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
Granting more oil and gas licences is an act of climate destruction
Political change away from the profit motive is the only hope of tackling climate change, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
TAKING A STAND: Police talk to Just Stop Oill activists at a protest in central London
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
IN MARCH this year, as a part of the environmental audit subcommittee on polar research’s inquiry into Britain’s involvement in the Arctic, I visited one of the most northernmost inhabited settlements in the world, Ny-Alesund, a scientific research station, located on the island of Spitsbergen, which is part of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway, where we examined glaciers and snowfall, and heard from scientists about the grim crisis facing our planet.
I came away from that visit more convinced than ever that the crisis, or even our hope of mitigating the emergency, requires socialist solutions — and that capitalism is incompatible with the future of our planet and species.
Climate change is an urgent global crisis that demands immediate and collective action of the kind that will never take place under a profit-driven system.
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