The National Park Service Goes Rogue
The National Park Service's anti-Trump rebels are mounting a potentially radical defense of the commons against capital.
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Noam Chomsky: The Elites Are Fighting a Vicious Class War All the Time
Noam Chomsky talks to Jacobin about why working-class politics can secure universal health care, climate justice, and an end to nuclear weapons — if we’re willing to fight for them.
The Fight to Save North America’s Temperate Rainforests
An unbroken blanket of coniferous trees occupies the North American coast from California to the Alaskan islands. A wonder of the natural world, these temperate rainforests are essential to the continent’s health — and they must be protected.
On Climate, Joe Biden Should Realize That Being Better Than Trump Is the Easy Part
Joe Biden shouldn’t take for granted that young voters will automatically support him just because Donald Trump was a disaster for the climate. Biden will still have to make good on ambitious climate promises before the election.
The Solution to the Coronavirus Recession Is a Global Green New Deal
The coronavirus is plunging the global economy into an unprecedented recession. We need to wipe away the debt bondage of Global South countries and launch a Global Green New Deal that will allow workers around the world to prosper.
Organizing the Battery Belt
In deep-red Hardin County, Kentucky, workers are trying to unionize a new electric vehicle battery plant. If Donald Trump scraps the IRA, it may cost thousands of his supporters safe, well-paying jobs.
Europe’s Shame
The European Union fails refugees because it is structured to serve the needs of capital above all.
Biden’s China Advisers Seem Ready to Defend American Corporate Interests
Joe Biden’s appointments on China policy suggest he’s uninterested in breaking with America’s long legacy of putting the protection of corporate profits at the heart of its foreign policy vision.
The Only Long-Term Solution for the Energy Crisis Is Systemic Change
The last big energy crisis in the 1970s helped trigger a drastic shift from Keynesianism to neoliberalism. Today, we need to move in the opposite direction, away from the carbon-fueled neoliberal order responsible for another outbreak of economic chaos.
There’s Still Power in a Strike
If workers refuse to work, the bosses can't produce anything. If soldiers refuse to fight, the generals can't wage wars. That's the power of a strike.
A Defeat for Frackers
Hunger strikers in New York chalked up a win this week when Governor Andrew Cuomo rejected a gas pipeline off the coast of Long Island.
Amy Coney Barrett Has Close Ties To the Fossil Fuel Industry
Amy Coney Barrett’s father helped lead the American Petroleum Institute for 20 years — the same lobbying group that is right now pushing Supreme Court justices to limit states’ power to stop fossil fuel projects.
The Canadian Mining Company Dominicans Call “Worse Than Columbus”
We traveled to the Dominican Republic to talk to rural farmers and workers battling a Canadian mining company. “We had no concept of what the devil was until Barrick Gold came to our lands,” one person told us.
We Can’t Fight the Climate Crisis Without Fighting the Military-Industrial Complex
If we’re serious about stopping impending climate disaster, we have no choice but to radically rein in one of the world’s worst polluters: the US military.
How FDR’s Original Green New Deal Challenged Jim Crow
The Civilian Conservation Corps, FDR’s original Green New Deal, cared for the environment and gave jobs to the unemployed. And though its record on racial equality was imperfect, it helped undermine key parts of Jim Crow.
The Predatory Gambling Industry Is Misleading Voters
Gambling companies are convincing states to legalize sports betting with promises of tax-revenue windfalls. The benefits are often less than promised — and they come at a severe human cost.
After Donald Trump, the Last Thing We Need Is Unity
Joe Biden has long prized bipartisanship above all, and some of his early actions indicate he simply wants to restore the country to its pre-Trump form. That would be a disaster.
When the State Steps in to Save Profit
Faced with another global recession, many governments are responding with even stronger state interventions than they did in the 2008 financial crisis. But stimulus packages to prop up businesses must also pose the question of public control — not just bailing out corporations, but repurposing their operations to confront the disasters ahead of us.
For Fossil Fuel Company Suncor, Stock Buybacks Come Before Environmental Cleanup
While Suncor has failed to make basic improvements to a Commerce City, Colorado, refinery that is polluting the area, the company has massively increased payouts to shareholders — at the urging of one of the world’s largest hedge funds.
Kim Stanley Robinson: We Need Democratic Socialism
Utopian thinking gets a pretty bad name. But for author Kim Stanley Robinson, we should resist the idea we’re simply doomed to climate disaster — and insist that there is a world beyond capitalism.