Liberal environmentalism represents a dangerous delusion, writes Scott Parkin - that 'playing nice' with Earth-destroying corporations and politicians can yield results worth having. Radical change on climate will only result from bold, confrontational direct actions against the fossil fuel industries and their apologists.
The liberal climate agenda is doomed to failure Scott Parkin | 29th August 2014 Comment Climate Change Fossil Fuels Politics USA utah-tar-sands-cut.jpg Liberal environmentalism represents a dangerous …
The US fossil fuel industry has been caught red-handed spying on green activists. But Adam Federman finds it has received poor value for money - and is no closer to tackling the 'existential crisis' it faces.
Spying on environmentalists - the American Petroleum Institute Adam Federman | 15th February 2014 News Fossil Fuels Fracking Politics Corporations dont-frack-ny-2.png The US fossil fuel industry has …
A radical new Seed Law drafted by Venezuelan people, farmers and NGOs was signed into law in the closing days of 2015, write William Camacaro, Frederick B. Mills & Christina M. Schiavoni. Striking back against the corporate takeover of seeds and peddling of GMOs, the Seed Law bans transgenic seeds, protects the country's germplasm, and establishes the legal foundation for a participatory, agroecological food and farming system.
Venezuela's 'people as legislators' ban GMOs, protect traditional seeds William Camacaro Frederick B. Mills Christina M. Schiavoni | 2nd January 2016 News Farming GMOs Seeds Venezuela Food Law …
The truth is often extraordinary - perhaps because it is so rare that we are told it. This disturbing speech by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse shines the bright light of truth on the US's huge, shadow-dwelling climate denial industry.
Time to wake up to the Climate Denial Beast Senator Sheldon Whitehouse | 26th February 2014 Comment Climate Change Corporations Politics USA climate-denial-beast.png The truth is often extraordinary …
Indonesia's murderous campaign of military repression in its stolen territory of West Papua continues, writes Jason MacLeod. But a courageous 50-year struggle for human rights and freedom is finally bearing fruit, with growing recognition of West Papua's right to nationhood among its Pacific neighbours. Real hopes of a better future are rising above the blood and pain.
West Papua: after 50 years of cruel repression, the intoxicating smell of freedom Jason MacLeod Waging NonViolence | 4th September 2015 News West Papua Pacific Indonesia Human Rights Politics War …
Since the Obama-Clinton coup in Honduras the murder of eco-defenders and other activists has become a routine instrument of government, writes Dan Beeton. We must demand an end to the killings, the restoration of political freedom, and a halt to the tide of corporate megaprojects - beginning with the Agua Zarca dam.
The unfinished work of Berta Cáceres: now it's up to us! Dan Beeton | 22nd March 2016 Comment Honduras Human Rights Corporations Politics USA berta-caceres-river.jpg Since the Obama-Clinton coup in …
Newly assertive citizens and consumers are putting the world's most feared and powerful corporations on the defensive, writes Ronnie Cummins. Now is the time to press home our advantage!
Democracy or Corporatocracy? The choice is ours. Ronnie Cummins | 25th February 2014 Activism GMOs Politics Food Farming food-brands.png Newly assertive citizens and consumers are putting the world's …
Cuba is a global exemplar of organic, agroecological farming, taking place on broad swathes of land in and around its cities, write Julia Wright & Emily Morris. These farms cover 14% of the country's agricultural land, employ 350,000 people, and produce half the country's fruit and vegetables. But can they survive exposure to US agribusiness?
Cuba's warming relations with the US may undermine its agroecological city farms Julia Wright Emily Morris | 27th June 2015 News Cuba Food Farming Organic Cities USA Politics Trade …
With Brexit the UK will have to chose between two visions of our farming future, writes Keith Tyrell. Will it be heavily subsidised corporate agribusiness that ravages both nature and small, high quality farmers. Or will we seize the chance to build a sustainable food and farming system that supports wildlife, landscape, family farms, organic production and diverse rural economies?
Dark days ahead for British agriculture? Or green shoots of a brighter future? Keith Tyrell PAN UK | 25th August 2016 News Farming Food Brexit UK Pesticides Toxics Health Organic Politics …
As the G7 leaders prepare to meet in Bavaria this weekend, small-scale farmers from around the world call on them to abandon their disastrous plan for the corporate takeover of global agriculture and the extirpation of small-scale farmers everywhere - those who produce most of the world's food. True food security must be rooted in local control over land, seeds and water.
G7, be warned: your 'New Alliance' threatens to destroy small-scale farmers The Global Convergence of Land Water Struggles | 4th June 2015 Activism Farming Food Politics Corporations …
Local direct democracy groups across North America are assembling a revolutionary confederation.
Symbiosis: a new grassroots network Brendan Montague | 10th January 2019 News Science & Systems Municipalism Symbiosis Radical Politics Activism Grassroots Systems 9055699675_79951b3767_b.jpg Local …
Naomi Klein famously called for a 'grand coalition' of the progressive left to fight climate change and Earth-destroying capitalism, writes Alexander Reid Ross. And now it's happening, drawing together diverse strands that encompass the fight for social and racial justice, the right to work, health, clean air and fresh water, and our freedom to be alive and thrive on this our one planet.
