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In the news, the Prime Minister tells millions of WASPI women affected by the changes to the state pension age that he couldn’t promise to magic up the money for …
The time has come to talk of many things; of taxing and spending and an economic system that needs mending. Read More“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” Andre Gide In the week when protests have erupted in countries around the world …
Genuine Hope. Collective Action. Read MoreOh, the irony of it. Boris Johnson makes law and order the central plank of the Queen’s Speech. After having spent 9 years telling us about how we could no …
The people are the change. Time to step out of our comfort zone and make it happen. Read MoreThis week’s MMT Lens will necessarily be shorter as GIMMS is gearing up for a busy few weeks in Brighton, London, Manchester and Leeds not to mention Wales at the …
Getting our priorities right. Our planet or our lives. Read MoreEarlier this week in New York, Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein and other environmental activists shared a platform in an event entitled ‘The Right to a Future’. In the face of …
Young people and workers of the world unite! You have a right to a future. Read MoreWhile climate chaos continues to make the news, from hurricanes and fires in the Amazon to melting ice in Greenland, politicians, journalists and others are still killing us softly with …
There is no Planet ‘B’, so we’d better save this one (and how we do it) Read More“…under the Covenant, all States parties should avoid at all times taking decisions which might lead to the denial or infringement of economic, social and cultural rights. Besides being contrary …
A Brexit free zone. GIMMS reports on the real news: austerity hurts (and what we can do about it) Read More“We all need to work together, because there are no jobs on a dead planet; there is no equity without rights to decent work and social protection, no social justice …
To transform the world, we need a revolution in our priorities and values Read More“Economics lie at the very root of practical morality” Josephine Butler, English feminist, social reformer and campaigner against injustice. Boris Johnson has been distributing largesse. Well, not quite distributing it; …
The Strange Case of the Missing Money Read MoreWhile the Conservatives endlessly laud their economic achievements from the parallel universe they inhabit, their fantasies are countered by the growing evidence that all is not well. The stories of …
Hands up anyone who wants to save the planet and live in a fairer, more equitable world! Read More