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Coalition Files Landmark Petition to African Commission Demanding Climate Reparations and Justice for Future Generations

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In a powerful and far-reaching interview, a group of Fair Start Movement (FSM) activists sits down with Xraised to confront how current global systems undermine true justice, ignore the most vulnerable populations—especially in Africa and other marginalized regions—and perpetuate ecological destruction.

FSM activists are now filing a pivotal petition to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), urging it to take decisive rights-based action to address corporate fraud and maximize accurate climate reparations, environmental justice, and intergenerational equity specifically for African communities. It highlights the systemic harms caused by current global standards that undervalue the lives of children of color, particularly in the Global South, and seeks binding accountability from corporations perpetuating environmental and social injustices.

Inequity by Design: Suffering and Injustice is Increasing Exponentially

It has been normalized that companies and other entities deliberately externalize ethical and legal costs of social and ecological harm as part of a business strategy and model — called “permissible harm thresholds.” Companies discount the value of others’ lives, rights, or futures when they calculate that externalizing harm is more profitable than internalizing responsibility. This functions as a shadow discount rate — applied not to money, but to the moral and legal weight of harm.

Litigation risk, reputational damage, or regulatory capture are factored in as acceptable trade-offs. These choices are often guided by assessments of enforceability, public pressure, and regulatory weakness, not actual ethical standards. For example, a vertically integrated dairy conglomerate may not pay for the water pollution it causes, leaving costs to fall on public health systems and local governments. It may not price in the antibiotic resistance its practices accelerate, deferring costs onto future public health infrastructure, and uses subsidies that disadvantage small producers, harming fair market competition. These factors are treated as legal risk mitigation rather than moral failure, shaping business models as much as any Discounted Cash Flow projection.

A Deliberate, Systemic Moral Failure

Business models that include “permissive harm,” “discount rates,” and similar engineered adjustments constitute equity, reparations, and impact fraud. They conceal responsibility for climate and related crises, infant mortality, and the violation of children’s fundamental rights — including the systemic devaluation of children of color and the harm done to their life chances and legal protections. Impacted rights can include democratic voting rights or the right to ensure governance derives from empowerment of constituents.

A New Standard of Legitimacy: Starting at Birth

The activists argue that the root of systemic injustice lies in what Carter Dillard, a leading FSM voice, terms the “widely contested standard” or “equity fraud” — a framework that justifies entitlements and government authority without first securing the birthrights of children. Rather than measuring justice from high levels of permissible harm that protect elite interests, FSM proposes an equity-based metric that starts from zero, evaluating the harm inflicted on the most vulnerable — particularly infants and nonhuman animals — from the moment they enter the world.

“Legitimacy and equity start with fully measuring the harm,” says Dillard. “This is not charity or investment, but reparations. It’s about telling the truth from the beginning — from birth.”

Exposing Flaws in Power Structures

The interview highlights how unjust standards are embedded in laws, definitions of fraud, enforcement methods, and misleading cost-benefit analyses — all of which FSM argues are preempted by international law. As Dillard explains in his essay for CounterPunch, global systems often sidestep the real source of power — the act of constituting authority through relational equity at birth. This insight is not just philosophical; it is a practical blueprint for justice that challenges governments, academics, and philanthropists to shift from performative reforms to structural accountability.

If cost/benefit assessments do not start from zero, elevating infants and animals above the threshold of intergenerational justice, they risk engaging in performative work rather than meaningful change.

From Charity to Reparations: Empowering Through Birth

FSM’s approach conditions all forms of authority and wealth on measurable empowerment of children at birth. This involves building systems where entitlements are derived not from exploitation, but from ensuring fertility delay, parental readiness, fair resource distribution, and geographic justice. This vision moves beyond traditional social justice models and calls for a transformative restructuring of how legitimacy is defined.

“We’re not just talking about improving a broken system,” Dillard notes. “We’re talking about legitimizing the very foundations of society.” The Fair Start Movement offers a proactive disclosure and compensation framework that places children’s sovereignty at the center of national sovereignty.

