Fossil fuels may be on the way out, but there’s no reason to trust firms will wind down quickly enough, or in a way that protects workers. Kate Aronoff looks at how nationalising the sector could work in the US or UK - and argues ultimately it’s a good idea.
Joe Biden’s victory marks the end of four years of US climate denial and isolationism. But rather than celebrating a return to the glossy theatrics of diplomacy, we need to make ever stronger demands for climate justice on a global scale, argues Adrienne Buller.
Labour have re-admitted Corbyn, but now Starmer’s suspended the whip. What’s the real story behind the chaos of the last 24 hours? And what happens next? Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss the reinstatement of Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour party.
Rightwingers have spent years arguing that the cost of climate action puts an unfair burden of debt on future generations. In the third piece of a series on climate breakdown and alienation, Adrienne Buller argues we need to rethink how we understand intergenerational responsibility.
From growing food poverty to rising temperatures, our food system threatens both people and planet. In the second piece of a series on isolation, connection and climate breakdown, Adrienne Buller argues it's time to rethink global food production.
The natural world, some claim, could be saved from destruction if only we established its monetary worth. In the first piece of a new series on isolation, connection and environmental breakdown, Adrienne Buller argues it’s time to free nature from finance.
The US West Coast is suffering from record breaking forest fires. Will the disaster jolt the country into climate action? Plus, Alan Sugar wants you back in the office, Labour Friends of Israel celebrates an influx of MPs, and thousands complain after ITV airs homage to Black Lives Matter. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Extinction Rebellion are back on the streets protesting government inaction on the climate. But it’s leadership have angered left wingers by renouncing a banner members made in support of socialism. Is their anti-political stance a dead end? Plus, as schools open the government blackmail workers back into offices, Fox News comes to the UK, and […]
Deforestation and climate change will increase the likelihood of future pandemics. Aaron Bastani asks: how many more outbreaks will it take before we realise our economic system is not only undermining the health of our planet, but our health as a species too?
George Monbiot joins Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani to discuss government bailouts and the impact of coronavirus on the politics of climate change. Plus, Boris Johnson has his sixth or seventh baby, and why festival companies are running pop-up morgues.
Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani and Dalia Gebrial discuss Bernie’s big win in Nevada, ballots dropping in the Labour leadership race, and the start of Julian Assange’s extradition hearing.
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