Laleh Khalili on Sovereignty and Seafarers
From city ports to the open sea, worker exploitation and environmental degradation are both rife and invisible.
Tag: climate breakdown
Julian Brave NoiseCat on Apocalypse and Resistance
The activist and journalist explains why land rights and Indigenous knowledge are crucial to efforts to stop climate breakdown.
Is China the World’s Worst Climate Culprit?
Aaron Bastani
China: a renewable powerhouse, an obstacle to energy transition, or both?
Noam Chomsky on Indigenous Demands and Roosevelt’s Legacy
The eminent activist and writer warns against a Green New Deal that would save capitalism instead of dismantling it.
Planet B: Everything Must Change – Land
Harpreet Kaur Paul asks how we can make land for living, not for profit, in the second episode of the series.
Sarah Jaffe on Green Work or No Work
Why the promise of “good, green union jobs” isn’t enough for a just transition.
Revenge of the Real
Benjamin Bratton on solving the climate crisis with planetary-scale politics.
It’s High Time Britain Fed Itself
Kai Heron
But that won’t happen until land is held in common.
Extinction Isn’t the Worst That Can Happen
Kai Heron
Yes, you read that right.
Why It’s Eco-Socialism or Collapse
Climate change is better understood as climate systems breakdown, and it’s only through the lens of the latter that we can grasp the scale of the crisis ahead. On this episode of Downstream, Aaron Bastani is joined by Mat Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton to discuss their new book, Planet on Fire: A Manifesto for the […]
Lula’s Back, and Bolsonaro is Feeling the Heat
Benjamin Fogel
The former president’s return is one of many things making his rival sweat.
So Far, the Tories’ ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ Is Pure PR. This Year They Have an Opportunity to Change That
James Meadway
COP26 could be an opportunity to finally walk the talk - or not.
Can We Solve the Climate Crisis Without Ending Capitalism?
Aaron Bastani
In approaching ‘net zero’ as an engineering problem, Bill Gates promises technical solutions to climate crisis. But does he deliver?
The Government’s Inadequate Response to Flooding Is Further Proof It ‘just doesn’t get’ Climate Change
Hannah Martin
Settler Colonialism Is Behind Climate Denial
Australia is on fire. So why do so many of it’s politicians seem intent on denying the cause?
We Need to Change the Way We Talk About Climate Breakdown. It Shouldn’t Be This Boring
Adrienne Buller
This Election Is Where We Decide the Planet’s Future
Eleanor Penny
Ash Sarkar X Extinction Rebellion: Lovebomb the Cops?
Ash Sarkar visited Extinction Rebellion’s Westminster occupation, to find out whether climate change activists still felt so dedicated to peace, love and positivity after hundreds of their mates were arrested for blockading the streets.