Climate change
Billionaires gather at Davos - the rich gloat as planet burns
“Without treating this as a real crisis we cannot solve it,” was the rallying cry from school climate strike leader Greta Thunberg to world leaders this week.
An owl of rage at high speed rail line
Rebels took to Colne Valley, west London last Saturday in a day of direct action against the development of the high-speed HS2 train line.
Rising heat should raise alarm for catastrophe
Temperatures are smashing records, but climate rebels in Scotland are taking on those responsible, reports Sarah Bates
Scottish climate activists protest against system rigged for oil companies
Climate rebels in Aberdeen positioned themselves on oil firm Shell’s doorstep on Thursday to “point the finger at people who are responsible” for climate catastrophe.
LETTERS - George Monbiot’s lab food plan gives power to bosses
What if, instead of producing our food from animals and plants, we could grow it all in a lab?
How the rich and powerful let Australia burn
The Australian wildfires show the terrifying reality of catastrophic climate change
‘The poor suffer the most’—Jakarta resident speaks out on floods
08 January 2020As the flood waters recede—at least for now—in Jakarta, Indonesia, residents are left trying to piece their lives back together
Capitalism causes war and climate crises
07 January 2020Wildfires, floods and the threat of war ushered in 2020
Don’t buy Chris Packham’s myth of overpopulation
07 January 2020A BBC TV programme says ‘overpopulation’ causes climate change. Gabby Thorpe debunks this dangerous racist idea
Climate catastrophe is spreading fire and floods
07 January 2020The climate catastrophe wreaked havoc across the world this week
‘Hell on earth’ as fires sweep Australia
03 January 2020The bushfires that don't go out are raising a horrifying vision of a country that could be made uninhabitable by climate chaos
Climate talks crash as world leaders fail to set new targets
16 December 2019The United Nations’ Cop 25 conference said it would focus on stopping climate change. Instead it showed world leaders are unable to protect the planet, says Sarah Bates
Capitalism and climate—the system’s recipe for disaster
15 December 2019Climate change is creating extreme weather events that put food production at risk. To deal with it we have to challenge and transform a food system that is run for profit, writes Sarah Bates
A warning from Sydney
10 December 2019Sydney was choking in smoke as Socialist Worker went to press on Tuesday.
Wave of protests in Madrid to pile pressure on climate talks
10 December 2019The streets of Madrid were filled with defiant scenes last week as thousands of climate campaigners protested outside United Nations (UN) climate talks.
Strikes and protests show how to build the resistance
03 December 2019Three things in the past week have offered some inspiration and excitement away from the election grind
Rulers’ climate change cop outs burn planet
03 December 2019E arth is experiencing such an acute climate crisis that “once in a century” catastrophes are now becoming regular occurrences
Hundreds of thousands join latest global climate strikes
29 November 2019Hundreds of thousands of activists who are part of the Fridays for Future movement demanded urgent climate action
Take to the streets for the climate
28 November 2019Striking school students will take action on Friday across many areas of Britain and large parts of the globe.
All out for latest global climate strike
26 November 2019School students across the world were making posters, preparing slogans and dropping banners to organise for their next day of climate action.
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