A Generation Is Learning How to Strike
The US Youth Climate Strike is building a culture of resistance among young people that hasn’t been seen in this country in decades. Isra Hirsi — the daughter of Ilhan Omar — is at the center of it.
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If We Fail
The effects of climate change are already upon us. Here's what the 2020s and 2030s will look like if we fail to change things.
Yes, “Socialism or Extinction” Is Exactly the Choice We Face
Extinction Rebellion leaders have dismissed the idea that protests for climate action have anything to do with “socialist ideology.” But refusing to take political positions — and to relate green politics to the interests of the social majority — will reduce environmentalism to an ineffective moral protest.
A Second Trump Term Is a Threat to US Disaster Preparedness
It’s not just Hurricane Helene: Donald Trump has a record of politicizing disaster relief in a way that distorts the truth and flirts with right-wing conspiracy theories. If he wins again, Trump’s ongoing demonization of FEMA will have serious consequences.
BlackRock and Green Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet
The rise of trillion-dollar investment firms like BlackRock has resulted in a massive, unprecedented concentration of economic power. BlackRock’s Larry Fink may use green rhetoric, but his company won’t take real action to address the climate crisis.
When it Comes to Climate, Beware the “Calm Down” Guy
Anyone insisting that you “calm down” about climate change is living in denial about the catastrophes that are at our doorstep.
“At the End of the Day, Climate Is a Working-Class Issue”
In the Hudson Valley, socialist Sarahana Shrestha has announced her bid for a seat on the New York State Assembly. We spoke with her about her plans to make health care more accessible and to push for a Green New Deal.
Europe Needs to Radicalize Its Climate Policies in Response to the Energy Crisis
The EU is watering down its tepid plans for ecological reform as energy prices soar. The Left has to escalate the struggle for social and environmental justice in Europe and oppose attempts to shift the burden of climate chaos onto the Global South.
A Green New Deal to Win Back Our Future
How quickly, how intensely, and how democratically we decarbonize will be the economic story of the century — only a Green New Deal can save us from climate apocalypse.
Germany’s Electric Car Program Is About Defending Its Auto Giants’ Profits
Ahead of today’s German election, all the main parties have emphasized the need to green the auto industry. But the state’s strategic support for electric cars isn’t an attempt to save the planet — it’s about enhancing German capital’s supremacy over its foreign competition.
The Corporate Media Is Using Coal Miners
The corporate media only pays attention to coal miners when they can be used to attack the Green New Deal. When coal miners are fighting for the pensions they deserve, the media is nowhere to be found.
Norwegian Voters Want Both Climate Action and a Strong Welfare State
This week’s election in Norway was a major win for the Left — delivering a mandate to both expand the welfare state and take aggressive climate action.
Insurance Companies Are Abandoning Homeowners Facing Climate Disasters
Insurance companies are leaving homeowners at the mercy of climate catastrophes they helped create.
At Davos, Capitalists Are Trying to Solve the Problems They Themselves Create
At the World Economic Forum’s conference in Davos this week, elites will try to address problems from climate change to the threat of worldwide recession. But these elites’ endless thirst for profit created these problems — and will doom their efforts to fail.
Why Corporations Love DC’s Daily “Tip Sheets” Emails
Companies are using Washington’s tip sheet industry as a key weapon in their corporate media crusade against climate, health care, and anti-poverty legislation.
Fossil Fuel Corporations Are Faking Grassroots Support
The world’s largest PR firm has crafted a strategy to simulate popular support for fossil fuels, including embracing influencers to peddle Big Oil's self-serving myths.
GOP Attorneys General Are Defending the Climate Criminals
Bankrolled by oil and gas, Republican attorneys general are trying to derail a landmark environmental case at the last minute.
The Floods Devastating Pakistan Are More Than a Natural Disaster
Monsoon rains and melting glaciers have driven tens of millions of Pakistanis from their homes. The disaster shows that the poor Global South populations who do least to cause climate change are the people who pay most for its consequences.
Germany Auto Is Going Electric — But It’s Not Helping Workers
Tesla has announced plans for a nonunion factory in Berlin. Auto manufacturing going green was supposed to help workers, not hurt them.
Europe’s Militarized Borders Are a Band-Aid for Climate Chaos
Scenes of migrants swimming to Spain's tiny North African enclave show how Europe outsources border control to peripheral countries like Morocco. This practice may shield militarized repression from scrutiny — but it can't hide a climate crisis forcing millions of people to leave their homes.