Despite uneven economic recovery since the pandemic, poverty, inequality, and food insecurity continue to worsen, including in the Asia-Pacific region, which used to fare better than the rest of the Global South.
New Approaches Urgently Needed to Tackle Resurgent Social Crises | Inter Press Service
Our research shows that political breakdown, from the Roman Empire to the Russian revolution, follows a clear pattern: workers’ wages stagnate, while elites multiply
The deep historical forces that explain Trump’s win | US politics | The Guardian
As Europe braces for mounting crises, a new EU agenda prioritizes security, but at what cost to social justice and climate action?
‘People and skills’ … reflections on the new European Commission
The EU’s ‘People, Skills, Preparedness’ agenda: A risky shift in social policy (socialeurope.eu)
It was as if the ghost of Karl Polanyi hung over political leaders and top government officials as they plotted the social future of Europe in Vilnius this week. Behind their backs, the Hungarian political economist would have understood their efforts to address the ‘polycrisis’ into which four decades of deregulated markets had plunged the continent—and their focus on socially re-embedding those markets to point the European ship towards calmer waters.
On the historical relationship between peace and social justice
Social rights in Europe—in need of a new impulse? (socialeurope.eu)
On International Women’s Day, we publish this superimportant report from the FAO, because indeed peace is not possible without social justice!
The report of the ILO Director-General to the International Labour Conference focuses on the need for greater social justice globally and the means to achieve it, and highlights the opportunities that exist, both nationally and internationally, for furthering the ILO’s human-centred and rights-based approach.
Report I(A) – Report of the Director-General: Advancing social justice (ilo.org)
ILO Director-General calls for a Global Coalition for Social Justice and a reshaping of economic, social and environmental policies to create a more stable and equitable future.
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