Drowning in Garbage: Oceans May Have More Plastics Than Fish in a Few Decades
Every year an estimated 8 million tons of plastic waste end up in the world’s oceans. The U.N. warns there will more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050.
The True Cost of Austerity: Lessons from Greece
The real lessons from Greece’s economic crisis can be learned not from the toxic legacy of austerity, but from movements for social justice and food sovereignty.
Refusing to Hide: Migrants Find Power in Caravans
No longer willing to collude in their oppression, Central Americans are coming to the U.S. in the open and en masse.
The Long, Brutal U.S. War on Children in the Middle East
Why the movements that pressured the U.S. Senate to reject current U.S. foreign policy regarding Saudi Arabia and its war on Yemen must continue to raise their voices
Indigenous Leaders are Calling for New Global Agreement to Protect Amazon
“Nearly 80 percent of the world’s biodiversity is found on the lands of tribal peoples and that the majority of the most biodiverse places on Earth are tribal peoples’ territories,” said Juan Carlos Jintiach, a representative of the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin. “Tribal people have been contributing and sustainably using the resources on their lands for thousands of years and it’s not possible to create policies that will be effective without their input.”
Mexico Confronts the Future with President-Elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador
The left in Latin America in general has viewed AMLO’s victory as a renewed insurgence of the left after a decade of counter-revolution.