Is the world poor, or unjust?
By Jason Hickel, Jason Hickel blog
We could live in a highly educated, technologically advanced society with zero poverty and zero hunger, all with significantly less resources and energy than we presently use.
Tag: economic justice
Just Transition: Time for a Rethink?
By Rosa Martínez Rodríguez, Green European Journal
There will be social, cultural and relational repercussions that must be accounted for in order to uphold the central tenet of just transition: to leave none behind.
Martin Luther King’s vision of an interconnected world is more relevant than ever
By Arthur Romano, Waging Nonviolence
King’s recognition of profound interconnectivity demanded that human security be grounded in the quality of our relationships, the systems we have in place to support people when things get hard, and by creating international frameworks to guarantee equity and human dignity over profit.
Bank Job: Excerpt
By Hilary Powell, Dan Edelstyn, Resilience.org
Our plan (as they always are) was simple. We would open a bank, print our own money, sell it, raise enough money to buy up £1 million worth of debt on the secondary debt markets and then destroy it.
Conservation without colonialism
By Jennifer Johnson, Red Pepper
Yes, confronting the climate crisis will require a switch from ‘dirty’ to ‘clean’ power. But it also demands a radical reconfiguration of environmental power dynamics.
Truth and Redistribution
By Naomi Zewde, Darrick Hamilton, YES! magazine
Economic justice cannot take root or flourish when the wealth, power, resources, news media, book publishers, educational curricula, technological surveillance, prisons, business capital, and all of our existing institutions are owned or controlled by a handful of plutocrats.
The Role of Innovative Monetary Policies in Supporting a Green New Deal and a More Sustainable Future for Europe and the World
By Deirdre De Burca, Feasta
Ideally, in the context of implementing a Green New Deal, the state would work with civil society and business and in partnership with other states to design, plan and activate the systemic transition to steady state sustainability. A culture and mindset that value sufficiency, limits, sharing, justice and care should be encouraged.
The Scandal of British Aid
By Jason Hickel, Jason Hickel blog
It is delusional, and anti-intellectual, to believe that charity can be a meaningful solution to what is ultimately a pathology of power. We need to be smarter than that.
The Case for Reparations
By Jason Hickel, Jason Hickel blog
Even if we accept that useful things were shared during colonialism – universities, for instance – that is not the same as saying they were a benefit of colonization. Colonialism is not a necessary vector for the transfer of knowledge or technology.
A Little Funding Goes a Long Way
By Erin Axelrod, Resilience.org
Started in Sonoma County in 2010, the Community Resilience Challenge has grown into a national affair, including 800+ actions in Asheville, NC, among other ripples.
How Freelancers Are Reinventing Work Through New Collective Enterprises
By Christopher D. Cook, Shareable
Like an extended smashing of atoms, the 9-to-5 job market has shattered and splintered over the past 25 years in ways that have both liberated and trapped millions of workers.
Beyond Rhetoric – What Does the “Just Transition” Mean for DAPL?
By Emily Williams, Climate Justice Project
Rather than plummeting these economies into a permanent bust...we need to think about how to plan a transition with these workers at the decision-making table...