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People vs Inequality PodcastS5 Ep4: Solidarity in times of autocratizationAs democracy and civic space are under attack in many places across the globe we explore what solidarity means when basic rights are quickly eroded. In this final episode of the 'Let's talk about solidarity' series* we dive into what solidarity can look like when autocrats and anti-rights groups gain power, and some groups are hit harder or earlier than others? We do this with another two amazing guests, Akshita Siddula, community organizer and leadership coach from Baltimore, US, and Rafael Barrio de Mendoza Zavallos, researcher and Cambridge Phd candidate from Lima, Peru. What can we...2025-06-2439 min
People vs Inequality PodcastS5 Ep3: Solidarity in times of genocideWhat does solidarity mean to people facing occupation, war, genocide even? And what can we learn from the past 1,5 years when it comes to standing in solidarity with the people of Palestine, and people being oppressed across the globe? No easy questions, but we are exploring them in this episode with three amazing women. Rana al Qawasmi is a Palestinian nutritionist and public health specialist, Lyla Adwan-Kamara is a Palestinian-Irish disability rights activist and leader, and Michaela Rafferty is an Irish youth worker and activist with a longstanding solidarity bond with Palestine. The three of them will r...2025-06-0942 min
People vs Inequality PodcastS5 Ep.2: Solidarity in times of climate breakdownIn a time of great injustice and a burning planet: what can we do to strengthen or reimagine solidarity? From grassroots action in post-apartheid South Africa, to India’s, Brazil’s and global movements for land rights, fossil fuel phaseout and climate just alternatives: what can we learn on what works and what doesn’t?In this episode we hear from three wonderful climate justice activists and thinkers exploring this question. Najma Mohamed, Maduresh Kumar and Amanda Segnini bring a wealth of experience from different parts of the globe. They reflect on what it means when you move f...2025-05-2242 min
People vs Inequality PodcastS5 Ep1: Let's talk about solidarityJoin us for a new season of the People vs Inequality podcast on one of the biggest themes when it comes to changemaking and tackling inequalities: solidarity. Is solidarity in crisis or booming? What do we actually mean when we say solidarity? How can we unpack, critique, rebuild or reimagine solidarity in these times of great need? One step is creating the space to talk about it, to share our doubts, fears, frustrations, hopes, learning and more. This is what a group of Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity did over the past two years, resulting in a...2025-05-0934 min
People vs Inequality PodcastLIVE RECORDING: Finding agency and bridging worlds in challenging times.In a time of crisis and conflict, how can we find agency and work together across spaces in ways that contribute to a more just, caring and equal world? Join us for our very first LIVE recording, straight from the Politics of Inequality Conference at the London School of Economics in London, where we speak with the amazing Lyla Adwan-Kamara and Dr. Philippa Mullins. Two people bringing unique personal and professional perspectives to these questions, with a level of depth and care that we wish everyone to hear. Lyla is a Ghana-based Palestinian-Irish me...2025-02-1030 min
People vs Inequality PodcastS. 4 Ep. 4: Another philanthropy is possible - funding movements for food justiceWe are excited to present to you the long overdue final episode of our season on Food Justice! And trust us, it is worth the wait :) Our current global food system is highly unequal and unsustainable and, compounded by conflict and climate change, hunger has risen sharply over the past years. We have heard in previous episodes how farmers, communities and movements are building sustainable alternatives like agroecology. What can funders do to address the broken food system and truly support those on the frontline to create systemic change? Join us for this episode to learn more f...2025-01-2434 min
People vs Inequality PodcastS.4 Ep.3 Transforming the politics of knowledge for food justiceIt's been a while but we are back with another exiting episode on Food Justice! Whose knowledge is considered when taking decisions? How to transform the politics of knowledge and the narratives that drive growing inequalities and unsustainable food systems? Join us for this episode to learn more!Whilst the world continues to grapple with the reality of yet another food price crisis and growing hunger, we speak to those on the frontline to find out why the food system keeps failing and what we can do about it. In previous episodes we spoke to farmers on...2024-01-1833 min
People vs Inequality PodcastS.4 Ep. 2: Challenging corporate power in the food systemWhilst the world is trying to grapple with the reality of yet another food price crisis and growing hunger, we speak to those on the frontline to find out why the food system keeps failing and what we can do about it. In today’s episode we dive into the role of large multinational companies in the food system and what citizens and campaigners can do to shift power in favour of people and planet. We speak to Nina Holland, who is a researcher and campaigner on food and agriculture at Corporate Europe Observatory. Her mott...2023-05-2327 min
