R.I.P. UN

#UN #UNO #PostDemocracy

"In trade, the US’ obstruction of the WTO system has rendered the global regime dysfunctional, contributing to deepening protectionism and the multiplication of trade restrictions. In security, the UN notes that “paralysis in the Security Council and deliberations of disarmament bodies, as well as persistent geopolitical rivalries, are alarming signs of a multilateralism that has run out of steam.” The credibility of international law has foundered, as Israel and Russia have blatantly dismissed rulings and injunctions from the UN and the International Court of Justice. The UN Secretary General has affirmed that the institution faces “imminent financial collapse” as over 80 percent of states have not paid their membership fees to the organization.

NATO likewise faces existential threats from within its own ranks, while remilitarization has deepened fragmentation in security arrangements. In global health, the politicization of vaccine distribution during the Covid-19 pandemic exposed the empty promise of multilateralism in responding to major global crises. Climate governance is in peril, with UN environmental conferences captured by fossil fuel interests and the second Trump Administration engaging in prolific climate obstructionism.

In short, multilateral cooperation has been thrown into visible disarray across a number of issue areas, as leading states increasingly pursue unilateral actions, obstruct mechanisms, and bypass or disengage from traditional institutions. What explains this turn against multilateralism, and what might take shape in their place? Here we will trace the cause of the breakdown to the crisis of the neoliberal order, marked by US hegemonic decay, the rise of state capitalism, erosion of liberal internationalist norms, and the ‘Second Cold War’. This crisis has produced a non-hegemonic world..."

https://www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/non-hegemony/

#USA #InternationalLaw #Multilateralism #InternationalRelations #UN #PostDemocracy

The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America—And Why Europe Is Next.

https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/

#USPol #Europe #SiliconValley #Authoritarianism #PostDemocracy

Reading Lynne Segal’s (super) Radical Happiness: Moments of Collective Joy reminded me of the closing lines from Jeremy Corbyn’s acceptance speech in 2015:

Let’s leave aside the question of whether Corbyn was ever well suited to being Labour leader, let alone Prime Minister. The significance of those words, stated plainly with absolute sincerity, just hit me like a punch to the gut. There was a crack in the order of things, an opening to something better, which has been rather violently closed. Things can change but they won’t change.

https://markcarrigan.net/2024/08/11/we-dont-have-to-be-unequal-it-doesnt-have-to-be-unfair-poverty-isnt-inevitable/

#centrism #corbyn #labour #postDemocracy #socialism

Human rights, the environment and a crack down on protests.

"The Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) says the number of climate-related protests and non-violent direct actions is escalating as public frustration over the lack of government action on climate change grows."

"At the same time, many states around the country are introducing harsh new penalties for protesters... "

"The appropriate response from government is not to crack down on protests. Rather, it's to deal with that very serious issue of climate change," EDO's director of legal strategy, Elaine Johnson

"We're seeing a really alarming crackdown on protests around the issue of climate change and other environmental issues, like forestry."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-16/older-climate-activists-joining-the-fight/102822208
#FossilFuels #governance #Australia #habitable #climate #activism #protests #law #PostDemocracy #democracy #rights #EDO #NSWlogging #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #NativeForests #ClimateEmergency

Australians have never been more distrusting of corporate Australia.

"They say corporate Australia's behaviour since the onset of COVID has led to dramatically soaring distrust, and voters are distressed by the amount of "moral blindness" they see among corporate leaders."

"They say Australians are angry with firms like PwC, Optus, Telstra, Medibank, Rio Tinto and Facebook/Meta, following huge data breaches and other scandals. The PwC tax scandal and the data breaches at Optus and Medibank are among recent events accelerating distrust."

"Rio Tinto hasn't recovered from Juukan Gorge blast...distrust in the mining giant increased dramatically in May 2020 after it blew up an unfathomably-ancient sacred Indigenous site, and it has never recovered from that scandal. In mid-2020, the leadership of Rio Tinto authorised the destruction of a 46,000-year-old Indigenous rock shelter at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia...In a matter of minutes, 8 million tonnes of ore were blasted from the heritage site so that Rio Tinto could access $135 million dollars' worth of high-grade iron ore."

"It's distrust where society's deepest fears, pain and betrayal surface – and that's because distrust embodies the fundamental vulnerabilities, past betrayals, and concerns that can erode the foundational bonds and shared beliefs that unite a community."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-03/australians-distressed-by-moral-blindess-of-corporate-australia/102807234

#ImaginedCommunities #PostDemocracy #distrust #Corporate #Australia #outsourcing #CorporateWelfare #governance #consulting #MoralBlindness #IndigenousPeoples #CulturalHeritage #NSWLogging #ForestryCorporation #FCNSW #extractivism

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Comme il s'agit d'afficher la vérité, on comprend que la #police de Macronie porte plainte #violencespolicieres #violencesdEtat #postdemocracy #gjs

La RATP et la police portent
plainte pour des affiches sur les violences policières http://www.revolutionpermanente.fr/La-RATP-et-la-police-portent-plainte-pour-des-affiches-sur-les-violences-policieres via @[email protected]

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Jul_Thery/status/1198206623866638336

RT @[email protected]

#extremecentre
#postdemocracy
#LREM https://twitter.com/LeMediaTV/status/1171487250036776960

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Jul_Thery/status/1171500300034691073