Trump’s escalation against Venezuela is about more than oil, it is about regaining control over the ‘natural’ zone of influence of the United States at a moment where its hegemony is slipping, argues VIJAY PRASHAD
The Climate and Nature Bill: a new dawn?
Will Labour live up to its campaign promises and support this vital Bill as it passes into the next stage of its passage through Parliament, asks TOM HARDY
Extinction Rebellion demonstrators end four days of action with a march on Whitehall, London, April 24 2023
Evidence suggests Lammy’s proposals would come at a high cost: reduced fairness, diminished trust and greater racial inequality in the criminal justice system, argue TARA LAI QUINLAN and KATHARINA KARCHER
From the workhouses of the 1840s to today’s market capitalism, A Christmas Carol remains a sharp critique of charity rationed by class, says KEITH FLETT
The argument for a “significant expansion” of nuclear power will deliver soaring electricity prices that condemn underserved communities to unending hardship and poverty, argues LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The new plan sets out an uncompromising bid for global dominance, casting even allies as obstacles to be subdued, writes DIANE ABBOTT
As we approach the half-anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, the community gathers to remember loved ones while grappling with mixed emotions surrounding the ongoing deconstruction of the tower and the hopeful plans for a memorial, writes EMMA DENT COAD
A YOUGOV poll this year places the economy, health and the environment as the top three concerns of the electorate — but this is a false division.
Both the economy and health fold into the climate and environmental emergency. The former two cannot be addressed without first tackling the causes of climate breakdown and the decline of the natural world. There is no economy on a dead planet.
The Earth’s biosphere and climate are inextricably linked. Global heating has exacerbated the degradation of the natural world and, conversely, the decline in nature feeds the climate emergency. Restoring nature alongside cutting emissions is crucial to limiting temperature rises to 1.5°C.
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