Ecology/Environment

At a time when humanity’s very survival is at risk, we need a movement that once again offers a hopeful alternative to the rise of the far right and the failures of neoliberalism. That is why we call on all those who defend human dignity and strive for an alternative to destructive capitalism to join us in Brussels from 15 to 17 May 2026 for the 7th International Ecosocialist Encounters.

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Capitalism

The age of fungi

17/01/26

Author:

Monica Piccinini

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The Ecologist

Jan. 6, 2026

Climate breakdown, fungal disease, and the Brazilian hospital on the frontline of a heating world.

Healthcare workers and patient companions on the oncology ward of Santa Rita de Cássia Hospital in Vitória, capital of Brazil’s Espírito Santo state, began reporting respiratory illness in October 2025: coughing, fever, fatigue, shortness of breath.

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Here Comes the Sun: A Way Forward if We Take It?

14/01/26

Author:

KLG

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Naked Capitalism

Jan. 14, 2026

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

The Narwhal Is Suing the RCMP. Stakes Are High for Journalism

13/01/26

Author:

Tyler Olsen

Link:

The Tyee

‘If we didn’t bring this case forward, it would amount to a tacit acceptance of the RCMP’s practice of detaining and arresting journalists,’ Narwhal editor-in-chief Carol Linnitt says. Photo for The Tyee by Jen St. Denis.

Jan. 13, 2026

The judge’s ruling could reinforce the right of journalists to report from inside police ‘exclusion zones.’

A trial beginning this week in B.C. Supreme Court could help clarify the rights of Canadians to protest, the ability of the media to cover those events, and the consequences for police when they violate reporters’ constitutional rights.

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Vancouver’s Real Estate Drop: A Chance to Reset Affordability Policies

12/01/26

Author:

Patrick Condon

Link:

The Tyee

The pain of falling values exposes deep structural flaws and invites bold policies to create affordability. Photo via Shutterstock.

Jan. 12, 2026

The crisis could serve as catalyst if we make these seven pivots.

The long-predicted correction in Vancouver’s real estate market has arrived.

BC Assessment figures released this month confirm that residential values across the Lower Mainland have softened, with median single-family detached home assessments in Vancouver dropping about five per cent year over year, 10 per cent since 2022 and over 20 per cent in inflation-adjusted terms since the peak.

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Can Socialism Solve the Climate Crisis?

12/01/26

Author:

Jason Hickel

Link:

Tribune Magazine

A woman checks on a flooded car in car park in Worcester, England in January, 2024. (Credit: Christopher Furlong via Getty Images.)

Jan. 12, 2026 (first published in Tribune Magazine Sept. 4, 2025)

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

China’s clean energy investments abroad are climate boons, but what of human rights and environment?

09/01/26

Author:

Nicholas Kusnetz

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National Observer

Éva Kozma looks out over the industrial park that houses Debrecen’s cluster of battery factories. Photo by: Nicholas Kusnetz / Inside Climate News

Jan. 9, 2026

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

An open letter to Naomi Klein: You are protecting the system you taught us to dismantle

06/01/26

Author:

Nathan Colquhoun

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The Journal - Serving Sarnia-Lambton

$Naomi Klein \\ Yves Engler$

Jan. 5, 2026

Naomi Klein’s silence on the disqualification of Yves Engler represents a betrayal of her intellectual legacy that protects a political dynasty at the expense of the radical left.

To Naomi Klein,

I am writing this as someone who has immersed himself in your work not as academic theory, but as a manual for survival and a lexicon for resistance. For decades, you have given us the language to name our oppressors and their tactics, and I'll be forever grateful.

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Emily Lowan on Next Steps for the BC Greens

05/01/26

Author:

Andrew MacLeod

Link:

The Tyee

BC Green Leader Emily Lowan says the party needs to work ‘on building power with working people, renters and young people across BC and focusing in on this message of wealth, inequality and driving forward long-term solutions.’ Photo via BC Greens.

Jan. 5, 2026

The party’s new leader talks taxes, rallying support and the NDP’s drift to the right.

Headed into the holiday break, BC Green Leader Emily Lowan was hoping for gains as her party renegotiates its agreement with the governing NDP to work together on shared priorities.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Ecology/Environment

Climate breakdown, fungal disease, and the Brazilian hospital on the frontline of a heating world.

The judge’s ruling could reinforce the right of journalists to report from inside police ‘exclusion zones.’

The crisis could serve as catalyst if we make these seven pivots.

Naomi Klein’s silence on the disqualification of Yves Engler represents a betrayal of her intellectual legacy that protects a political dynasty at the expense of the radical left.

The party’s new leader talks taxes, rallying support and the NDP’s drift to the right.

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