A world of solidarity is possible

Laureates 2024

The Foundation presents the 2024 laureates of the award !

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Supported initiatives in 2024

The Foundation presents the 2024 supported initiatives !

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Our aims :

Promote the wellbeing and empowerment of underprivileged human communities by valuing and supporting their own capacities to understand and to act, their biological and cultural diversity, and their sense of solidarity—internal as well as with other communities.

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Community

There exist a plethora of human “communities” in the ordinary sense; they share a territory, a city quarter, natural resources, a language, a culture, traditions, etc. These socio-cultural communities are crucial for the work of the Foundation. There also exist human communities which are centered around one or several common issues or interests but whose members may not be linked geographically or culturally.

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Solidarity

Solidarity is first of all an attitude and a value. It means the acceptance of the other’s humanity, and turns the other into an equal subject, independently of possible social, economic, political or other differences. But solidarity is also an active engagement – between individuals, within a community, or between different communities – for instance to defend or to reinforce a common good or a common interest.

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Meeting the Stranger, this fundamental event

Emmanuel Levinas calls « event » the encounter with the other, he even calls it « fundamental event ». It is, according to him, the most important experience, which opens the greatest horizons.

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The Foundation

The Paul K. Feyerabend Foundation promotes the empowerment and wellbeing of disadvantaged human communities. By strengthening intra and inter-community solidarity the Foundation strives to improve local capacities, promote the respect of human rights, and sustain cultural and biological diversity.

The Foundation was created in Switzerland in March 2006. It has an international Board of Directors including seven members.

As of 2024, the Foundation has supported 79 initiatives and honored 38 laureates with the Paul K. Feyerabend Award.

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Recent articles :

A letter from prison from our 2023 Laureate Dang Dinh Bach

30 September 2024 · by Ben · in The Foundation

Nghe An, June 20, 2024

Dear friends,

As I write this letter, I know that you are looking to me with great love and undying faith, and I am deeply grateful for your presence on the journey towards justice and … Read more

The self-strengthening of the marine-coastal territory of life of the municipality of Puerto Cabuyal (Ecuador) progresses with the construction of its Life Plan.

30 September 2024 · by Ben · in The Foundation

This article offers a ‘mid-term report’ for a self-strengthening initiative carried out by the municipality of Puerto Cabuyal, in Ecuador, with the support of the Feyerabend Foundation, the Fundación Ser Ambiente and others. The initiative is centred around the development … Read more

Zimbabwe ethnic minorities apply nonviolent techniques to claim their rights, starting with some ‘oil of confidence’ to lubricate their struggles

30 September 2024 · by Ben · in The Foundation

Zimbabwean community activists including many from ethnic and linguistic minorities, innovate their strategies by acquiring nonviolent methods to claim their rights, including as they resist injustice in development-induced displacements from their ancestral lands. The Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights is … Read more

The Paul K. Feyerabend Foundation – in line with Paul’s work?

30 September 2024 · by Ben · in The Foundation

I usually do not take part in discussions about Paul’s work, not even in this year of his centennial anniversary, because I have little to say professionally about the topic. My relationship with Paul was personal, and I am very … Read more