The super-rich have been using the power of their corporations to hoard wealth and trash the planet.

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Hi John,
A staggering 141 people became billionaires last year, while the world’s 2,781 billionaires now own $14.2 trillion between them, up by $2 trillion just in one year [1]. While the rest of us have been dealing with the cost of living crisis, the super-rich have been using the power of their corporations to hoard more wealth and trash the planet.

We urgently need to end the fossil fuel era, but we also need a global economy that works for the billions, not the billionaires – one that’s based on solidarity, not on plunder.

That’s the theme of our national gathering, and we’d love for you to come…
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** The ecological crisis of capitalism and our alternatives
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When: Saturday 1 June, 11am-6pm
Where: Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham NG1 2GB ([link removed])
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With speakers: Ulrich Brand Author of The Imperial Mode of Living ([link removed]) • Nadia Whittome, Labour MP, Nottingham East • Ana Caistor Arendar Progressive International • Kirtana Chandrasekaran Friends of the Earth International • Fadhel Kaboub Power Shift Africa • Luciana Ghiotto América Latina Mejor sin TLC/Transnational Institute • Agratim Sahay Green New Deal Network (US) • Melinda St Louis Public Citizen

Plus Five Leaves, Nottingham’s independent bookshop, and other stalls.

Does climate breakdown mean we need a green new deal, degrowth or something else? How do we undo our exploitative global economy? Can we build a world for the billions, not the billionaires?

The climate and ecological crises are deeply embedded in our economic system, which not only values profit above people and the planet, but drives global inequality. From mining to cattle ranching, to a financial system which sucks wealth from the global south, multinational corporations are at the centre of an exploitative system whose social and environmental costs are borne elsewhere.

We urgently need to end the era of fossil fuels, but how do we ensure the race by global powers to secure critical resources for the energy transition doesn’t create new imperialist dynamics? Transforming the global economy can seem like a vast task, but change is possible. In February we won our campaign for the UK government to pull out of the Energy Charter Treaty, a key link in the chain of trade deals which helps keep the fossil fuel economy afloat.

Join us to discuss how we keep this momentum going, challenge neo-colonialism and environmental destruction, and what that means for how we live.
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Hope to see you there!

James O'Nions
Head of activism at Global Justice Now

1. Figures from Forbes World’s Billionaires List 2024 [link removed]
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