Linking Animal Rights, Racial Justice, and Ecological Survival

FSM insists that true animal liberation and racial justice cannot exist independently. Most activists, they argue, unintentionally perpetuate injustice by working downstream — addressing symptoms rather than root causes. Using flawed standards undermines both animal and human rights and often benefits elites at the expense of those activists claim to protect.

“Most animal rights activists didn’t choose animals over racial justice,” the FSM team explains. “They were misled into serving neither.” This critique urges advocates to align methods with moral goals, moving beyond token campaigns to build truly equitable systems.

Taking Action Against Corporate Abuse

FSM’s commitment to action is exemplified in its call for accountability from corporations like Coca-Cola and Fairlife. In response to revelations of cruelty and exploitation, FSM demands that these companies provide transparency about their impacts — not only on animals but on future generations and the climate. As outlined in their public statement, FSM believes that exposing and correcting these abuses is central to building a just and legitimate society.

This direct advocacy challenges government, philanthropy, and corporate actors to adopt transparent, equitable, and future-focused practices.

Fair Start: A Tool for Measuring Real Impact

The Fair Start framework is a tool that allows governments, organizations, and individuals to recalibrate their impact based on whether they measurably empower children as they enter the world. This baseline of equity, FSM argues, is the only way to ensure we’re building just systems rather than perpetuating harm under new names.

“The act of telling the truth about our starting point — admitting the use of flawed standards — is what legitimates future relations,” says Dillard. “Without that, we’re just rearranging power for our benefit.”

Foundations Must Confront Their Role in Climate Injustice

FSM also critiques philanthropic foundations for enabling environmental harm under the guise of charity. Many uphold systems of inherited privilege while claiming to support justice and sustainability. By failing to acknowledge their contributions to ecological degradation and intergenerational inequity, they perpetuate climate injustice. Real equity requires redistributing not just wealth but power, beginning by prioritizing future generations and the planet over profit and legacy.

Foundations are called upon to reevaluate their legitimacy by asking: Are we empowering future generations or simply preserving our influence? Without a true fair start, FSM contends, no philanthropic effort can be sustainable.

Empowering Children Through Birthright Equity

FSM’s insight into the intersection of climate justice and birthright equity emphasizes rethinking the global standard of freedom and its impact on vulnerable populations. They advocate for empowering individuals from birth, asserting that legitimacy of societal structures should stem from equitable treatment of all children, regardless of race or socio-economic status. The current economic model discounts future lives, perpetuating systemic inequities that benefit the wealthy few at the cost of marginalized groups.

Addressing these foundational disparities aims to foster a world where individual and political autonomy is recognized and protected from birth.

Rethinking Birthright Wealth and Systemic Exploitation

FSM points out that many today’s environmental and social issues, including the climate crisis, can be traced back to disregard for the rights of infants and animals. The absence of a rights-based framework centered on birthrights has allowed unchecked exploitation of natural resources and human capital, deeply tied to birthright wealth and privilege.

FSM urges governments, activists, and philanthropists to adopt a more inclusive, rights-based approach to policy-making, ensuring every child is born with opportunities for self-determination and political empowerment.

The Fork in the Road: Legitimacy or Collapse

The conversation concludes with a call to action: one path preserves wealth created through flawed standards, further fueling climate breakdown and social instability; the other reorients that wealth to constitute just, legitimate nations. “Children should be born as democratic ends, not economic means,” FSM emphasizes.

Next Moves: Mobilizing Legal Action for Climate Justice

Filing a Landmark Petition with the African Commission
Fair Start Movement activists are taking a bold step by filing a pivotal petition with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR). This legal action demands that the Commission address corporate fraud, enforce accurate climate reparations, and uphold environmental justice and intergenerational equity throughout Africa.

Connecting Corporate Accountability and Climate Reparations
This petition complements a U.S. federal class action lawsuit against Fairlife, a Coca-Cola-owned dairy brand accused of false sustainability claims. The coalition highlights how deceptive standards allow corporations to evade liability for climate-related harms, disproportionately affecting children of color in the Global South.

Challenging the “Permissible Harm” Model
The activists argue that the current global economic model of “permissible harm” is rooted in systemic inequities—particularly white supremacy and economic exploitation—that undervalue African lives and children worldwide. These flawed standards enable corporate greenwashing and perpetuate environmental and social injustice.

