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'This pandemic that served as break from the excesses of neoliberalism is a window of opportunity to draw and build an alternative – an economic democracy.' Opinion
It’s been a dark 40+ days since the Philippine government imposed a quarantine in response to the. No government in the world was prepared for it, but we have seen a few that rose to the challenges stemming from the disease, and the most effective responses are the ones that save not economies but lives.
When resources of an industrialized country are depleted, the state opts to colonize, terrorize, and militarize another country to take control of their resources. This is the essence ofBarely two weeks ago, OceanaGold Corp., an Australian mining company that was kicked out by the community in Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, tried to sneak back in and resume operations. Authorized by the state's environmental regulatory agency, they seized the community quarantine as an opportunity to return.
Big corporations in the front line of the consumerist culture of fast fashion such as H&M degrade not only the natural resources of developing countries like Bangladesh but also dehumanize its labor sector. In 2018, Global Labor Justice called out companies in the H&M supply chain for abuse of female workers.
As we celebrate the 50th Earth Day, there is one stark lesson for everyone on the planet: We have to change the system.
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