The social crisis is also an ecological crisis
Sociedad Civil por la Acción Climática (SCAC) condemns the decision of non-hosting COP25 in Chile and analyzes the political, social and environmental challenges facing Chile and Latin America.
Resisting with the logic of love in Palestine and Israel
Karibu speaks with Sama Anfous of Kairos Palestine about the daily realities of living under Israel’s military occupation, about the impact of the Kairos Document since its launch in 2009, and the work ahead for the Kairos movement in...
If they threaten our rights, we respond COLECTIVA!
Ana Carolina Lourenço from Fundación Ciudadanía Inteligente (Smart Citizen Foundation) in Chile, writes about the geopolitical, economic and social challenges facing Latin America and the need for a collective response.
Abandon talks for big data rules at WTO, say over 300 CSOs
A number of civil society organisations (CSOs) have expressed their profound and urgent opposition to the proposed negotiations on e-commerce at the World Trade Organisation, which if concluded, could result in the full liberalization of the entire digital economy,...
Still groggy after worst nightmare: A need to preserve social peace in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan journalist Piyumi Fonseka reflects on the tragic, violent events that unfolded in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Piyumi argues that the Sri Lankan state must not only both care for the victims and bring the perpetrators...
Spaces for engagement and resistance: Inside/Outside organizing in opposition to the IMF and World Bank
Ivan Phell Enrile of the APRN looks at the importance of “inside / outside” strategies on advocacy towards the IMF and World Bank; namely political organizing where activists/advocates are embedded both inside political structures and outside of them.
Policy vs. survival: Addressing disconnects between forced movement, international state-led processes, and immediate humanitarian needs
Conversation with Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, on disconnects between forced movement, international state-led processes, and immediate humanitarian needs.
Kairos is us: the vision of Palestinian Christians
Rifat Kassis (Coordinator, Kairos Palestine) addresses the main challenges for Palestinian Christians today, the way ahead for global solidarity and nonviolent resistance, signs of hope, and concrete aims of the “Global Kairos for Justice” movement. The text...
Struggle for water: Water for whom?
Francia Márquez (Colombia), winner of the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize, reflects on the question of structural racism in Colombia and what should come first: drinking water for the most marginalized, or water for use in industrial projects and mining.
“Listen to us”: Development alternatives from small-scale farmers and fisherfolk
In September 2018, over 50 small-scale farmers, fisherfolk and representatives of civil society organizations from 15 different countries met in Yaoundé, Cameroon for the International Civil Society conference on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agriculture and fisheries organized by...