Calling for Binding Accountability and Child Equity Recognition
The coalition urges the ACHPR to adopt binding accountability mechanisms and legally recognize child equity as a foundation for environmental dignity and survival. This framework prioritizes protecting African generations now and into the future.

Voices from the Movement: A Call for Justice
“We are the echoes of ancestors who dreamed of freedom despite enduring historic injustices,” said Zahara Nabakooza, Fair Start Movement Children’s Rights Lead. “Equality isn’t kindness—it’s a debt long overdue, paid only when every Black soul walks this earth unafraid, unburdened, and fully seen.”

 

To follow the full interview and explore more, visit the Fair Start Movement and listen to the full podcast on Spotify.

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Sarcomatrix Therapeutics Accredited Investor Round Scheduled to Close October 31

RENO, NV, October 22, 2026Sarcomatrix Therapeutics Corp., a Delaware corporation based in Reno, Nevada, today reminded prospective investors that its accredited investor round, conducted under Regulation D, Rule 506(c), is scheduled to close on October 31, 2026, the closing date the company announced on October 1, 2026. The round runs on the KoreInside platform, with KoreTransfer USA LLC acting […]

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Sarcomatrix Therapeutics Corp., a Delaware corporation based in Reno, Nevada, today reminded prospective investors that its accredited investor round, conducted under Regulation D, Rule 506(c), is scheduled to close on October 31, 2026, the closing date the company announced on October 1, 2026. The round runs on the KoreInside platform, with KoreTransfer USA LLC acting as transfer agent. The closing date remains subject to earlier closing if the round is fully subscribed or to extension at the company’s discretion, and the company will announce any change to it.

Sarcomatrix is a preclinical-stage company, which means its treatments have not yet been tested in people.

Program Development Update

Since the round opened on July 24, 2026, the company has selected the sulfate salt form of S-969 for development, engaged specialist vendors for drug substance and drug product manufacturing, and expanded its Board of Directors with two independent directors, as announced on September 11, 2026.

The next major step toward human testing is contracting the provider for the two-species Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) toxicology studies that regulators require before a drug can be given to people. The company expects the work required to reach an application to begin human testing to take approximately 12 months from the date that contract is signed. These are plans, not guarantees, and drug development frequently takes longer than expected or fails outright.

Use of Offering Proceeds

As described in the offering materials, proceeds are intended for Investigational New Drug (IND)-enabling nonclinical work, including two-species GLP toxicology; chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC) work on drug substance, drug product, and toxicology formulation; regulatory preparation for a pre-IND meeting and IND assembly; intellectual property prosecution and license compliance; and governance, audit readiness, and working capital. Allocation is at the discretion of the Board of Directors and may change. Proceeds of the round will not fund the company through regulatory approval of any product candidate.

About the Program

S-969 is an oral small molecule that targets a key kinase to upregulate alpha-7 beta-1 integrin (α7β1 integrin), strengthening the connection between muscle fibers and their surrounding support structure and supporting muscle repair. Because this approach does not depend on which genetic mutation a patient carries, it is designed to be relevant across the patient population rather than a single subgroup. S-969 is in preclinical development for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Becker muscular dystrophy, and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2I/R9 (LGMD2I/R9). An Orphan Drug Designation application for S-969 is in preparation. LAM-111, the company’s second program, holds Orphan Drug Designation in both the United States and the European Union.

From the Company

“Investors who are completing their review should know where the round stands and when it is scheduled to close,” said David Craig, Co-Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer. “Our focus is unchanged: contract the safety studies and move S-969 toward an application to begin testing in people. We will tell investors plainly if anything about the timing changes.”

How to Participate

This offering is open only to accredited investors, a category defined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission based on income, net worth, or professional credentials. Under Rule 506(c), a company must take reasonable steps to confirm that status, and a self-declaration alone is insufficient. Verification is handled through the offering platform. Accredited investors can review the offering at www.sarcomatrix.com/investors or invest directly at www.sarcomatrix.com/invest. Full offering terms, subscription documents, and complete risk disclosures are provided on the platform once accredited status has been verified. Verification and subscription steps take time to complete, and investors considering participation should allow for that before the scheduled closing date.