It's here, and it's growing: the self-assembling Coalition of the Radical Left Alexander Reid Ross | 6th March 2015 News Politics Indigenous Peoples USA Health Energy Corporations …
'Conservation' is destroying those who've nurtured their surroundings for timeless generations, writes Stephen Corry - the Indigenous Peoples who have actually fashioned those precious places that we now mistake as 'natural'. It's time for a new conservation ethic that recognizes them as senior partners - not as 'squatters'' and 'poachers' to be evicted and criminalized.
Wildlife conservation must support, not destroy, Indigenous Peoples Stephen Corry | 6th February 2015 Comment Indigenous Peoples Hunting Corporations Politics Human Rights baka-beaten-cut.jpg …
The fossil fuel industry's big reaction to Global Divestment Day shows us something important, writes Kate Aronoff - they understand the existential danger they face better than we do. To win the battle for the world's climate, as we must, the victory must be total - and there is no place for neutrality or weak compromise.
Fossil fuel divestment backlash forces the question: Which side are you on? Kate Aronoff Waging Nonviolence | 18th February 2015 Comment Fossils Fuels Climate Change Society Politics …
Detroit is the site of a neoliberal experiment that's already being repeated elsewhere, writes Chris Grove, with unpayable debt used to force the privatization of public services and the terminate democratic power and accountability. But as the city's poor find themselves cur off from water, a new, wider conception of human rights is emerging from the wreckage.
Water is a human right! Detroit's lessons for our common future Chris Grove | 4th August 2015 News Water Cities USA Human Rights Politics Finance detroit-water-cut.jpg Detroit is the site of a …
The US Congress votes this Thursday on the infamous 'DARK Act' that would abolish states' right to label GM foods, writes Katherine Paul. This 'Mother of all Monsanto Protection Acts' would also outlaw state GMO bans and even prevent the FDA from pre-market safety-testing GM ingredients. Send a clear message now to your member of Congress.
Defend GMO labeling - say no to Monsanto's DARK Act today! Katherine Paul Organic Consumers Association | 21st July 2015 Activism GMOs USA Politics Health Corporations gmo-right-2-know-cut.jpg The US …
A leaked document reveals plans by the US's Grocery Manufacturers Association to sue the first state that passes a GMO labeling law. Vermont will be the decisive battle-ground, report Katherine Paul and Ronnie Cummins.
US food industry: labelling laws are 'unconstitutional' Katherine Paul Ronnie Cummins | 25th January 2014 News GMOs Gm Food Farming Politics USA label-gmos.png A leaked document reveals plans by the …
A year ago today, Europe-wide protests defeated an EU regulation that would have outlawed many seed saving activities, writes Ben Raskin. Now growers are taking matters into their own hands, saving and developing open-pollinated seeds - and campaigning for a seed regulation that supports them, not the monopolist seed corporations.
… of Horticulture, 3 years spent at Daylesford Organics now one of the UK's most prominent …
The nuclear industry and its media cheerleaders have raised a chorus of misinformation over Fukushima, writes Karl Grossman. But their attempts to suppress the truth are ultimately doomed to failure.
'No one died, no one's health was damaged' - Fukushima's big lie Karl Grossman | 8th March 2014 News Fukushima Nuclear Power Health Radiation Law Politics fuku-graffitti.png The nuclear industry and …
The US taxpayers who finance foreign food aid surely believe they are feeding starving people, writes James Bovard. But the truth is the reverse - it is undermining indigenous agriculture in recipient countries - creating famine and chronic malnutrition, while sabotaging self-sufficiency.
Obama food aid ravages Third World farmers James Bovard | 27th July 2014 News Food USA Africa Politics Health foodaid-oxfam-cut.jpg The US taxpayers who finance foreign food aid surely believe they …
President Obama faced reality last Friday when he conceded that the TPP would not be ratified by this Congress, write Kevin Zeese & Margaret Flowers. It was a massive victory for a people power: the culmination of a years-long campaign to expose the corporate depravity at TPP's heart, and turn it into political poison. Trump's victory was just the last straw that broke TPP's back.
The TPP is dead: we the People defeated transnational corporate power Kevin Zeese Margaret Flowers Global Research | 14th November 2016 News Trade USA Politics Corporations …
Had enough of being a 'good environmental liberal' - trying to do the right thing while the world gets ever worse? Adam H argues for a Deep Green Resistance that attacks the power structures that perpetrate environmental destruction.
Deep Green Resistance in the UK Adam H | 16th April 2014 Activism Politics Society didcot-a.jpg Had enough of being a 'good environmental liberal' - trying to do the right thing while the world gets …
Brazil's indigenous peoples rose up against the government's plans to suppress the rights they had fought so hard to win over decades, writes Christian Poirier. Their victory shows the way to defend our achievements and rights: collective struggle, organized response, strong mobilization and ceaseless pressure.
Resisting authoritarianism: Brazil's indigenous victories show the way Christian Poirier Amazon Watch | 22nd November 2016 Comment Brazil USA Indigenous Peoples Politics Health …
Boosters of 'free trade' agreements - like the Trans Pacific Partnership that's being signed today - like to make big promises, writes Pete Dolack: trillions of dollars of economic gains, billions of dollars of investment, millions of new jobs. But there's only one certainty, and it's one they never mention: the permanent redistribution of power and income from working people to capital.
Promises be damned: TPP 'benefits' are strictly for the corporations Pete Dolack | 4th February 2016 News Trade Politics Regulation Economics Corporations New Zealand Pacific tpp-free-cut.jpg …