Is California Selling Climate Illusions?
Acre is specifically highlighted in current proposals as the first tropical forest state with which California plans to “link” its carbon market
Corbyn recites Shelley: “You are many, they are few”
“Rise like lions after slumber/ In unvanquishable number/ Shake your chains to earth like dew/ Which in sleep had fallen on you/ You are many, they are few!”
Greek politics: Checking the facts
Whereas Greece had been regarded by the German public as an idyllic holiday destination, overnight it became a crisis-ridden country full of artful dodgers and creative accountants that attracted torrents of derision, polemics and rancour from German politicians and media
François Houtart and the Common Good of Humanity
His never flinching energy, his untiring enthusiasm were characteristic. It is an understatement to say he never stopped working, he never counted the hours. Never ever did he stop acting, till just a couple of hours before the end … for the very first time
Paris is burning
There is an emergent climate justice movement that insists on putting those who are most affected by climate change first and that brings together communities on the frontlines of resistance with indigenous people, environmentalists, trade unionists, and so many others
By the way, it actually works!
We wish to encourage interested readers to think about renewables and to motivate civil society activists and politicians to review their way of thinking in the field of energy politics
Lenin’s contradictory legacy
The politics of the Bolsheviks in October 1917 split Russia’s left, then Europe, and finally the world. The effects are still felt today. Lenin’s legacy cannot be rejected, but it also cannot be accepted
Perspectives on Colombian coal exports
And while their analysis focused on Colombia, they are quite explicit in reminding us that their findings are also relevant for other “developing” or “emerging” economies that rely on fossil fuel extraction
Democrats, Republicans, and the Crisis of U.S. Politics
The closest commentator that the contemporary United States has to Mark Twain, satirist and television host Bill Maher, surveyed the sorry state of American politics midway through the 2016 election season and declared, “Our system sucks. The Constitution needs a Page One rewrite”
Towards Global Regulation on Human Rights and Business
In this study, the authors call on governments not to give in to the pressure of corporate lobbyists, but to challenge their demands. The Treaty process presents the opportunity for governments to prove that it is in their hands to put human rights above the interests of big business.