About Sarcomatrix Therapeutics Corp.

Sarcomatrix Therapeutics Corp., a Delaware corporation headquartered in Reno, Nevada, is a preclinical-stage biotechnology company developing therapies for muscle-wasting diseases, beginning with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Its lead candidate, S-969, is an oral small molecule that targets a key kinase to upregulate α7β1 integrin, the primary laminin-binding protein in skeletal and cardiac muscle. A spinout of the University of Nevada, Reno, the company holds the S-969 program under a co-exclusive, worldwide license through the Nevada Research and Innovation Corporation. Its second program, LAM-111, is in development for LAMA2-related congenital muscular dystrophy. Learn more at sarcomatrix.com.

Risk Statement

The Company is a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. It has no approved products, has generated no revenue from product sales, and has not initiated clinical trials. Neither S-969 nor LAM-111 has been tested in humans, and the timeline to an application to begin human testing depends on contracting, manufacturing, regulatory review, and funding, any of which may take longer than planned. The Company will require substantial additional capital to advance its programs, and there is no assurance that such capital will be available on acceptable terms or at all. There is no public market for the Company’s securities, and none is expected to develop. Product candidates in preclinical development frequently fail to advance to or through clinical development. Additional risks are described in the offering materials, which prospective investors should read in full.

Offering Legend

Sarcomatrix Therapeutics Corp. is conducting an offering of securities pursuant to Rule 506(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The offering is available exclusively to verified accredited investors as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D. Prospective investors must complete accredited investor verification prior to participation. Securities offered are restricted securities and are subject to limitations on transfer and resale. Investment in early-stage private companies involves a high degree of risk, including the possible loss of the entire investment.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the offering and its closing date, development plans, anticipated timelines, regulatory strategy, and potential therapeutic applications. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement except as required by law. The Company is not a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the statutory safe harbors for forward-looking statements are not available to it.

No Offer

This release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. Any offer is made solely by means of the offering materials made available to verified accredited investors through the Company’s investment platform.

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FlightCompensations Launches Managed Claims Service for Passengers Affected by Flight Disruptions

Lakewood, NJ, October 22, 2026FlightCompensations has launched a managed claims service for passengers whose journeys have been affected by eligible flight disruptions, including delays, cancellations, overbooking and missed connections. The service brings claim submission, document management, airline correspondence and claim tracking together in a single online process. FlightCompensations operates on a fixed-fee model. The company charges a processing fee of […]

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FlightCompensations has launched a managed claims service for passengers whose journeys have been affected by eligible flight disruptions, including delays, cancellations, overbooking and missed connections. The service brings claim submission, document management, airline correspondence and claim tracking together in a single online process.

FlightCompensations operates on a fixed-fee model. The company charges a processing fee of EUR 39 per passenger following a successful recovery. The fee is billed separately rather than deducted as a percentage of the amount recovered.

A Managed Process From Submission to Outcome

Passengers submit details of a disrupted journey through the FlightCompensations website or via WhatsApp. The company reviews the information provided, requests supporting documents such as a boarding pass or booking confirmation where required, and manages all correspondence with the airline on eligible claims.

Each customer has access to a personal online dashboard showing the progress of the claim, the documents on file and messages from the claims team. The service currently handles claims involving more than 150 airlines.

Flight Monitoring and FlightComp+ Membership

In addition to claims handling, FlightCompensations offers monitoring for upcoming trips. Travelers can register a flight in advance and receive an email notification if it is significantly delayed or cancelled, allowing them to submit a claim promptly.

For frequent travelers, the company offers FlightComp+, an annual membership priced at EUR 49. Membership covers the processing fee on eligible claims and includes priority handling and alerts for future flights.

Founder’s Perspective

FlightCompensations was founded by Jaacov Sonenblick, a travel-industry professional who established the service after experiencing a flight cancellation himself.

“Our aim is to make the claims process straightforward for passengers from the moment they submit their flight details,” said Jaacov Sonenblick, Founder of FlightCompensations. “We built the service around a clear fixed-fee structure and a digital process that lets customers follow their claim at every stage, while our team manages the work with the airline.”

