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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
Documents > National and International NGOs < Volver
August 28 2012
Rio+20: failed diplomacy, feeble democracy
Our world governance has become the most serious risk facing
humanity.
By Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation for Human Progress ◾ Pierre Calame
August 04 2012
The Rio+20 Summit and its follow up
With the outcome in Rio, the multilateral system in sustainable
development lives to fight another day.
By Martin Khor
July 16 2012
Commons a model for managing natural resources
The world has become so interdependent in so many ways that it is no
longer enough to address problems solely on a local scale. ...
By Confederation of Resources for Global Democracy
July 14 2012
A Post Rio+20 World: Planning Our Own
Sustainable Futures after a Summit ...
We as citizens of the world are now left to look after our own
sustainable futures. Advancing global citizen’s movement to ...
By Rights for Sustainability Initiative ◾ Uchita de Zoysa
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
July 13 2012
Financial and social sustainability are as
vital as environmental sustainability
Financial sustainability is as vital as environmental
sustainability. And after all what happened in 2011 around the ...
By Robert Bissio ◾ Social Watch
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
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
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