Pamela McElwee describes the degraded ecosystems and dioxin-contaminated soils and waters that persist, 50 years later, after the U.S. ecocidal assault on Vietnam’s jungles and marshes.
Vietnam’s Environment a Warning for Gaza & Ukraine
Category: Environment
A New International Order?
Progressives’ support for a multilateral world often ignores how much the emerging new world is similar to the old one, a point also missed by Jeffrey Sachs in speaking of a “new international order,” writes Asoka Bandarage.
Vijay Prashad: Rebellion in a Literary Future
Global South writers and policymakers have imagined and created futures beyond colonialism and environmental destruction.
US Air Force’s Election-Night ICBM Test
The missile will launch from a U.S. base in California, writes Leah Yananton. Twenty two minutes later it will crash into the Marshall Islands.
US Militarism a Lead Driver of Climate Catastrophe
Washington’s military interventions are not just wars on people — they’re also wars on the climate, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Nationalizing US Rail
There is little hope for any improvement of the U.S. rail system so long as it remains in the hands of the irresponsible and unaccountable Class I robber barons, writes Adam Barrington.
Vijay Prashad: Pacific Lands & Seas
A powerful struggle in New Caledonia between the indigenous people and French colonial authorities is taking place against the backdrop of intensifying U.S.-led militarisation of the Pacific.
US-Led Military Exercises in Pacific Wreak Havoc
Hawaiian activists call on nations that condemn the genocide in Gaza to withdraw from the massive U.S.-organized RIMPAC military training illegally hosted on Hawaiian land.
Shell’s Exit From Nigeria
Environmental campaigners say the oil giant should not be allowed to escape culpability for the environmental and societal damage it has caused in the Niger Delta.
War & Genocide on Earth Day
U.S. military aggression and imperial ambitions leave a trail of natural destruction — all under the guise of national security, writes Melissa Garriga.