Had Thomas Sankara not been assassinated in 1987 and been allowed to advance Burkina Faso’s development, perhaps the Sahel would have followed his example a generation ago – and things might look very different today.
It’s no longer about nation versus nation, ruler versus ruler, group versus group, person versus person. It’s about humankind versus extinction.
They want to send an urgent message: Only a “climate revolution” will be enough to avert catastrophe.
The movement against climate chaos is running up against intense repression funded by private corporations as well as the federal government, writes Shea Leibow.
The human spirit rebels against extinction. It must now rebel not only to preserve life, but to improve life – both human life and the life of our planet.
Those who live in the West only hear one side of the story – the one about vanquishing communism, writes Jonathan Cook.
Jonathan Cook catalogs the three types of criticism that a section of the progressive left is aiming at a Swedish child who is finally saying what they have been thinking.
