UK government funding environment-wrecking extractive projects with histories of human rights abuse
The UK government recently came under scrutiny for using development aid to fund projects which have violated the human rights ...
Tag: Capitalism
A new study quantifies the extent of extractive capitalism’s colonial violence against Indigenous Peoples worldwide
A new study has highlighted that extractive projects are disproportionately harming Indigenous Peoples across the world. Published in the journal ...
Guardian has “Mr Bean moment” with Atkinson electric vehicle article
The Guardian has had a Mr Bean moment over electric cars on 3 June. British actor and petrolhead Rowan Atkinson ...
Rainbow capitalism was always going to fold if anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment rose: now, we’re at that moment
The months running up to Pride have seen right-wing shitheads whipping themselves into a frenzy regarding rainbow branding - particularly ...
Case calls on court to force TotalEnergies to suspend new oil and gas projects
On 31 May a coalition of nonprofits, French cities, and the city of New York presented a demand at a ...
Global North vision for climate loss and damage fund will further lock Global South into unjust debt crisis
At the second round of talks to design a loss and damage fund for climate-fuelled extreme weather, Global North nations ...
90% of extreme weather deaths occurred in the Global South, as Global North dodges accountability
New figures revealed that 90% of extreme weather deaths between 1970 and 2021 have happened in the Global South. A ...
The Royal Mail saga just got its biggest dollop of irony yet
Royal Mail's collapse as a functioning company has continued apace in recent weeks. Not least among this has been its ...
The G7 summit’s renewed backing of public financing for fossil gas is nothing short of energy colonialism
Energy colonialism was on full display at the latest meeting between seven of the world's richest nations. Recently, the Group of ...
The G7 expanding the use of fossil gas is ‘shock doctrine’ politics
From 19 to 21 May, the Group of Seven (G7) met in Hiroshima, Japan for its annual summit. There, the ...
PizzaExpress launches a record label just as it’s cutting workers’ hours – oh, and don’t mention its taxes
Bosses at PizzaExpress are hammering workers. Oddly, though, it comes just after the hospitality chain launched its own record label, ...
Royal Mail’s catastrophic financial free fall leaves the CWU in a difficult position
As predicted, beleaguered Royal Mail made huge losses during the last financial year. It's hardly a surprise, given what the ...
Drop in Amazon deforestation does not let Global North nations off the hook
Figures for the first four months of 2023 show promising signs that Amazon deforestation is beginning a downward trend. However, ...
It’s not all in your head: the political roots of the mental health crisis
Mental Health Awareness Week has started, and the theme for 2023 is ‘anxiety’. Anxiety has often occupied a precarious space ...
Indigenous activists take their climate fight to the ‘belly of the beast’
Between 10 and 17 May, members of the Indigenous Mapuche community and a human rights defender (HRD) from Neuquén in ...
‘Green’ investment funds are supporting fossil fuels, a new report finds
Major financial firms that publicly support efforts to limit the climate crisis have made billions of dollars of investments in ...
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