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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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![Ethics in Concordian economics Ethics in Concordian economics](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/habitants_bis3-160x110.jpg)
February 19 2012
Ethics in Concordian economics
Ethics is a fundamental construct of the theory of distribution of
ownership rights and this theory lies at the very core of ...
By Carmine Gorga
![Socioeconomic Democracy and Sustainable Development Socioeconomic Democracy and Sustainable Development](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/4549085259_c991174239_bis-160x110.jpg)
February 03 2012
Socioeconomic Democracy and Sustainable
Development
Socioeconomic Democracy is a theoretically consistent and
practically implementable socioeconomic system wherein there ...
By Center for the Study of Democratic Societies ◾ Robley E. George
![A new historical period? A new historical period?](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/4810190434_12c2fbff6d_bis-160x110.jpg)
February 02 2012
A new historical period?
It is impossible to draw one single strategy for the planet and it
is useless to attempt to establish universal tactics. Although ...
By Edgardo Lander
![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
![From the American Century to a Cosmopolitan Order From the American Century to a Cosmopolitan Order](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/4304374413_5154dc4b9f_bis-160x110.jpg)
January 22 2012
From the American Century to a Cosmopolitan
Order
Who gets what, when and why are no longer questions confined to
state silos, democratic or otherwise? Who makes the rules ...
By David Held ◾ Social Europe Journal
![Kleptocratic capitalism, climate finance, and the green economy in Africa Kleptocratic capitalism, climate finance, and the green economy in Africa](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/3829783806_f60a384753_bis-160x110.jpg)
January 19 2012
Kleptocratic capitalism, climate finance, and
the green economy in Africa
As Africa faces up to the enormous challenge of climate change and
the creation of a sustainable ‘green economy’, it must look ...
By Pambazuka News ◾ Third World Network-Africa ◾ Yash Tandon
![The Ethics of Sustainability The Ethics of Sustainability](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mujer-arcoiris1_bis-160x110.jpg)
January 13 2012
The Ethics of Sustainability
Sustainability yet remains inherently difficult to implement because
of its complexity and due to the enormous shifts in thinking that ...
By Anna Peterson ◾ Charles J. Kibert ◾ Leslie Thiele ◾ Martha Monroe
![Indigenous Peoples Condemn Climate Talks Fiasco and Demand Moratoria on REDD+ Pueblos Indigenas hacen un llamado por una Moratoria sobre REDD+](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/4479112988_83dfd736b3_obis-160x110.jpg)
January 13 2012
Indigenous Peoples Condemn Climate Talks Fiasco
and Demand Moratoria on REDD+
“We will not allow our sacred Amazon rainforest to be turned into a
carbon dump. REDD is a hypocrisy that does not stop global warming”.
By Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities against REDD and for Life
![Switching paradigms: the only way forward Switching paradigms: the only way forward](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/3144755925_f2470f0229_bis-160x110.jpg)
January 10 2012
Switching paradigms: the only way forward
The current crisis of the international system as a whole opens up
the possibility of rethinking the relationship between state ...
By Alejandro Chanona ◾ Social Watch
![The Social Watch Report 2012: The right to a future Informe de Social Watch 2012: El derecho a un futuro](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Indignados-_futuro_bis-160x110.jpg)
January 09 2012
The Social Watch Report 2012: The right to a
future
Citizens around the world are demanding change and this report is
only one additional way to make their voices heard. The ...
By Robert Bissio ◾ Social Watch