People vs Inequality PodcastS.4 Ep. 1: Farmers uniting for a more just and sustainable food systemWhilst the world is trying to grapple with the reality of yet another food price crisis and growing hunger, we speak to those on the frontline to find out why the food system keeps failing and what we can do about it. We kick off this new series on Food Justice with those who are growing the food that is on our plates: farmers. This episode features not one but two leaders of La Via Campesina – the worlds’ biggest movement of peasants, indigenous peoples and rural workers. Anuka De Silva is a young peasant leader of the Sri L...2023-04-2032 min
People vs Inequality PodcastA Conversation on Intersectional Movement Building (Webinar Recording)We recently held a powerful conversation on intersectional and interconnected movement-building in collaboration with the Fight Inequality Alliance. It was our very first live podcast recording that many of you attended. This is your chance to catch up if you missed it or listen again, as there was much to reflect on!This conversation featured an amazing panel of activists and movement leaders including Njoki Njehu (FIA), Tasneem Essop (CAN I’nal), Emilia Reyes (Campaign of Campaigns) and was hosted by Nadia Fabela (FIA) and Barbara van Paassen (host People vs Inequality podcast)Together we explored: Ho...2022-09-081h 27
People vs Inequality PodcastAnnouncement live event on intersectional movement building & more!A short message from us at the People vs Inequality Podcast to share with you an exciting event and live podcast recording we are hosting on the 25th of August.Together with the Fight Inequality Alliance we invite you to join: A conversation on intersectional movement-building. How are the climate and inequality movement coming together? What are challenges and opportunities to bring these important voices together at a time of great need?Sign up now! https://fightinequality.org/intersectional-movement-building We also invite you to share your feedback on our podcast to he...2022-08-1701 min
People vs Inequality PodcastS3 Ep 4: Veggies for Good: A chance encounter sustains lives in a Time of Covid“Sometimes you just need to take a leap of faith.” Our fourth and last episode on emergent agency is a story of a family-initiated spontaneous response to the hardships the pandemic and lockdowns brought upon urban-poor mothers. Veggies for Good is a social enterprise that started from a basketball court sale, then moved online, directly linking farmers to urban consumers and providing livelihoods to urban-poor women. We speak to Ditsi Carolino, a filmmaker turned social entrepreneur that was driven to action when she met Dorina, who would walk six hours a day to get food to feed her family duri...2022-05-3035 min
People vs Inequality PodcastS3 Ep 3: We The People: Youth led accountability in a Time of CovidAccountability is one of those words often used but too little practised. How to make it practical and deliver for people, especially in times of crisis and lockdown when it is literally about life and death? In the third episode of the Emergent Agency series, we speak to Narayan Adhikari. Narayan is the co-founder and lead for the Nepal Accountability Lab, and is passionate about getting citizens voices heard. We hear how this young organization, and their civic action teams, were able to adapt and respond effectively during the pandemic; how they supported stranded migrants and communities that...2022-05-1226 min
People vs Inequality PodcastS3 Ep 2b: How social movements saved lives and rights in a Time of Covid (An English summary of Episode 2 on Emergent Agency)In this short summary episode we hear how social movements in Argentina saved lives during the pandemic and how women from poor neighbourhoods are organizing for their rights. We speak to Francisco Longa, and reflect on the work of Dina Sanchez whom we heard from in the Spanish Episode Two of this series. So for all you English speaking listeners, this is your chance to hear her story and more! From the personal to the political – we talk about how women and informal workers were particularly affected and what life in poor neighbourhoods looks like during a pandemic. We di...2022-05-0517 min
People vs Inequality PodcastS3 Ep 2: Movimientos Sociales en tiempo de Covid - salvando vidas y derechosEn un momento histórico de crisis y cambios rápidos, este podcast es un espacio para reflexionar y aprender con los agentes de cambio, sobre cómo abordar la desigualdad y la injusticia. Este es el primer episodio en español, y forma parte de una serie especial llamada ‘agencia emergente en tiempo de Covid’. Después de dos años de pandemia queremos entender como los movimientos sociales, comunidades y otros actores han respondido a circunstancias cambiantes y difíciles. En este episodio tenemos alguien que ha hecho un trabajo impactante con los movimientos sociales en Argentina. Nos lleva a...2022-05-0433 min