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

by 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.

Planet B: Planet B: Tina Ngata on Decolonising Oceans

Why we can't protect our oceans without challenging the colonial mindset.

Opinion: Extinction Isn’t the Worst That Can Happen

by Kai Heron

For many leftists concerned about the climate crisis living in the Global North, the choice seems clear: it’s socialism or extinction, communism or death. But the truth is that human extinction isn’t even the worst that can happen, argues Kai Heron.

Opinion: 9 Books for Getting to Grips With the Climate Crisis

by Gaya Sriskanthan, Chris Saltmarsh & Adrienne Buller

To accompany our ongoing Climate Focus, we asked some of Novara's friends to share their top reading recommendations for understanding the defining issues of the climate crisis.

Long Read: Arctic Turbulence: Why Indigenous Communities Are Fighting Wind Farms

by S Reid-Collins

Construction is continuing on the Øyfjellet Wind Park, which is set to become Norway's largest onshore wind farm. But the site runs right through the Jillen-Njaarke reindeer herding district, leading the Indigenous South Saami people to enter a battle for existence.

Opinion: The Australian Bushfire Crisis: Are Liberal Protests Undermining the Real Solution?

by Jessica Syed

Australia's bushfire protests must foreground indigenous perspectives or risk being politically futile, argues Jessica Syed.

Novara FM: Raj Patel: a History of the World in Seven Cheap Things

James Butler is joined by author, activist and academic Raj Patel to discuss 'A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things', and explore the relation between climate, capitalism, colonialism – and the future of the planet.

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