Analysis: Angolans Are Done With a One-Party State
by Joana Ramiro
Next week's election could spell the end of the MPLA's half-century rule, writes Joana Ramiro.
Tag: oil
Report: Workers Stage Wildcat Strike at Major Oil Refinery
by Simon Childs
Workers downed tools and blocked a road at an oil refinery in Scotland as action against the spiralling cost of living spreads.
Opinion: Labour is Out of Ideas on the Energy Crisis
by Matteo Tiratelli
Rachel Reeves condemns government borrowing while demanding Rishi Sunak does more. What exactly does she want, asks Matteo Tiratelli.
Opinion: The Government Is Using the War in Ukraine to Abandon Its Climate Targets
by Sam Knights
In response to the war in Ukraine, Boris Johnson has ordered more fossil fuel extraction in the North Sea. But weaning ourselves off Russian oil and gas shouldn’t mean drilling for fossil fuels at home, argues Sam Knights.
Analysis: The Tories Expect Massive Public Demands on the Cost of Living Crisis. Why Aren’t We Making Them?
by James Meadway
Rishi Sunak knows his spring statement was a failure and is already bracing for pushback. Let’s exploit his weakness, writes James Meadway.
Opinion: Putin’s War is Bad News for the Climate
by Paul Rogers
Russia’s attack on Ukraine will likely provoke major upheavals in the global economy - and pro-carbon lobbies have spied an opportunity. Paul Rogers explains.
Opinion: ‘Decolonisation’ Was Never All Culture War
by Kojo Koram
It’s often claimed that the ‘decolonisation’ debate is just about starting a pointless culture war, and has little to do with real world concerns. This isn’t true, argues Kojo Koram - just look at the roots of the energy crisis.
Opinion: It’s No Use Blaming Russia: Britain Fomented the Crisis in Kazakhstan
by Volodya Vagner
Blair whitewashed the president's bloodstained reputation. British wealth managers created a class of kleptocrats. The roots of Kazakstan's current unrest lie as much in London as in Moscow, writes Volodya Vagner.
Downstream: How the Mainstream Media Enabled Climate Denial
Aaron Bastani speaks to George Monbiot about COP26, which countries are climate change leaders and how the mainstream media enabled a culture of climate denial when it mattered most.
Downstream: Climate Change Is Violent, That’s Why We Need Sabotage. Aaron Bastani Meets Andreas Malm
From food scarcity to extreme weather, climate change will affect the lives of billions of people around the world. But at what point are its future horrors unacceptable? And how should that shape climate politics now? Aaron Bastani speaks to author Andreas Malm about the limits of today’s activism and what is to be done […]
Report: The British Government Exploited the Angolan Civil War to Lobby for BP
by Stephen Delahunty
Newly declassified documents show that John Major’s government leveraged Angola’s need for peacekeeping support to push the oil company’s interests. Stephen Delahunty reports.
NovaraFM: Afterburn
Kate Aronoff explores climate denialism, oil companies' predictions of the future, and the fate of the Green New Deal.
Analysis: So Far, the Tories’ ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ Is Pure PR. This Year They Have an Opportunity to Change That
by James Meadway
A net-zero target with no plan to meet it, billions of re-announced funding - when will we start seeing the substance behind the rhetoric? Possibly at November's climate conference, writes James Meadway.
Analysis: Unfinished Revolutions: How the Arab Uprisings Were Drowned in Oil
by David Wearing
Despite popular appetite for democracy, the Arab uprisings were violently thwarted. In the fourth part of his series on what these events can teach us about Western imperialism in the twenty-first century, David Wearing explores the role oil played in determining their defeat.
Analysis: Rojava is Trying to Build a Green Society, But Turkey is Starving It of Water and Power
by Matt Broomfield
Despite the immense gains made by Rojava's revolutionary project over the last eight years, it is lagging behind on ecological measures. To understand why, Matt Broomfield traces the delicate balance of geopolitical power in the region.
NovaraFM: The Bodies on the Gears: How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Andreas Malm argues in How to Blow Up a Pipeline that the climate movement must act against the infrastructure of death. He joins James Butler to discuss.
Analysis: The Death of the Fossil Fuel Industry Could Be Disastrous for Workers. Now’s the Time to Nationalise It
by Kate Aronoff
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.
Analysis: Can Big Oil Be Trusted Now?
by Joe Sandler Clarke
In recent months, BP, Shell, Eni, Total and Equinor have all committed to achieving ‘net zero’ emissions by 2050. Joe Sandler Clarke takes a look at what’s really going on behind these new green pledges.