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What are the experiences of those working to build unity between environmentalists and the labour movement? Matthew Crighton surveys a diverse range of activists, and shows how the alliance is more urgent than ever. In 2015, Eurig Scandrett and I asked ‘Can green and red unite?’ in SLR issue 89 which we co-edited on the […]

As European governments invest billions in arms and weapons for growth, skilled labour and industry, Simon Barrow shows how this new “military Keynesianism” won’t develop good jobs but it will drive climate breakdown. As geopolitical tensions flare globally, western governments are pivoting sharply toward rearmament. Defence budgets are swelling, state mandates are shifting towards military […]

The European Green Party rushed to condemn the Greens of England and Wales when they voted to support a single democratic state in Palestine. It has never condemned the German Greens for supporting Israel’s genocidal violence against the Palestinians.

Around 100 Baltimore residents packed a community hall in the Curtis Bay neighborhood on the evening of Oct. 1. One after another, they implored the Maryland Department of the Environment not to renew the air permit for the city’s largest trash incinerator. The speakers—young residents and retirees, longtime neighbors, doctors, students and environmental advocates—described the […]

See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . America’s demand for heat pumps isn’t going away just because federal incentives did. Shipments of heat pumps stayed strong in the first half of 2026, and the tech is on track to match or exceed its best year, according to a recent report from the Building…

Part Six of The Vanguard in Retreat.

Radical Routes members Wren Draper and Caz Montgomery chart 40 years of work building alternatives to neoliberal capitalism

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Federal Offices United States Representative, 1st District No Recommendation California’s recent redistricting pits Republican James Gallagher against longtime Democratic representative Mike McGuire, formerly of the 2nd district. Gallagher is running on a typical republican platform that touts “tougher laws” on crime, defending property rights, and “protecting” farms and businesses from government regulation. But most tellingly, […]

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A new report paints a dark picture of the state of global wildlife—but also highlights flickers of light where some populations are on the upswing.  Over the past half-century, populations of thousands of vertebrate species across the globe have decreased in size by 73 percent on average, according to the “Living Planet” report published Wednesday […]

Interpreting the FCC’s unprecedented retaliation for ABC’s coverage of the Trump administration

The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) is an independent source of technical oversight of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) defense nuclear facilities.

The post Tri-Valley CAREs Action Plan for Congress to Support the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board appeared first on Tri Valley CAREs.

The politically driven attempt to deport war critic Leonid Ragozin from Latvia shows that liberal democracies are starting to employ the very Trumpist and Putinist measures they claim to despise.

The start of the school year drew attention to disastrously dilapidated classrooms in the Paris suburbs. Rather than listen to students’ complaints, the government has responded with violent repression.

The Trump administration wants to add 5 gigawatts of carbon-free nuclear power capacity by 2029 without deploying a single new reactor. An announcement this week by the United States’ biggest nuclear power plant operator brings that lofty goal a bit closer to reality. On Tuesday, Constellation Energy said it would…

After opening an investigation into political strategist Fernando Cerimedo, “MAGA’s man in Latin America,” for attempted femicide and drug ties, Bolivia’s attorney general was arrested by his own government. Even the vice president now fears for his life.

Join our next Airside Chat, featuring Joachim Majholm of Blue Lines, to discuss contrail avoidance in practice for airlines and aviation workers.

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Part of Karl Marx’s project was a thoroughgoing critique of capitalism as system of exploitative social relations. But he also thought seriously about the essential place of work in the good life.

For over a week, high school students and teachers in France have been protesting the state’s abandonment of the education system. The government response: send in police to subdue them.

Anwar Shaikh was the most brilliant Marxist economist of his generation. He leaves behind a legacy that has the potential to drive political economy forward for years to come.

In Montgomery County, Indiana, utility-scale solar projects appear on an official list of undesirable land uses that also includes “adult-oriented businesses.” So it wasn’t surprising that the county Board of Commissioners unanimously rejected a 200-megawatt solar project on Sept. 28. But it still stings for renewable energy advocates. It shows a huge challenge lurking right […]