Here are seven theses to begin to understand the protests that young people have led across the world and perhaps channel them in a progressive direction.
Vijay Prashad: Gen Z Uprisings in the Global South
Category: Climate Change
Vijay Prashad: Beyond ‘Green Capitalism’
The term “Anthropocene” implies that humans — as an undifferentiated whole — have created the ecological crisis. This downplays the role of the capitalist system and its class and national divides.
UK Labour’s Defence Review Doomed to Fail
Keir Starmer’s defence plan avoids two fundamental issues, writes Paul Rogers: Britain’s actual recent experience of wars and the real game-changer, global climate breakdown.
Chris Hedges Report: Climate & Mortality
Eiren Caffall discusses her novel, All the Water in the World and her memoir, The Mourners Bestiary.
WATCH: Albanese’s Unlikely Challenger
AU ELECTION: Running against Anthony Albanese in the Australian prime minister’s Sydney district on Saturday is the unlikely figure of a two-time, Oscar-nominated film director who’s mad as hell and can’t take it anymore.
Vijay Prashad: Freeing Women From Labor Inequality
In the month of International Working Women’s Day, a look at how debt-austerity regimes and climate change impact women farmworkers across the Global South.
Public Banking in a Time of Climate Crisis
From Los Angeles’ fires to Asheville’s floods, disasters are intensifying and demand resilience that megabanks can’t provide, writes Trinity Tran.
US Border-Industrial Complex’s Bipartisan Boom
Joe Biden proactively helped build up Donald Trump’s deportation infrastructure and left office as the king of border contracts, writes Todd Miller.
LA Fire Cuts … Billions for Israel & Ukraine
At a time when U.S. domestic crises demand urgent attention, Robert Inlakesh highlights unwavering governmental foreign aid for Israel and Ukraine.
Chris Hedges: Fire Weather
Welcome to the age of the “Pyrocene” where cities burn and water does not come out of the hydrants.