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Youth protesters at COP27

In a Historic Move, Frontline Communities Will Be Compensated for Climate Crisis Impacts In a Historic Move, Frontline Communities Will Be Compensated for Climate Crisis Impacts

At the UN climate negotiations, delegates celebrated the decision to create a mechanism by which developed countries will compensate developing countries for the havoc wreaked upon...

Nov 23, 2022 / Tina Gerhardt

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva greets supporters

Lula’s Victory in Brazil and the Second Pink Wave Lula’s Victory in Brazil and the Second Pink Wave

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Doug Bell and Jeremy Adelman survey the prospects for the left in Latin America.

Nov 23, 2022 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

An unarmed Trident II D5 missile is test-launched

US Arms Dealing Is Out of Control US Arms Dealing Is Out of Control

What will it take to rein in Washington’s arms-sales addiction?

Nov 23, 2022 / William D. Hartung

Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1587 on strike.

Labor’s Winning Weapon Labor’s Winning Weapon

Two Canadian unions show why the supermajority strike is the key to worker power.

Nov 22, 2022 / Jane McAlevey

Cambridge Fossil Free Research Week of Action

Students Tell Their Universities: Keep Fossil Fuel Companies Out of Climate Research Students Tell Their Universities: Keep Fossil Fuel Companies Out of Climate Research

Amid COP27, members of the Fossil Free Research movement took action around the world, protesting the influence of Big Oil on crucial climate change studies.

Nov 22, 2022 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Palestinian protesters in Gaza City

Why My Organization Has Chosen to Defy Israeli Military Orders Why My Organization Has Chosen to Defy Israeli Military Orders

Al-Haq was among seven civil society groups raided by Israel and ordered closed in August, but we do not believe in following illegal orders—and so we will remain open.

Nov 21, 2022 / Shawan Jabarin

Barack Obama greets Xi Jinping

Why Did the US-China Relationship Collapse, and Can It Be Repaired? Why Did the US-China Relationship Collapse, and Can It Be Repaired?

Ending mindset of zero-sum conflict among elites in both countries is needed to address existential dangers.

Nov 21, 2022 / Jake Werner

Streams of water cascade down mossy rocks..

It’s Time to Give Indigenous Land Back It’s Time to Give Indigenous Land Back

The growing threats posed by climate change and corporate greed have focused attention on Indigenous peoples’ stewardship of their land.

Nov 18, 2022 / Eve Reyes-Aguirre and Betty Lyons

Biden and Xi shaking hands

Biden and Xi Skirt the Abyss Biden and Xi Skirt the Abyss

But Taiwan remains a major military flashpoint.

Nov 17, 2022 / Michael T. Klare

Lyle Jeremy Rubin

How a Defender of American Empire Became a Dissenter How a Defender of American Empire Became a Dissenter

A conversation with Lyle Jeremy Rubin about the complicated ideology of the marine corps, America's obsession with war, and his new memoir Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body.  

Nov 17, 2022 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

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