About FlightCompensations

FlightCompensations is a managed flight claims service operated by The Upgrade Concierge LLC. The company assists passengers with eligible flight disruption claims through digital claim submission, document management, airline correspondence and claim tracking. FlightCompensations is based in Lakewood, New Jersey, United States.

Website: https://flightcompensations.com/

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New Market Trading Brings Institutional-Grade Account Security to Every Client, Standard

Florida, USA, October 23, 2026Every New Market Trading account now carries the same layered security used by major exchanges and institutional custodians, without the client ever losing final say over their own money.

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Every New Market Trading account now carries the same layered security used by major exchanges and institutional custodians, without the client ever losing final say over their own money.

Florida, USA, October 23, 2026

New Market Trading, an onchain wealth management firm that gives clients direct ownership of their investment accounts, today announced a 2-of-3 multisig upgrade for client accounts, a security model that requires two of three keys to approve before money can move.

image 1 New Market Trading Brings Institutional-Grade Account Security to Every Client, Standard

Multisig has long been the standard among exchanges, hedge funds, and institutional custodians entrusted with large pools of client assets. NMT is now bringing that same standard of protection to every one of their client accounts.

The update applies to existing client accounts automatically. Nothing needs to be moved or rebuilt, and clients don’t need any technical background to benefit from it.

How It Works

Every client account now has three keys: one the client holds directly, one held by the client’s NMT associate, and one backup key controlled entirely by the client, which NMT recommends keeping on a separate physical device. Moving money out of the account, or changing who holds the keys, requires approval from two of the three. Since the client holds two of the three keys, they can always act on their own account without needing NMT’s approval.

“Multisig protection has always been available to institutions with the resources to build it themselves. We don’t think our clients should get a lesser version of that security just because they’re managing their own account instead of a fund. This is now built into every account we offer, not something a client has to ask for,” said Frank Hepworth, Founder and CEO of New Market Trading.

Previously, a client’s account was protected by a single key. If that one key was ever lost or stolen, there was no built-in backup. Now, if a key is lost or compromised, the other two can replace it without freezing or moving any of the client’s assets.

Built for Every Client

Setting up this kind of protection typically requires the in-house engineering team of a large exchange or custodian. NMT built it directly into its account technology so any client can benefit from it, without needing any technical setup of their own.

The extra approval step only applies to money leaving the account or changes to who holds the keys. Everyday portfolio activity, like adjusting investments within an approved strategy, still happens automatically and doesn’t require a second approval each time. NMT designed it this way on purpose: stronger protection at the one moment that matters most, money leaving the account, without slowing down everyday management.

“We built this directly into the account itself, not as a setting in our own backend. The two-key requirement is enforced automatically, every time, which means it holds even if something on our end ever went wrong,” said Ajdin Kahrović, Chief Technology Officer of New Market Trading.

Three Ways to Use It

The three keys can be combined in different ways depending on what a client needs:

  • The client’s key and their backup key together let the client act completely on their own, including replacing their NMT associate, without needing anyone else’s approval.
  • The client’s key and their Associate’s key can individually conduct everyday management activity.
  • The backup key and the associate’s key together keep the account moving if the client’s primary key is ever temporarily unavailable.

No single key, including NMT’s, can withdraw or change account ownership on its own.

It guards against a single lost or stolen key, but not against every scenario, such as two of the three keys being compromised at once, a client approving something they shouldn’t have, or a flaw in the underlying smart contract or blockchain network the account runs on. NMT recommends clients store their backup key’s recovery information somewhere separate from their main key’s.

The upgrade is available now to existing NMT clients and applies automatically, with no action required to move or migrate assets.

For more information about New Market Trading’s account model, visit newmarkettrading.com.

About New Market Trading

New Market Trading is the first wealth management firm to move the investment account itself onto the blockchain. Clients own their account directly using ERC-4337 smart account technology, and delegate trading management to the NMT team, who can execute strategies but never withdraw or redirect funds.

That structure gives clients immediate access to more than 10,000 onchain assets, yield products, and active strategies that no legacy provider can offer.

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