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Key to a long-term solution to defeating the far right is an economic program that guarantees security to all, including the affordability of housing and other essential components of a dignified life, Isabella Weber tells Jacobin.

Some of the arguments against data centers sound familiar. Opponents say the projects will change the look and feel of a place, harm the air and water and reduce property values. This rationale is familiar because residents have raised the same concerns in campaigns against wind and solar. Whether these objections to very different types […]

Peter Thomas, the Marxist theorist best known for his work on Antonio Gramsci, has died. He restored the political edge to Gramsci’s theory of hegemony and saw his own scholarship as part of the Left’s fight for power.

Google just upped the ante on its plans to leverage the energy use of thousands of homes and businesses to free up space on the grid for data centers. The tech giant and the California-based firm  Voltus announced Thursday that they are going after a gigawatt of virtual-power-plant capacity in PJM Interconnection,…

For any donations to winter aid appeal sent to Ukraine Solidarity Campaign’s account (rather than paid on the Crowdfunder) please use the reference ‘Convoy’ or ‘Winter’. Bank details: Ukraine Solidarity Campaign; sort code 08-92-99; account number 65440841 (Co-operative Bank). By Liz Lawrence and Sacha Ismail The people of Ukraine need our solidarity more than ever … Continue reading An International Solidarity Convoy is going to Ukraine. Help us fundraise aid to deliver from the UK!

Everything dies, baby, that’s a fact, but maybe everything that dies someday comes back This blog is the personal view of Dave King, one of the main organisers of the 50th anniversary celebration. It does not necessarily represent the views of the New Lucas Plan group. Why am I working so hard to celebrate this...

Rising food prices. Supply chain disruptions. Wars. More extreme weather. The confluence of these factors in 2026 has prompted researchers, advocacy groups and farmers around the world to more forcefully question the architecture of an increasingly stressed global food system—and the money, both public and private, that supports it. Coinciding with harvest season in much […]

Massachusetts has made meaningful strides in recent years to get its robust energy-efficiency incentives into the hands of lower-income households who need them most. Now, a provision tucked into a pending energy bill could undermine that progress, environmental justice advocates say, by making certain benefits more…

France’s school students, Maidan and Budapest 1956: 70 Years Since the Hungarian Revolution

Racism is a powerful technique for sustaining injustice. We must respond to what it does, argues Gargi Bhattacharyya, if we are to dismantle it

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Únase a nosotros virtualmente a las 7:00 p. m. el jueves 19 de noviembre de 2026. Descubra los últimos avances sobre el complejo de armas nucleares, uno de los desafíos […]

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Young Chinese people use a language characteristic of alienation, exploitation and oppression in a society every bit as capitalist as our own.

Chinese youth in a very shit time of their lives
by April Hocombe
Source: https://redflag.org.au/article/chinese-youth-in-a-very-shit-time-of-their-lives/
Certain quarters of the internet are

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Balcony solar legislation has finally arrived on Capitol Hill. On Monday, U.S. Rep. Rob Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, introduced the first federal bill aimed at legalizing solar panels that simply plug into an outlet. The legislation would require all state  public utility commissions to consider rules that would…

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The Trump administration is widening its attacks on U.S. offshore wind development, this time by siding with anti-wind groups that are seeking to strip projects of existing federal approvals. Its latest target is New England Wind, a 2-gigawatt development proposed off the coast of Massachusetts. On Tuesday, the…

From Kulna Why can’t Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s biggest military spenders, stop the Houthis? The answer isn’t just weapons. It’s the bargain the

They took over streets and highways, podiums and pedestals, marching into the night to smash the patriarchy. The anger found its voice in rousing and

A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme suggests that limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels is no longer a realistic outcome, even under the most ambitious emissions-reduction scenarios. The report’s lowest-warming scenario, which would require steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, would only limit peak global warming to 1.7 […]