James Henry »THE GLOBAL UNDERGROUND ECONOMY« | Lecture 2015-4-16

A »Hammer Forum« public lecture and panel discussion on a world awash with off-the-books, criminal, kleptocratic, untaxed or dirty money that is laundered into the global financial system. James Henry, an economist, lawyer and investigative journalist, and the lead researcher for the Tax Justice Network, joins us to outline the global network of hidden money along with Zorka Milin, senior legal advisor at Global Witness and a visiting fellow at Yale University’s Global Justice Program, who...

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From: Arno Kathollnig

Related topics : global social justice network

Music for Social Justice with Aisha Fukushima | KQED Arts

Meet "Raptivist" Aisha Fukushima, who creates music that promotes social justice and travels the world, collaborating with a global network of hip hop artists. Learn some basic stomp rhythms in another video with Aisha here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNzMKN3JVa8 And check out more videos from KQED Art School: http://www.kqed.org/artschool

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From: KQED Learning

Related topics : global social justice network

International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

The International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) connects over 270 NGOs, social movements and advocates across more than 70 countries, building a global movement to make human rights and social justice a reality for all. In this video, some Members discuss why they formed ESCR-Net, its ongoing potential and several of the impacts achieved through collective advocacy.

We would like to express our gratitude to ESCR-Net Members who are interviewed and named in this...

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From: ESCR-Net

Related topics : international network for economic social and cultural rights / economic and social networking

Digital Rebellion: The Birth of the Cyber Left

Melding virtual and traditional ethnographic practice to explore the Cyber Left's cultural logic, Todd Wolfson maps the social, spatial and communicative structure of the Indymedia network and details its operations on the local, national and global level. He looks at the participatory democracy that governs global social movements and the ways democracy and decentralization have come into tension, and how "the switchboard of struggle" conducts stories from the hyper-local and disperses them...

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From: Rutgers SC&I Social Media & Society Cluster

Related topics : global social justice network

How Social Justice Issues Impact the Church

Watch Vineyard Leaders in a panel discussion on justice issues impacting the local and global church. Panelists Include: Kathy Maskell (Vineyard Justice Network, Blue Route Vineyard - Media, PA), Terra Montford (I-61 Ministries - Boise Vineyard - Boise, ID), Miguel Aviles (South Metro Vineyard Vineyard - La Viña - Burnsville, MN), Jim Poole (The Renaissance Vineyard Church - Detroit, MI) and Mark Walker (Seaside Vineyard Fellowship - Beaufort, SC) with intro and moderator Bubba Justice.

The...

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From: Multiply Vineyard

Related topics : media social justice issues / global social justice network

Social Media and Criminal Justice Policy Exchange #smcjp

Professor Paul Senior, Hallam Centre for Community Justice explores the role of social media in creating new opportunities for criminal justice policy exchange.

Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/smcjp

Blog link: http://yorkhull.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/social-media-and-criminal-justice-policy-exchange-smcjp/

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/426622047405667/

Twitter: @yorkhull or @julianbuchanan

This video explores the following proposition:

Social media offers...

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From: Julian Buchanan

Related topics : media social justice / social media policy / global social justice network / social networking policy