Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Is there hope for a post neoliberal world?
We are all realising that our political class – the large parties and their lobbying machines – only want power. Something has to give. Read Article HERE Photo: Screen grab
Sustainability
Energy
Michael Hudson – How Washington Uses Energy as a Weapon
Requiring the world to trade oil in dollars is imperative to US imperialism. Michael Hudson is an American economist, a professor of economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, and a researcher at the Levy […]
Climate Crisis
Richard Murphy: Older consumers are rejecting the market
As we move into 2026, a striking contradiction is becoming impossible to ignore. People over 55 now account for around half of global consumer spending, and yet markets and advertisers largely ignore them. Continue Reading […]
Climate Crisis
Rupert Read – The end of 2025 must be the end of the inane rule of climate ‘optimism’
We were supposed to have gone net zero by now Dr. Rupert Read is the author of Extinction Rebellion: Insights from the Inside (Simplicity Press) and co-editor of The Climate Majority Project (forthcoming with London Publishing Partnership) Cross-posted […]
Climate Crisis
Kaiser Kuo: China is here to Lead, not just Stay The Great Reckoning
What the West Should Learn From China Kaiser Kuo is the host and co-founder of the Sinica Podcast and a professor-at-large at NYU Shanghai Cross-posted from the ideas letter Workers install rooftop solar panels in Shanghai, China.Credit: […]
Climate Crisis
Rubén Lo Vuolo – The environmental crisis is driven by class interest
Latin America is one of the regions most affected by extreme weather events, has the highest number of crimes against defenders of planetary health, and uses ‘collective natural resources for the benefit of wealthy minorities.’ […]
Climate Crisis
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Leading U.S. and EU into Industrial Decline: Interview w/ Hans-Josef Fell
The West is falling behind in renewables, and the high cost of fossil fuels is putting producers out of business. Interview by David Goeßmann, a journalist based in Berlin/Germany. He has worked for several media […]
Climate Crisis
Wolfgang Knorr – No Captain on Deck
On the hidden purpose of climate research Wolfgang Knorr is a climate scientist, consultant for the European Space Agency and guest researcher at the Department of Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University Cross-posted from Wolfgang’s […]
Corruption
Science : Journal retracts weed killer study backed by Monsanto, citing ‘serious ethical concerns’
Highly cited paper was used as evidence that the widely used herbicide Roundup is safe A 2000 study that concluded the well-known herbicide glyphosate was safe, widely cited since then, has just been officially disavowed […]
Climate Crisis
Jason Hickel – How popular is ecosocialist transformation?
A new study shows that there is a strong majority support for ecosocialist transformation Jason Hickel is a Professor at the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and […]