‘Green Economic Growth’ Is a Myth
There are ‘no realistic scenarios’ to make the economic growth demanded by capitalism compatible with a safe climate, researchers who advised the United Nations found.
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Deception on Poverty
A critical examination of the claim by the World Bank about the “decline in poverty” that is supposed to have occurred between 1990 and the onset of the recent pandemic.
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Capitalism and Democracy in Constant Conflict: Why?
The capitalist economic system has always had a big problem with politics in societies with universal suffrage.
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My Solution for Turkey, Syria, and the Kurds
The Kurdish leader calls for a “democratic nation project” able to unite citizens of different ethnic backgrounds and cultural traditions.
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“Dripping with Blood and Dirt”: How British Capitalism Relied on Slavery
In response to the global explosion of the new Black Lives Matter wave, young people in Britain are taking unprecedented steps to reappraise the British legacy of imperialism and colonialism.
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Black Labor and the Fight for Reparations
Corporate America owes its wealth and power over us to the dead labor of generations of Black people who were literally worked to death.
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Scrapping EIA 2020 Not Enough to Save India
India is unlikely to survive the 21st century climate nightmare unless the government realises that the health of the environment matters more than the health of private businesses
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“We Didn’t Bleed Him Enough”: When Normal is the Problem
The search is on for: how quickly can we overcome the problem and “return to normal.” But the problem is the normal – neoliberalism and capitalism.
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Lebanon Explosion Is an Ecosocialist Issue
The terrible explosion in Beirut is a symptom of the utterly distorted, toxic and disastrous relationship between human society and our environment that capitalism has brought about.
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In Memory of John Lewis, US Civil Rights Icon – Two Articles
Article written by John Lewis, the iconic US civil rights leader who died on July 17, shortly before his death; and an obituary by Jesse Jackson, another leading American civil rights activist.
