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Welcome to our collection of articles dedicated to green politics. As our world grapples with pressing environmental and societal challenges, the green political movement emerges as a beacon of change.

These articles explore core areas of green politics such as: degrowth, demilitarization, union and worker rights, and anti-capitalism.

Discover the nuances of degrowth as we examine strategies to reshape economies, moving away from military and capitalist growth models toward a more balanced, regenerative approach. Explore the imperative of demilitarization, unraveling the environmental and social impacts of excessive military expenditures, and delving into proposals for redirecting resources towards constructive, peace-building endeavors. Anti-capitalism is a key theme, challenging the prevailing economic systems that prioritizes profit over people and the environment. Union and worker rights in politics is another key area. Our articles dissect the green political stance on restructuring economies to prioritize social justice, environmental sustainability, and community well-being.

This thought-provoking content analyzes the intersectionality of these principles, offering insights into how green politics seeks to create a world where ecological responsibility, demilitarization, and anti-capitalist values converge for the betterment of society and the planet.

We hope you enjoy these explorations of the progressive ideals of green politics, providing you with valuable perspectives, informed analyses, and potential solutions to the challenges we face. Stay engaged, informed, and inspired, and let’s pave the way toward a future guided by the principles of degrowth, demilitarization, and anti-capitalism.

The Cuban Revolution holds out against US imperialism

Vijay Prashad

Defying decades of blockade, sabotage and covert destabilization, Cuba’s revolution continues to stand as a stubborn challenge to U.S. imperialism. From the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion to relentless economic strangulation, Washington has sought to crush an experiment rooted in sovereignty, social justice and dignity. Yet Cuba endures—mobilizing its people, prioritizing healthcare and education, and extending solidarity beyond its shores. This article traces how resilience, political consciousness and internationalism have enabled a small island nation to resist the world’s most powerful empire, reminding us that resistance is not only possible, but necessary.

Cuba. Option Zero.

Rosa Miriam Elizalde

Option Zero was the revolutionary government’s contingency plan for the moment of total blockade from abroad and, therefore, the absolute lack of oil in the country.

Statement on Zionist Plans to Create a Mini-State in Kenya and the Lessons from History

Booker Omole

In 1903, Britain offered Kenyan land to Zionist settlers. That scheme failed. Now, a new attempt is underway in Nakuru

United We Stand

Joe Reynolds

Humanity has a collective action problem. We won’t be able to solve the many crises we’re facing until we first create a system to cooperate together. All humans are already organized into real communities of many different types in which people can and do trust each other, such as our workplace, school, religious or cultural community, neighbourhood and others. Those communities can be gradually organized into a global democratic network by creating a useful platform-cooperative which requires registration of a real community to participate in. Then, together, humanity can decide how to replace capitalism.

Haiti: Three Destroyers and One Order: How the US Imposed its Government

Resumen Latinoamericano

Three US warships anchored off Port-au-Prince marked the end of the last vestige of government autonomy in Haiti. On February 7, after weeks of diplomatic pressure and direct threats, the Presidential Transition Council (CPT) dissolved as demanded by Washington, consolidating the absolute power of Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, a controversial businessman who has never been elected.

Investigation Reveals Israel ‘Evaporated’ Nearly 3,000 Palestinians With Thermal Weapons in Gaza

Brad Reed

“We found nothing of Saad. Not even a body to bury. That was the hardest part.”

Lebanon says Israel sprayed southern villages with concentrated herbicide

Samantha Granville

According to Beirut, the Israeli military dropped highly concentrated glyphosate near the demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel. The spraying of this herbicide, which threatens soil fertility, could prevent people from returning to the area.

The Globalization of Fraternity: An Alternative to the Logic of Global Capitalism

Pedro Monzón Barata

Cuba, a tiny island nation, subjected to one of the longest and most aggressive economic blockades in history, has managed to project itself onto the global stage—not through capital, weapons, or the typical instruments of imperial soft power—but through concrete international solidarity.

Cuba Must Not Fall! Imperialism, Resistance and the Global Stakes of Defending the Cuban Revolution

Isaac Saney

The survival of Cuba’s socialist project remains one of the most critical holdouts against hemispheric domination, making its defense a global litmus test for sovereignty.

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