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For Life to Continue on Earth, Every Day Must Be Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Humanity’s future depends on re-embracing the Indigenous worldview.
Henry A. Giroux on Neoliberal Ideology and the Road to Fascism
How has neoliberalism paved the way for the rise of far-right ideologies and populists around the world?
Let’s Not Wait for the Next Crisis to Nationalize Wall Street Banks
It's time for quantitative easing, but for the people instead of the powerful.
“Environmentally Friendly” Charcoal Is Subsidizing Destruction of Gran Chaco
Purchases of charcoal indirectly contribute to the destruction of South America's second-largest forest.
Love and Perseverance Keep Communities Whole in the Face of Mass Consumerism
A new graphic novel tells a multidimensional love story that is personal as well as political.
Neither Democrats Nor Republicans Will Admit the Problem Is Capitalism Itself
Cycles of growth followed by downturns is how capitalism has functioned for 250 years.
“Gladiator Fights” Expose Prisons to Be Genocidal Machines
In “gladiator fights,” guards pit known rivals against each other in the prison yard.
Brazil’s Indigenous Leader Attacked by Bolsonaro Over Efforts to Preserve Amazon
Chief Raoni Metuktire discusses the obstacles facing the Amazon outside of the UN summit.
This Is Not the Sixth Extinction. It’s the First Extermination Event.
What we are witnessing is not a passive geological event but extermination by capitalism.
To Confront Climate Change, We Need an Ecological Democracy
We cannot confront climate change without first confronting the unequal power relations that caused it.