Blogs
Jeremy Corbyn has made a huge commitment against corporate power
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 15 December 2017
In his speech to the United Nations last Friday, Jeremy Corbyn gave a timely boost to the long-standing global campaign to tackle corporate power.
Read moreThe long and winding road to a binding corporate treaty
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 27 October 2017
The struggle to make transnational corporations accountable for the ill-effects of their operations and abuses, especially in the global South, has been a long and hard one. This week’s meeting in Geneva is just the latest battle.
Read moreTime to stop big corporations from ruling the world
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 24 October 2017
Social movements from around the world are in Geneva this week to push the United Nations to adopt a binding treaty on corporations and human rights.
Read moreThe expected shock of the German elections
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 29 September 2017
As expected and based on numerous pre-election polls, Angela Merkel has secured her fourth term as German Chancellor. Yet despite the relatively strong performance of the German economy, the result […]
Read moreTwo leading Bolivian voices for climate justice need our support
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 17 July 2017
Campaigns: Climate
For several years, Global Justice Now, as part of the global networks Climate Justice Now! and Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice, has worked with Pablo Solón, former chief climate […]
Read moreTrump, the Paris Agreement and the breakdown of multilateralism
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 2 June 2017
Withdrawing from the UN Paris Climate Accord is one of more than a hundred electoral campaign promises that Donald Trump made. By delivering on that promise, the US now joined Nicaragua and Syria, the only countries that did not sign the agreement. Nicaragua did not sign due to indifference or denialism of climate change, it’s reason was the contrary.
Read moreChina is great again, but how is Britain dealing with globalisation’s new champion in the age of Brexit?
By: Dorothy Guerrero
Date: 18 May 2017
Politics is always entwined with economics and often produce strange and unforeseen results. With the UK withdrawal of membership from the European Union and Donald Trump’s isolationist US policies, it […]
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