Topic: Less of What We Don’t Need

  In a conference, “Building Our Future,” scientists at the Cuban Center of Molecular Immunology (CIM) stated that the blockade hurts the people of the United States. By lifting the sanctions against Cuba, people of the UScould have access to life-saving treatments being developed in Cuba, especially against diseases such as diabetes, which ravage working-class communities each year… “If you…

As chemicals designed to kill insects and weeds, fungi and rodents, pesticides are among the most toxic and damaging substances on the planet. Their harmful impacts on human and ecosystem health are generally well understood. What receives far less attention, however, is the climate impact of these agrochemicals. Not only do pesticides directly contribute to the climate…

“Over their 30-year existence, the group has pivoted, tackling issues concerning energy, open-pit mining and the rights of Indigenous people. But their biggest challenge is an ongoing, protracted battle against the oldest large-scale open-pit mine.  The Bajo La Alumbrera mine, located in Catamarca province, began operations with multinational backing in 1997 to mine copper, gold and molybdenum. After extraction,…

On August 20, a group of Kenyans filed a case against Britain at the European Court of Human Rights. They are seeking $200 billion in reparations for the crimes perpetrated in the tea-growing regions in the Kenyan Highlands. Unsurprisingly, Britain has failed to address, leave aside apologize for, these atrocities in Kenya…  For millennia before British colonization, the people we…

In the case of anthropogenic climate chaos, the two clusters are centered around denialism and what we could call technophilia or perhaps techno-hopium. Climate chaos results from industrial-scaled agricultural civilization, so seriously addressing it would any would entail significantly changing that system, and—if we’re going to be honest—ultimately phasing it out. Avoiding such change is…