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- Ethical and philosophical fundamentals: subjectivity, domination, and emancipation
- Human rights, peoples, territories, and defense of Mother Earth
- Political subjects, the architecture of power, and democracy
- Production, distribution and consumption, access to wealth, common goods, and economies in transition
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![The world needs an ambitious global agenda that links finances, society and the environment The world needs an ambitious global agenda that links finances, society and the environment](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2719837662_53d24c56f7_bis-160x110.jpg)
July 13 2012
The world needs an ambitious global agenda that
links finances, society and the environment
No country or group of countries today has the capacity to exercise
policy leadership, globally speaking. The traditional ...
By International Labour Organization ◾ Juan Somavia
![Rio+20: Why we need a People’s Summit – at UN Deleting our Rights, Bracketing our Future Rio+20: Why we need a People’s Summit - at UN Deleting our Rights, Bracketing our Future](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/greenkey2_bis-160x110.jpg)
March 24 2012
Rio+20: Why we need a People’s Summit – at UN
Deleting our Rights, Bracketing our Future
We have been witnessing a systematic attempt by some powerful states
to weaken, or “bracket” nearly all references to human ...
By IBON International ◾ Paul Quintos
![Transnational Corporations: Major Players in Human Rights Violations Sociétés transnationales: acteurs majeurs dans les violations des droits humains](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/3192850778_a357a8c4eb_bis-160x110.jpg)
March 03 2012
Transnational Corporations: Major Players in
Human Rights Violations
To understand the system of dominant power in contemporary society,
it is necessary to understand the role that TNCs play within it.
By Europa-Third World Center
![Rio+20 and the greenwashing of the global economy Rio+20 and the greenwashing of the global economy](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/greenwashing_bis-160x110.jpg)
January 22 2012
Rio+20 and the greenwashing of the global
economy
Challenging the corporate co-option of the UN should be a major
priority in the run-up to Rio+20.
By Olivier Hoedeman ◾ Transnational Institute
![Keeping track of our changing environment Keeping track of our changing environment](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/keeping_track-e1320421819891-160x110.jpg)
November 04 2011
Keeping track of our changing environment
In 1992, the first United Nations Conference on Sustainable
Development, popularly known as the Rio Earth Summit, was ...
By UNEP
![Rio2012: Latin America defends sustainability and rejects “green economy” Rio2012: América Latina rechaza el polémico principio de la “economía verde”](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/sala-160x110.jpg)
October 22 2011
Rio2012: Latin America defends sustainability
and rejects “green economy”
Following three days of deliberations, the representatives examined
the gaps still remaining since the 1992 Earth Summit for ...
By Editorial Team