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Ben Ehrenreich’s most recent book, The Way to the Spring , is based on his reporting from the West Bank. His next book, Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time , will be published in July by Counterpoint Press.
At the COP 25 summit in Madrid, the powerful countries stalled and squabbled while activists marched and pleaded for serious climate action.
Until there are courts willing to hold the titans of the climate crisis accountable, it’s up to people to begin calling them out by name.
As distinct as the protests seem, the uprisings rocking Bolivia, Lebanon, and scores of other countries all have a common theme.
California’s utility, PG&E, has put profits over public safety for too long. The company belongs in the hands of the people.
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The strikes did not claim any human victims, they claimed oil, millions and millions of barrels of it—which is precisely why it may lead to war.
What Extinction Rebellion, the grassroots civil disobedience movement, teaches us about transforming hopelessness into action.
The alternative is the death of millions and a world fractured by nationalism.
As a start, the US and other Western countries must help rebuild the vast areas destroyed by Cyclone Idai.
But, if we listen carefully, the solutions to the climate crisis also come from Commerce.
But don’t expect to hear about it on the nightly news.
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