Food Sovereignty: Food and Famine, Land and Livelihoods
In the context of a new Food Imperialism, we need a new Food Freedom and Food Sovereignty movement to defend our Rights guaranteed by the Constitution and avoid famine and food slavery.
Mending the Metabolic Rift: Marxism, Nature and Society
Karl Marx’s analysis of capitalism provides the key to understanding the environmental catastrophe we’re witnessing, and to gaining a clearer picture of what’s needed to repair our damaged relationship with the Earth.
How Himalayan Highways are Bringing More Risks than Benefits to People
A highway and tunnel construction spree is going on in the Himalayas, with disastrous consequences for the fragile hills and the people living there.
Investigation: Hidden Water Crisis Behind India’s Sugar Dominance
Villagers living in the Uttar Pradesh sugar belt bear the brunt of poorly implemented environmental regulations and water scarcity
Why Are Adivasis Opposed to Vedanta’s Zinc Smelter Plant in South Gujarat?
The industrial unit, into which Vedanta will pump in an estimated Rs 10,000 crore in phases, is being set up despite opposition from local residents and members of the civil society over its environmental impacts; there are also problems in the way land for the project was allotted.
A Billion South Asians Face Water Insecurity Due to Warming in the Himalayas
Warming-induced changes in the Himalaya-Karakoram region will impact water availability in the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra basins. Farming, hydropower and megacities such as Delhi & Lahore will face the brunt.
The Looming Arctic Collapse – Two Articles
Previously solid ground is quickly degrading. The melting of the permafrost is about to cause huge damage to buildings and infrastructure across the country, Russia’s natural resource minister warns. Also: Rapidly Thawing Permafrost Threatens Trans-Alaska Pipeline.
The New Cold War on China
Just as the USA declared a Cold War against the Soviet Union and China in the 1940s-50s, as part of a grand strategy to secure its global hegemony in the immediate post-Second World War era, today it is declaring a New Cold War on China in the interest of maintaining that same imperial hegemony.
Climate Change: More Terrifying News – Two Articles
Terrifying UN Draft Climate Report Urges Total Transformation of Our Way of Life; Lethal Heat Hits the Planet.
Socialism Gaining Increasing Support in USA – Two Articles
An online poll in the USA found that capitalism is particularly unpopular among 18 to 24-year-olds, with negative views outweighing positive views by a margin of 54% to 42%; Buffalo and Cleveland have become battlegrounds between progressive activists and establishment forces.