By Southern Ecosocial Pact, Open Democracy
Taking up proposals developed collectively in different contexts, we are proposing a Social, Ecological, Economic and Intercultural Pact for Latin America. This Pact is not a list of demands addressed to the governments of the day. Instead, it is an invitation to build collective ideas
By Noam Chomsky, Paul Shannon, Charles Derber, Suren Moodliar, Open Democracy
In his new book Internationalism or Extinction, Noam Chomsky traces the duality of existential threats from nuclear weapons and climate change. He argues for the urgency of international climate and arms agreements, and shows how global popular movements are mobilizing to force governments to meet this unprecedented challenge to civilization’s survival.
By Brendan Mackey, Great Transition Initiative
My call for enabling the Earth Charter to speak directly to critical contemporary events and policy issues and for continuing the global ethics dialogue that led to the Earth Charter is not alone: many persons who have played significant roles in the Earth Charter movement since its inception in the 1990s have likewise argued for its importance.
By John Feffer, TomDispatch
I remember the birth of antipolitics. I was a young woman when dissidents in the communist world began to associate official political activity with support for an immoral order. Voting, they believed, was an empty gesture if the ruling party won 99% of the ballots cast.
By Jeremy L. Caradonna, Resilience.org
What are some of the successes of the sustainability movement? What exactly can sustainists hang their hats on?
By Jim Shultz, YES! magazine
The citizens’ movement for action on the global climate crisis has, over time, developed a love-hate relationship with international campaigning.