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In Cuba, land has always meant talking about food production, sovereignty and the future. Agriculture is at the center of national priorities to produce more and better to feed the people.

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Members of the Democratic Socialists of America are thinking seriously about a national presidential campaign for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2028 that would reach millions of working people and have the potential to transform American politics.

The rapid decline of Antarctic sea ice since 2016 has triggered a dramatic shift in a crucial part of Earth’s climate system, scientists say.  In a paper published Wednesday, researchers documented a sharp salinity increase in a vast layer of the Southern Ocean, extending from 2,300 to 4,000 feet deep and encircling Antarctica. The shift […]

“No to Automation”: A Negotiating Position, Not a Programme

The Trump administration loves coal plants. The rest of us are paying the price in higher electricity bills, poorer health, and worsening climate change.  That’s the takeaway of  an analysis out today from the Environmental Defense Fund. It finds the Trump administration is directly or indirectly propping up nearly…

Plans are advancing on the Gulf Coast of Texas for an enormous seawater desalination plant which, if built, would be part of one of the largest water infrastructure developments in the country.  Unlike other projects, this one wouldn’t belong to the public, but to a private, foreign water supplier.  IDE Technologies, an Israeli water treatment […]

In the final stretch of their midterm drive to gain control of Congress, Democratic candidates are talking mostly about the pain of high energy costs, not the risks of climate change. But advocates of climate action view the Nov. 3 elections as a crucial moment for the movement. U.S. voters will decide whether to upend […]

Over the course of two weeks in October, Maine’s incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins and her Democrat challenger, former state Senate President Troy Jackson, met for four debates. Each debate focused heavily on energy affordability, and each exchange followed roughly the same script: When Jackson brought up the high costs of heating a home with […]

Heat pumps, superefficient sources of electric heating and cooling, are  winners for the climate ,  air quality , and  typically a household’s energy bills. But a common claim cautioning against their widespread adoption in the U.S. is that the electrical grid is too strained to handle all the extra demand they would…

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A decade after world leaders signed the legally binding Paris Agreement to combat climate change, the crisis’ health harms are getting worse and progress is lagging, according to a new report from leading international scientists. The 10th annual Lancet Countdown report, published Tuesday, is authored by 146 researchers from more than 30 countries, led by […]

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The principal sources of the affordability crisis are less consumer goods and more childcare, health care, and education. The Left’s response to that crisis should focus on universal, solidaristic, and visible social programs.

The right governor can put a state on a dramatically different energy and environmental path—and next week’s election could set the stage for major policy shifts across the country.   Democrats are favored to retain governorships in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, according to Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia. The party is also […]

The repair and refurbishment of educational facilities may not make headlines, but it plays a vital role in ensuring that young people can continue learning safely under the most difficult conditions. We are therefore delighted to report that the first stage of essential repair works has now been completed at the Mining and Electromechanical Professional … Continue reading Trade Union Aid Delivers Vital Repairs to Ukrainian College – in Kryvyi Rih

The latest installments in Ric Burns’s documentary New York look at Gotham’s recent decades through rose-colored glasses. They ignore the political choices that eroded the city’s industrial base and reduced democratic influence on the economy.

When asked to choose, Florida’s likely voters have picked protecting the environment over economic growth by more than 2 to 1, a margin that surprised even the pollster who asked the question.  In a University of North Florida poll released last week, 61 percent of respondents said state and local officials should prioritize the environment […]

Ken Lawrence is a longtime anti-racist and anti-fascist activist. In the 1970s he produced a slide program about the Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany, and assembled a collection titled “The Nazi Scourge: Postal Evidence of the Holocaust and the Ruination of Europe,” which he narrated and exhibited across North America and in Europe for… Continue reading Ken Lawrence

Alberta’s sovereignty push has failed, but the province’s Conservative infighting continues, and working people are paying the price. The government has spent its energy pursuing partisan advantage while neglecting Albertans’ everyday concerns.