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Activists Say COP29 Finance Deal “a Drop in the Ocean” Compared to What’s Needed
It’s unclear how much is going to be in grant-based finance vs. debt-creating loans, says climate advocate Asad Rehman.
Jewish Anti-Zionist Activist Describes His Arrest Under UK’s Anti-Terror Law
Activist Haim Bresheeth, the son of Holocaust survivors and founder of the Jewish Network for Palestine, speaks out.
Activists Slam COP29 Draft Climate Financing Plan as “a Great Swindle”
Power Shift Africa’s Mohamed Adow says the finance target for rich countries is just 20 percent of what is needed.
Activist Points Out Rich Countries’ Hypocrisy at COP29 as Negotiations Stall
Countries that have industrialized off of fossil fuel exploitation must offset these injustices, says Harjeet Singh.
We Must Contest the Christian Right’s Agenda in Every Venue of Our Lives
“It is a self-replicating authoritarian system that has persisted over the course of generations,” says Talia Lavin.
Trump Taps Billionaire Linda McMahon to Head Department of Education
The former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment has no experience in education, says education historian Diane Ravitch.
Diné Activist Warns Against New Uranium Mining Amid Renewed Nuclear Energy Push
Organizer Leona Morgan highlights the risks of the uranium mining required to produce nuclear power.
Abolition Work Shows Us There’s Joy to Be Found Even as the World Is on Fire
Care work and parenting work are not an accessory to abolition — they are core to the struggle itself.
COP29 Activists Demand $5 Trillion in Annual Climate Financing From Global North
“Rich, developed countries are putting pennies on the table” at COP29, says Asad Rehman of the Climate Justice Coalition.
Farmworkers Are Organizing to Resist Trump’s Attacks on Immigrant Workers
Organizers from Florida, Vermont and Washington discuss the rising exploitation and rollback of protections ahead.