This is a guest post by Camilo Sánchez, a communications strategist working for Greenpeace International. We are living through a...
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by José Seoane
The export-oriented extractivist model imposed on Our America since the 1990s poses a major threat to populations, ecosystems, and water resources. In response, communities and peoples have been proclaiming that water is worth more than gold, copper, lithium, uranium, and rare earths.by Orinoco Tribune
The U.S. is not shy about proclaiming its control of Venezuela and its resources.by Rima al-Swisi
In Gaza’s displacement camps, access to a safe and private toilet has become a serious health and safety concern. At al-Deira camp, around 70 displaced families share three makeshift toilets without plumbing or sewage systems. Many women avoid using them at night because of fear, poor lighting, roaming dogs, bombing, lack of privacy and unsanitary conditions. Some restrict their water intake and hold their urine for long periods, contributing to urinary tract infections, kidney stones and other health problems. Rima al-Swisi reports on the daily realities faced by displaced women whose basic sanitation needs remain largely unmet amid the destruction of Gaza’s housing andinfrastructure.by Junaid S. Ahmad
The USS Abraham Lincoln’s prolonged deployment near Iran offers a view of the human costs beneath America’s global military posture. While policymakers and strategists discuss deterrence, readiness and strategic flexibility, sailors face extended periods at sea, exhaustion, psychological strain and prolonged separation from their families. Junaid S. Ahmad examines the widening gap between the projection of American military power and the conditions experienced by those who sustain it. The article places the Lincoln’s deployment within a broader critique of US military overstretch, permanent overseas commitments and the class dynamics of war, where decisions made by political elites impose lasting burdens on military personnel.by Joshua Frank
The amount of materials needed to sustain an electrified future at the world’s continued pace of economic growth is as remarkable as it is troubling. By one estimate, at least 384 new mines will be needed by 2035.by Richard Heinberg
Household experience is currently about the closest thing we have to operating pilot projects. So, go solar. But notice how much energy you use and what you use it for; also, pay attention to what energy you can control, and what you can’t. You may discover that your most impactful efforts to reduce your carbon footprint involve simply reducing your travel and consumption.by Guillermo R. Barreto
This year we commemorate the centennial of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro. Like few others, Fidel embodies human dignity and the defense of principles as unyielding values for building that other possible and necessary world of justice, equality, and peace. This article was produced by Globetrotter.by Eirini-Erifyli Tzekou
Thessaloniki’s alternative food networks offer a grounded view of what degrowth can look like in practice. Cooperative groceries, solidarity kitchens, direct producer markets, community gardens and seed networks have developed around principles of solidarity, democratic participation, ecological sustainability and sufficiency. Emerging partly from Greece’s debt and social crisis, these initiatives have created new forms of food distribution, work and community participation. Yet they remain fragile, facing financial pressures, limited infrastructure, burnout and questions about social inclusion. This article examines both their achievements and contradictions, and considers what policymakers can learn from grassroots experiments already reshaping food systems.Creative Commons