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Report: How Europe’s Migrant Crisis Reached the Canary Islands

Eoghan Gilmartin & Tommy Greene

As the world watches the volcanic eruption and tourists return, the Canary Islands have become the latest frontier of Europe’s war on migrants. Tommy Greene and Eoghan Gilmartin report.

Opinion: Vaccine Passports Are Still an Awful Idea

James Meadway

With coronavirus cases rising, the government could still introduce vaccine passports in England - a decision that comes with major implications for our privacy and freedom, writes James Meadway.

Opinion: Union Jacks and Churchill Quotes Won’t Save Insulate Britain

Blyth Brentnall

Insulate Britain's comms strategy aims to enter "the Right’s side of the culture war". But nationalist parochialism will alienate many social housing residents while doing little to blunt the anger of motorists, argues Blyth Brentnall.

Report: For Glasgow’s Striking Refuse Workers, Social and Climate Justice Are Inseparable

Refuse workers in Glasgow went on strike during Cop26 to demand better pay and working conditions, shining a light on the vital role they play in the fight to protect our environment - and they're ready to strike again.

Analysis: The Gas Crisis Is Exposing the Lie in Britain’s Decarbonisation Strategy

Lauren Van Schaik

With fossil fuel dependence impacting both our wallets and our thermostats, more of us may start to see through the Tories’ counterfeit decarbonisation strategy, which has swapped out coal for natural gas, writes Lauren Van Schaik.

Opinion: Cop26 Is Little More Than a Cop-out

Ell Folan

World leaders have once again gathered at COP and promised action. But they’ll go home and do virtually nothing. These climate gatherings aren’t fit for purpose - and won’t be until politicians start taking responsibility instead of shifting the blame.

Analysis: Cop26: Climate Justice Visions From the Global South

Connor Woodman

As vaccine apartheid and the UK’s borders stop many from accessing Cop26, five thinkers and organisers from the Global South counter-pose their struggles for climate justice to the vacuous summit in Glasgow.

Opinion: Bogus ‘Nature Based Solutions’ Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

Kirtana Chandrasekaran

'Nature-based solutions’ to the climate crisis are the talk of the town at Cop26. But while they’re an intoxicating idea, they’re really a wolf in sheep’s clothing, argues Kirtana Chandrasekaran.

Opinion: The Tories’ New ‘Community-Powered’ Plan Is a Cynical Power Grab

Bertie Russell, Keir Milburn & Kai Heron

The Tories' recent proposal for a new era of 'community-powered Conservativism' is an audacious, though ultimately hollow, bid to park tanks on the left's lawn.

Opinion: Who Should Pay Up for Climate Carnage?

Harpreet Kaur Paul

Unprecedented storms and floods are ripping across the Global South. Many at COP26 are calling for rich countries to pay for the damage, writes Harpreet Kaur Paul.

Report: The Inside Story of Keir Starmer’s Farcical Diversity Audit

Oliver Eagleton

As Black Lives Matter drove a clamour for institutional change in 2020, Labour promised to respond. A year later, party insiders speak of union busting and double-standards in the name of diversity. Oliver Eagleton reports.

Report: Workplace Strikes in the US Are Surging – But Workers Have a Difficult Path to Victory

Luis Feliz Leon and Maximillian Alvarez

Discontent fuelled a notable uptick in strikes in the US last month, dubbed ‘Striketober’. Rather than simply celebrating this increase in worker militancy, the left must focus on turning this moment into a movement.

Analysis: Will Climate Change Itself Derail Plans to Reduce Emissions?

Nicholas Beuret

First problem: climate change itself is slowing down decarbonisation plans. Second problem: decarbonisation plans risk creating a hell of a lot of emissions. So where do we go from here?