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Historic Multi-Movement Call to Action: A World for People, Not Profit

We at Equidem are proud to be signatories to a powerful new joint declaration, led by the International Trade Union Confederation - ITUC, calling on governments around the world to choose peace over profit and democracy over destruction.

As we mark 80 years since the atomic bombings of Japan, this declaration endorsed by movements for peace, climate justice, and workers' rights, issues a stark warning:
👉🏽 A “billionaire coup” is hijacking our democracies.
👉🏽 Global priorities are being set by those who profit from militarism, fossil fuels, and inequality.
👉🏽 Meanwhile, over 100 million people are displaced, public services are underfunded, and the climate crisis accelerates.

The statement demands urgent, bold action, including:
✅ Full-scale nuclear disarmament and universal ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
✅ Global tax justice and a UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation
✅ Living wages, decent work, and strong labour rights
✅ Massive cuts to military spending, with reinvestment into healthcare, education, and climate resilience
✅ Expansion of social protection systems for all, especially women, migrant and informal workers
✅ Integration of disarmament and sustainability into national climate plans
✅ A United Nations mechanism to support countries moving away from military-based economies

We join ITUC, Greenpeace, ICAN, 350.org. org Oxfam, International Peace Bureau, and many others in saying:

✊🏽 It’s time to reclaim democracy. Invest in peace. And build a world where human dignity and compassion take precedence over the thirst for power.


📄 Read and share the full statement here: https://equidem.org/a-global-call-to-action-for-democracy-that-delivers-peace-and-prosperity-for-all/

A Global Call to Action: For Democracy that Delivers Peace and Prosperity for All – Equidem A Global Call to Action: For Democracy that Delivers Peace and Prosperity for All Posted on30 July 202530 July 2025 Updated on30 July 2025 For Democracy that Delivers Peace and Prosperity for All As we approach the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we, the undersigne...

In June, as the International Labour Conference (ILC) met in Geneva to debate the rights of platform workers, a different kind of gathering took place nearby, not behind closed doors, but out in the open: in the streets, meeting halls, and public forums of the city.

For the first time, gig workers from across the world, from Indonesia, South Africa, Ghana, Pakistan, Colombia, and beyond, came together to speak for themselves. To expose the realities of life under algorithmic management. And to demand global accountability from the very companies profiting off their precarity.

Their message was urgent and unignorable:

You cannot debate the future of platform work without the people who do the work.

Indonesian workers played a leading role in this historic moment. They spoke of declining wages, surveillance through apps, and the daily denial of basic rights, not as abstract issues, but as lived experiences of exhaustion, risk, and injustice. These testimonies were powerfully documented in Harian Kompas by journalist and interpreter Yosepha Pusparisa, who traveled with the delegation and ensured their voices were heard across borders and languages.

At Equidem, we were proud to be an inaugural organiser of this gathering alongside grassroots leaders and global allies. Our aim was simple: create a space for solidarity, strategy, and shared resistance. A place where workers, not tech executives or policy elites, would shape the vision of a just digital future.

Because this is about more than regulation.

It’s about reimagining justice in the era of AI.

It’s about building a digital economy rooted not in surveillance and exploitation, but in dignity, rights, and worker power.

Read Yosepha’s powerful reporting in Kompas:

www.kompas.id