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.
Citing the 70% depopulation of Gaza, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed to “finish the job” of what he called Palestinian “migration”—a euphemism, say critics, for ethnic cleansing.
Meet Me in St. Louis The Dream of White Supremacy Meet Me in St. Louis premiered on November 22, 1944, in St. Louis, Missouri. The New York premiere took place a few days later, on November 28. It was the first hit from MGM’s musical department, headed since 1940 by Arthur Freed, the writer of some of the best-known songs in the United States during the 1920s and 1930s, who would go on to produce some of the most memorable films of those decades as well. It was Arthur Freed who acquired the copyrights to a series of stories […]
The Trump administration has already cut off Cuba’s access to oil. Now it’s attempting to starve the Cuban people, targeting the country’s capacity to grow, process, and import food — unless it buys from US corporations.
Xi Jinping’s China cannot be understood simply as a return to Mao or a continuation of Deng Xiaoping. This article examines how Xi’s leadership is responding to contradictions produced by decades of reform and rapid economic development. It traces Mao’s concern with bureaucratic privilege and Party accountability, Deng’s emphasis on developing productive forces, and Xi’s focus on Party discipline, anti-corruption, national sovereignty and Common Prosperity. The article argues that Xi has retained the economic and technological foundations built since 1978 while revisiting questions of socialist distribution, political discipline and ideological purpose. At the centre is Mao’s unfinished question of how the Communist Party can supervise itself.
The American people do not want American military integration with a country responsible for war crimes, international law violations, and mass killings amounting to genocide.
Hugh J Curran examines persistent myths about slavery and the attempt to distribute responsibility for the transatlantic slave trade equally among Africans and Europeans. He distinguishes forms of servitude within Africa from the racialized, hereditary chattel slavery developed in the Americas, while acknowledging African participation in slave capture and trade. The article traces the role of European commercial interests, weapons, colonial plantation economies and racial ideology in expanding the Atlantic trade. It also considers resistance to enslavement, slavery in Muslim societies, Britain’s abolition laws, compensation to slave owners, and the growing international debate over reparations and historical responsibility.
Greece is witnessing growing public opposition to the government’s strategic relationship with Israel. The backlash has spread across political parties, trade unions, port workers, civil society groups and local communities. Dockworkers have blocked shipments of military equipment, while left-wing parties have called for an arms embargo and an end to military cooperation. Protests have also targeted Israeli investment in Greek real estate and the impact of foreign capital on housing. As the 2027 national elections approach, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s pro-Israel policies are facing increasing scrutiny. Feroze Mithiborwala examines the political, economic and social forces behind this growingopposition.
