The reparative economy
Instead of a system that puts profit over people and the planet, we need to build an economy that prioritises repair and healing.
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Published in:ourEconomy: OpinionHow the IMF could help the Global South fight the climate crisis
Opinion: Billions were allocated to help countries fight Covid – the same must be done for climate action
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Published in:ourEconomy: VideoEmpire not only made the colonies. It made the unequal Britain we see today
openDemocracy’s new film BOOMERANG, exploring the legacies of empire through Liverpool’s docks, is available online
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Published in:ourEconomy: InterviewTo achieve racial justice we must rebuild the world – and save the planet
Olúfémi Táíwò argues that reparations for slavery and colonialism must include saving the earth from climate catastrophe
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Published in:ourEconomy: Interview‘Repair is the reimagination of power’: Healing from the injustices of colonialism
Raj Patel and Rupa Marya, the authors of ‘Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice’, on building an...
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Published in:ourEconomy: OpinionThe case for climate reparations is now irrefutable
The latest UN climate report highlights how communities that have contributed the least to climate change are...
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Published in:ourEconomy: NewsIsland states meet to discuss suing Global North over climate change
A new alliance for climate reparations is seeking compensation from wealthier countries for loss and damage
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Published in:ourEconomy: OpinionWhy climate justice must go beyond borders
The elite’s ‘solution’ to the climate crisis is to turn the displaced into exploitable migrant labour. We need a...
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Published in:ourEconomy: AnalysisIt’s time to decolonise our multilateral system for climate justice
COP26 exposed a need to center the Indigenous wisdoms and regenerative practices of communities that endure the most harm
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Published in:ourEconomy: Interview'Oil companies owe a debt to the lives destroyed'
In this interview, Ken Henshaw explains why Nigerians are demanding reparations for over 60 years of Shell oil extraction
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Published in:openDemocracyUK: OpinionIt’s time to issue climate reparations to working-class people around the world
Shared struggles, shared solutions: connecting communities from east London to Ogoniland in search of justice
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Published in:ourEconomy: OpinionDelivering reparatory justice means uprooting the legacies of colonialism
Reparations are not charity or aid – but an acknowledgment of responsibility by industrialised nations that they...
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Published in:ourEconomy: OpinionFrom revelation to reckoning to revolution: In pursuit of racial justice
Without implementing a reparative justice agenda, new traumas will just pile on top of the old ones
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Published in:ourEconomyWe’re launching a new series on the reparative economy. And we need your help!
Instead of a system that puts profit over people and the planet, we need to build an economy that prioritises repair...
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Published in:ourEconomy: FeatureReparations would shake up American capitalism – and that’s a good thing
Paying compensation to the descendants of slaves would not just right a historic wrong, it would transform the US...
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Published in:ourEconomyRepaying the debt owed to Black people requires a democratic and reparative economy
The entire racial capitalist system that extracts labor and blood from Black lives must go.
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Published in:ourEconomy: AnalysisThe UK claims to be a world leader in fighting climate change. It’s wrong
At home, the UK outsources its responsibility to decarbonise, and abroad it fails its historic responsibility to...
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Published in:ourEconomy: OpinionBarbados: the small but mighty force for climate action
The island’s first female premiere shows the connection between slavery, reparations and climate finance – and how...
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Published in:ourEconomy: OpinionThe United States owes Black America reparations
Following centuries of exploitation, theft and discrimination, here is what a reparative economic agenda should entail.
