Indigenous Peoples

Government chooses food poverty for the many amid exports enriching the few

Government chooses food poverty for the many amid exports enriching the few by Jeff Rudin Sep 10, 2024 Part One…

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South Africa’s new environment minister must focus on people, not profits from fossil fuels

From The Conversation There are huge profits to be made in exploiting South Africa’s natural resources, but these come at a…

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Why green energy is not enough – a perspective from the Global South

From Labour Hub There’s nothing progressive about ‘going green’ if it replicates the traditional models of exploitation in poorer countries. Mike…

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The Next Mass Extinction?

From NY Review of Books Oliver Whang As avian influenza spreads to the farthest reaches of the planet, scientists have…

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Towards a Just Transition in North Africa and the Middle East

From Labour Hub Mike Phipps reviews Dismantling Green Colonialism: Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region, edited by Hamza Hamouchene and Katie…

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Five reasons why agriculture should be central to our ecosocialist vision

From Rupture magazine Jess Spear 1. Industrialised agriculture is undermining our life support systems. Wildlife populations are collapsing and many…

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Environmental devastation and the war on Palestine

From Red Pepper Samira Homerang Saunders documents the ecocide wrought by Israel, continuing a long, deadly legacy of modern warfare 1…

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The ‘environmental Nakba’

From The Ecologist Yasmin Dahnoun 2nd November 2023 Creative Commons 4.0 A young Palestinian picks olives during the harvest season.…

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Hugo Blanco 15.11.1934‑25.06.2023

Derek Wall celebrates the life of his friend and comrade Hugo Blanco Hugo Blanco, who died on Sunday 25th June, was…

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An appeal for Hugo Blanco

Many Red-Green Labour readers will be aware of Hugo Blanco the prominent ecosocialist and leader of the indigenous movement in…