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Australia: Climate inaction and budget cuts fuel devastating bushfires
By Jeremy Trott, Socialist Action (our sister organisation in Australia) Australia is in the grip of an extreme bushfire…
Switzerland: Climate & women’s movements bring ‘Green Wave’ & gains for Left in federal elections
The elections to the Federal Parliament in Switzerland last weekend saw a breakthrough for the Greens; jumping to 13% of the vote and gaining 17 seats. They now hold 28 seats in the National Council (lower house) and have become, for the first time in their history, the 4th party largest party in Parliament.
The Green New Deal & Climate Change – Why capitalism must go
The 2018/2019 school year marked the start of a global youth-led movement against climate change. Governments were pushed…
System Change not Climate Change – Who is afraid of Greta?
Alternative Socialiste, CWI Québec (sister orgaisation of the Socialist Party in Quebec) Is Greta Thunberg a young woman…
Climate catastrophe – the grim figures
By Gary McDonald Amazon Fires Appropriately named ‘The Lungs of the Earth’, producing roughly 10 percent of the…
Big business government offers no solutions
By Dave Murphy Fiddling while the planet burns would be an apt response to the government’s latest climate…
Brazil: Save the environment, smash the system!
By Bruna Leão, Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (our sister organisation in Brazil) Since the 2018 elections, there has been…
20Q: How to Rescue the Climate from Capitalism?
By Sonja Grusch, CWI Austria The 1.8 million strong global youth strike on the 15th of March made…
Why nuclear power is not the answer to climate change
By Jess Spear The new HBO docudrama series Chernobyl debuted in May and quickly gathered a global following,…
‘Extinction Rebellion’ & the fight against climate catastrophe
By Conor Payne The mass anger over the developing climate catastrophe is bubbling over. This has been reflected…
