How Congolese Students are Taking on Big Oil
A new campaign is mobilizing communities across the Democratic Republic of Congo to stop the fossil fuel industry’s expansion with creative nonviolent action.
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The EU-Indonesia Fight Over Nickel and Who Gets to Own the Clean Energy Future
Indonesia boasts some of the world’s richest mineral deposits, but it has long focused on digging them up and shipping them to other countries for processing. The government in Jakarta is now trying to change that, but is facing fierce resistance from the West.
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They Lied About Afghanistan. They Lied About Iraq. And They are Lying About Ukraine
The proxy war in Ukraine is designed to serve U.S. interests. It enriches the weapons manufacturers, weakens the Russian military and isolates Russia from Europe. What happens to Ukraine is irrelevant.
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Profiteers of Armageddon: The Nuclear-Industrial Complex
The film “Oppenheimer” has earned widespread attention. The author says that what “Oppie” began then has by now become a full-scale nuclear-industrial complex on a planet where ultimate destruction, it often seems, always lurks just around the corner.
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Collateral Damage: American Civilian Survivors of the 1945 Trinity Test
The New Mexico site of the world’s first atomic bomb test, codenamed Trinity had been selected, in part, for its supposed isolation. Yet in reality, nearly half-a-million people were living within a 150-mile radius of the explosion. All of them have been suffering from the effects of radiation ever since.
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Why Aren’t American Streets Filled with Climate Protestors?
Climate change protesters in Europe have been actively raising awareness and demanding urgent action from governments and corporations to address the escalating climate crisis. These protesters are part of a global movement that has gained significant momentum in recent years. But America’s streets are devoid of protestors.
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On “Awkward Classes”
We survey the crisscrossing of classes across moments in the production and the circulation of the surplus. A unifying thread is proposed in finance capital.
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“Hide Nothing from The Masses; Tell No Lies”—Some Lessons from Amilcar Cabral
Many of the political parties that led their countries towards the attainment of political independence in Africa have betrayed the principles that guided them. But, not all hope is lost. We can draw inspiration for a better future for Africa from the immortal revolutionary Amilcar Cabral.
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‘Where Danger Lies…’: The Communal Alternative in Venezuela
The project of communal socialism that was emerging in Venezuela during Chavez’s time is precisely the kind of system change that could save the climate and the Earth System more generally. A look at some of the ecological aspects of Venezuela’s project of communal socialism today.
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The Eco Collapse We Were Warned About has Begun
In 2023, different climatic anomalies have been recorded that set new historical records in the tragic progression of climate change at the global level. This accumulation of tragic evidence, against all the denialist narratives, makes it undeniable that the climate crisis is already here, among us.
