Towards the eradication of poverty

Eradicating poverty is a political choice

eapn-POSITION_PAPER_TOWARDS_ERADICATION_POVERTY_EAPN-6139.pdf

Redefine our common security

The Common Security Conference 2025 brought together global leaders, trade unionists, academics and peace advocates in the face of rising global tensions.

Common Security 2025: Redefining security for the 21st Century – International Trade Union Confederation

‘Back to austerity?’ Trade Unions on ‘Path to Prosperity’

As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank gather for their 2025 Spring Meetings under the theme “Jobs – the Path to Prosperity”, global unions are raising the alarm over the return to austerity policies that undermine prosperity and decent work.

Back to austerity? Global unions confront IMF and World Bank on ‘Path to Prosperity’ – International Trade Union Confederation

Aid crisis and Alarm Bells for the Future

The first drop in ODA since 2017 sounds alarm bells for the future of aid, as new figures highlight a 7.1 per cent decrease

Aid crisis – new data sounds fresh alarm bells for the future – Eurodad

What will it take for the resistance to win?

Against Trump, the oligarchs, the far right: Expressing resistance is an important start. Now, we have to organize.

What Will It Take for the Resistance to Win? – Inequality.org

IMF Conditionality

  • Review risks repeating past failures, with austerity-driven policies worsening inequality and economic hardship
  • Civil society criticism highlights a lack of meaningful consultation, raising doubts about prospects of genuine reform

The IMF’s 2025 Conditionality Review: a test of reform or repeat?

Breaking free from the aid trap

  • ‘Aid trap’ continues despite significant ODA cuts amidst political change in donor countries
  • BWIs continue to facilitate financialisation of essential services across Africa, deepening dependency trap and compromising sovereignty

Breaking free from the aid trap

On the importance of trade unions

As right-wing populism and the far right challenge democratic norms, trade unions are poised to defend the institutions that bind society together.

Democracy Under Siege: Trade Unions Rise as a Bulwark Against the Far Right

Half of US Spending comes from the Wealthy…

Consumers are nervous, and with stock portfolios down and corporations slashing investment, demand will take a hit. Roughly half of spending comes from the wealthy in America, and they are the ones who can immediately cut expenditures, and will do so when stocks decline.

Monopoly Round-Up: The Trump Market Crash?

Inequality and Climate Crisis

Reducing global inequality and saving the planet from climate catastrophe are intertwined. Let’s address both at once.

The Growing Inequality and the Worsening Climate Crisis

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