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Petrostate windfall tax would help poor countries in climate crisis, says Brown

An important intervention by Gordon Brown, from The Guardian Former British PM calls for 3% levy on oil and gas…

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Revealed: UK plans to drop flagship £11.6bn climate pledge

Sunak dumps another climate pledge… Disclosure provokes fury as Rishi Sunak accused of betraying populations vulnerable to global heating Helena…

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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…

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A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank

From The Guardian In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water…

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“We need to create the biggest movement that has ever been…”

Building for The Big One Extinction Rebellion is re-circulating this video by George Monbiot from three years ago. The message…

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Food corporations paid shareholders $53.5bn while millions went hungry

From Open Democracy OPINION: Without food sovereignty, private businesses will continue profiteering at the expense of the plane Davi Martins…

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Planning and The Climate

An interesting article from Michael Roberts’ blog Planning and the climate The only way humanity has a chance of avoiding a…

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Hugo Blanco: ‘Social movements in defense of our territories are our hope’

From Climate&Capitalism Hugo Blanco: ‘Social movements in defense of our territories are our hope’ December 3, 2022 Peruvian peasant leader…

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COP27 was a spectacular failure – boycotting future COP conferences , however, would only compound the problem

From Ecosocialist Discussion (This article complements my article that assessed the first week of COP27 which can be found at https://www.ecosocialistdiscussion.com/2022/11/15/after-the-first-week-in-sharm-el-sheikh-cop27-is-at-the-brink/ )…