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Analysis: Is Lula Bored of the Climate Crisis Already?

Joana Ramiro

The Brazilian president stood on a platform of environmental and Indigenous rights, but now seems to be losing interest in domestic politics, writes Joana Ramiro.

Report: This Indigenous Leader Survived Colombia’s Death Squads. Now She Wants Justice

Maozya Murray

Earlier this year, Esneda Saavedra Restrepo returned home after denouncing Anglo-Swiss mining giant Glencore when armed men opened fire on her family. Now she’s come to the UK to demand reparations.

Report: Meet the Robin Hood-Style Activists ‘Shoplifting’ for Food Banks

Simon Childs

Activists in Scotland are taking food off supermarket shelves and putting it straight in donation bins.

Novara FM: Atomic Split

Why is the left divided on nuclear? Craig Gent poses an urgent question to experts Andrea Vetter and Matthew T. Huber.

Feature: Is Extinction Rebellion Still ‘Beyond Politics’?

Extinction Rebellion once claimed it’s “not a socialist movement”, and is “beyond politics”. But by aligning itself more and more closely with the left, is this really still the case? Diyora Shadijanova investigates.

Novara FM: Eat Sleep Protest Repeat

What's it going to take to save the planet? Clare Hymer gets strategic with activists from XR, Just Stop Oil and Ende Gelände.

Feature: After Deflating Thousands of Tyres, Eco-Saboteurs Are Thinking Up New Ways to Tackle SUVs

Clare Hymer

Since March 2022, guerrilla climate activists have deflated over 10,000 SUV tyres across 15 countries. We went out with the Tyre Extinguishers in Bristol to find out what eco-saboteurs might do next.

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Opinion: Flat SUV Tyres and Soupy Van Goghs: 2022 Was a Vintage Year for Climate Protest

Clare Hymer

The government's insatiable protest crackdown has forced climate activists to get creative this year, writes Clare Hymer.

Opinion: What’s the Point of Mobilising Around COP?

Tatiana Garavito & Nathan Thanki

Time and again, host countries have used COPs to greenwash their environmental records while restricting civil society participation. This doesn’t mean they're not still worth organising around, argue Tatiana Garavito and Nathan Thanki.

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Long Read: The Missing Guests at COP27? Drug Barons

Clemmie James

As long as organised crime controls the world’s carbon sinks, forums like COP27 have the wrong people in the room, writes Clemmie James.

Opinion: Climate Activists Are Back. But Where’s The Movement?

Sam Knights

The 'radical flank' of the climate movement isn’t functioning as such. That’s because right now, there’s not much of a movement to flank, argues Sam Knights.

Analysis: The Tories’ Attack on Nature is Radicalising Birdwatchers

Clare Hymer

Are we going to see AK47-wielding RSPB paramilitaries? Perhaps not, but that doesn’t mean conservationists aren’t getting serious.

Report: Protesters Call Out ‘Environmental Racism’ at New Statesman Event at Labour Conference

Simon Childs

Activists disrupted an event at Labour party conference sponsored by Drax, a company accused of polluting Black communities in the US. Simon Childs reports.

Drax Power Station, the third-largest polluting power station in Europe, was a sponsor of last year's Labour conference. Edward Crawford/Reuters

Report: Labour Conference Will Be Rife With Corporate Greenwashing

Simon Childs

Labour is letting big polluters use its conference for corporate "greenwashing", while party activists have been blocked from putting forward green motions. Simon Childs reports.