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10/10/23
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Claudia Haydt - THE LEFT BERLIN
Die Linke rally with flag. - Photo: PantheraLeo1359531. CC4.0

Oct. 7, 2023

The interests of people must be foregrounded in leftist peace policy. Solidarity with victims of war, violence, and those in need motivates our stance. Nonetheless, supporting imperialist violence in the name of leftist values is not a solution.The interests of people must be foregrounded in leftist peace policy. Solidarity with victims of war, violence, and those in need motivates our stance. Nonetheless, supporting imperialist violence in the name of leftist values is not a solution.

08/10/23
Author: 
Mitchell Beer
Stock photo by August de Richelieu/Pexels

Oct. 8, 2023

Now that science is naming names and calling polluters to account, how much longer can banks and pension funds hold fossil companies close?

A news story earlier this year assigning responsibility for Western Canadian and U.S. wildfires may not have looked like a real and present threat to the investments and social licence that keep the oil and gas industry operating, extracting, and polluting.

08/10/23
Author: 
Pollon, Christopher
Super Pit gold mine at Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, 2005

Oct. 7, 2023

The world must minimize the environmental and social costs of mining.  Gold is a good place to start

Christopher Pollon is the author of Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places, from which this essay has been adapted.

At Barrick Gold Corp.’s 2021 annual general meeting, I was waiting in an online queue with a few other journalists when my turn came to ask a question of chief executive Mark Bristow, who at that moment presided over the second-biggest gold mining company on Earth.

07/10/23
Author: 
Damian Carrington
A firefighter tries to control a wildfire in the hills at Cali, Colombia on 22 September. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Oct. 5, 2023

Global temperatures soared to a new record in September by a huge margin, stunning scientists and leading one to describe it as “absolutely gobsmackingly bananas”.

07/10/23
Author: 
Katrina Miller
While Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre claims to be standing up for the working class, his anti-tax policies are likely to do them more harm. Photo by Taymaz Valley/Flickr (CC BY 2.0 DEED)

Oct. 4, 2023

Conservative politicians and right-wing organizations have crafted a traditional scapegoat for Canada’s affordability crisis — taxes.

After the prime minister recently announced that grocery chains making record profits could face new tax measures if they don’t get prices under control, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre came out swinging against the idea.

07/10/23
Author: 
Fiona Harvey
Pope Francis also cautioned against relying on technology such as carbon capture and storage to resolve the climate crisis. Photograph: Reuters

Oct. 4, 2023

Pope urges rich world to make profound changes to tackle climate crisis

Francis also defends climate protesters and calls on governments to make Cop28 in Dubai a turning point

Pope Francis has said the rich world must make profound changes to tackle the climate crisis, while defending climate protesters and urging governments to make the forthcoming Cop28 climate summit a turning point.

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