By Jasmine Minato Williams Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) threatens a more just, sustainable, and equitable transition from fossil fuels, preventing fair social-ecological outcomes for people, prosperity, planet, and protection. ISDS mechanisms are written into a number of international investment agreements, derailing narrowly formulated sustainable development goals such as no poverty and decent work. ISDS systematically favors foreign investors, extending legal p

By Christina Cushen Imagine you are a parent of a young girl with a disability and your only wish is for your daughter to have the same education as any girl of the same age. However, just because your daughter has a disability, she is treated by the education system differently. This is the reality of thousands of parents around Australia. The question needs to be asked: can we justify educational exclusion on the basis of disability? How does this discrimination prepare the

By Lucas Ross Source: Fengshui Elite “In light of this situation, it seems as though nearly everyone in the world now has an opinion on China, no matter whether they know anything about the place or not. But what soon becomes apparent amongst all the various opinions and indeed scholarly works from other parts of the world is that very few of them pay any attention to Chinese Marxism, or indeed socialism with Chinese characteristics.” — Roland Boer, Socialism with Chinese Cha