business and human rights agenda?Read the full article

21 December 2021

Human rights

2021: our year in review

Equal Times Newsdesk: 2021 has been another dizzyingly eventful year, while 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of Equal Times.Read the full article

Jobs with a decent minimum wage are the basis for recovery in an increasingly unequal world

25 November 2021

Labour

Jobs with a decent minimum wage are the basis for recovery in an increasingly unequal world

Sharan Burrow: 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

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