The programme for the international congress "Commoning: Common Resources, Associationism and Networks of Reciprocity throughout History" is now available on our website.
Fascism is on the rise a) because the social policies of the #welfare state have been increasingly underfunded, resulting in growing social #inequalities and the social polarization they can give rise to, to which the state only responds with repressive policies;
⏳ The call for papers for the international congress "Commoning: Common Resources, Associationism and Networks of Reciprocity throughout History" ends tomorrow, 15 December!
📅 The meeting will take place via Zoom on 14-15 March 2024.
is this month's #OpenAccess publication in the spotlight.
Read our interview with author Flávio Eiró on what changes he would advocate for in global #KnowledgeProduction to address inequality.
Does the open science movement sufficiently consider perspectives of the Global South?
“Social policy #activists daily campaign for our public services; e.g. the NHS, welfare, housing etc, which are often our only fallback against social & economic #inequalities so prevalent in modern societies & that are caused significantly by #capitalist systems & beliefs. Such ideologically based policy profoundly affects our abilities to live healthy, dignified & meaningful lives, not to mention limiting many of us from satisfactory economic participation in society.” https://bylines.scot/economics/monetary-policy/if-you-care-about-public-services-you-will-want-to-know-this/
Reading this one can't help but notice how inefficient and wasteful #capitalism is at allocating resources. A global #socialism with #degrowth could easily provide for 10 billion people, all within planetary boundaries (so no more #ClimateChange ), while eradicating #poverty and #inequalities in the process.
"#French riots show how entrenched #inequalities have become. The gulf between #immigrants and those born in the country is larger than in almost any other developed nation.
Imagine two countries. The first is proudly Christian, it allowed racial #segregation in living memory and #racism is mentioned more frequently in its media than anywhere else in the developed world. The second is strictly secular and legally prohibits the collection of #data on people’s race, a conscious effort by its leaders to avoid using #ethnicity to differentiate or divide.
Which do you think would offer people from diverse #racial and religious backgrounds the best prospects of success? Of becoming equal participants in society? The answers revealed in the data are surprising."
10 charts showing greater inequalities in #France compared to #UK, #Germany and sometimes #US.
Depicted chart : "Black and brown people are disproportionately likely to be stopped by police across the west, but the disparities are truly huge in France."
Chance of being stopped and searched by #police, relative to #white people in #London is ×2 or ×3 for #black people, compared to ×6 in #Paris and even more than ×7 for #arabs. https://www.ft.com/content/25eda9f0-8bd3-41e1-948c-89cc7c0ec66e
🗣 We’ve just open the #CFP for the online congress on the practice of #Commoning throughout history, with the primary objective to present innovative research informed by critical interculturality.
Where are the women? Nearly 500 women are 'missing' from key positions of power in Scotland 👇
In a new report: ‘Sex & Power in Scotland 2023’ published today, Engender charts the number of women in key decision-making positions and highlights the significant void that exists in women’s representation and distribution of power in Scotland.
Here is the main practical reason that developed countries have been reluctant to pay up on #ClimateFinance, #LossAndDamage, and generally helping developing countires: we owe a lot.
As in, thousands of dollars for every citizen in developed countries. Every year. Until 2050.
This paper spells it out, by country:
"The #compensation system is based on the idea that the #atmosphere is a #commons, a natural resource for everyone to use equitably and sustainably."
These are sums owed for atmospheric appropriation, and do not cover broader questions about the costs of #transition, #adaptation and #damages."
"We must also pay attention to large class #inequalities within nations. Responsibility for excess #emissions is largely held by the wealthy classes who have very high consumption and who wield disproportionate #power over production and national policy. They are the ones who must bear the costs of compensation."
"A vicious cycle of crippling #debt, #disaster, and more burdensome repayments prevent [low to middle income countries] from investing in climate #resilience, strengthening democratic institutions, and delivering public services that can reduce economic and social #inequalities."