Communications between the U.S. and Russia are essential for preventing an out-of-control crisis and a conduit exists for ongoing, high-level dialogue. But what is it really for?
SCOTT RITTER: The Back Channel
Category: U.S.
Climate Action from the Mountain Tops
Aspen, Colorado, recently served as base camp for a United Nations partnership working to combat the effects of climate change, Arn Menconi reports.
WATCH: ‘Secret Power’
Italian journalist Stefania Maurizi spoke about her investigations into the Julian Assange case in her new book Secret Power at the Foreign Press Association in London on Monday.
COP27: Loss & Damage Deal, But No Fossil Fuel Phaseout
Despite a hard-fought victory on a developing world fund, campaigners said COP-27 failed to call for a phaseout of all fossil fuels.
Largest US Rail Union Rejects White House-Brokered Contract
SMART-TD announced Monday that just over half its members rejected the proposed contract due to restrictions on workers’ ability to make routine medical appointments.
The Case for Democratic Worker Control
The potential of automation to reduce working hours is inconsistent with the profit motives of capitalist companies, writes Alec Stubbs.
WATCH: A Path to Peace in Ukraine
Noam Chomsky, Jill Stein, Vijay Prashad, Medea Benjamin, Brian Becker, Eugen Puryear and Claudia de la Cruz spoke on the need for negotiation, not escalation at a People’s Forum/ANSWER Coalition event in New York.
COP27: Show Marginalized Countries the Money
Globally, as much as $3.8 trillion must be invested every year to hold back global warming, write Peter Schlosser and Michael Dorsey. For comparison, the IMF says $5.9 trillion was spent on fossil-fuel subsidies, in total, in 2020.
Caitlin Johnstone: When Journalism Standards Vanish
Because Russia and Iran are both viewed as enemies of Washington, Western news media often feel comfortable publishing any old claim about them as fact regardless of sourcing or evidence.
COP27: Corporate Courts Versus Developing World
As rich countries move away from dispute-settlement mechanisms that give corporations power to block environmental protections, Manuel Pérez-Rocha says they keep imposing them on developing countries through trade pacts.