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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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![Planning for the Rio+20 Conference: Enter the Commons? Planning for the Rio+20 Conference: Enter the Commons?](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/IMG_40_33_bis-160x110.jpg)
April 25 2012
Planning for the Rio+20 Conference: Enter the
Commons?
It is impossible to think of commoning without thinking about a
social subject, a “community.” It is therefore easiest to ...
By David Bollier
![Green New Deal or Globalisation Lite? Green New Deal or Globalisation Lite?](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/tb.php2_bis-160x110.jpg)
April 18 2012
Green New Deal or Globalisation Lite?
The word ‘deal’ gives the lie to new, for these are mostly trade-off
packages designed to hold together the narrow political arena ...
By Ariel Salleh
![Rio+20 Earth Summit: time to change the narrative Rio+20 Earth Summit – time to change the narrative](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/430516_365669966796564_283451725018389_1193579_73191197_bis-160x110.jpg)
March 08 2012
Rio+20 Earth Summit: time to change the
narrative
First is the proposal to recognise planetary boundaries. Second is
the proposal to make Ecocide the Fifth International Crime ...
By LSX Occupy: Energy Equity and Environment Group
![Life beyond Growth Life beyond Growth](http://rio20.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/4696015661_087804d802_bis-160x110.jpg)
March 03 2012
Life beyond Growth
After thousands of years of steadily increasing growth, it seems
possible that the human species is realizing that it will soon ...
By Institute for Studies in Happiness Economy and Society
![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
![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
![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