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There was much build up, for participants and campaigners alike, to the COP 21 climate talks that took place in Paris in December. The outcome of two weeks of deliberation by 196 countries, now known as the “Paris Agreement” has been heralded as a historic success. The headline-grabbing figure is that the deal aims to...

Heavy rain on Boxing Day led to flooding across large parts of northern England. Everywhere Tory cuts and privatisation have increased the devastation–and its impact on the poorest.

As politicians cut a dirty deal on climate change, some 20,000 people protested on the streets of Paris last Saturday.

The heads of state at the Cop21 climate change talks in Paris know that climate change is one of the most urgent problems facing humanity.

Thousands of climate activists from around the world gathered in Paris last weekend. They were there to attend a Weekend of Alternatives—a counter-conference to the official Cop21 talks.

Tens of thousands joined climate protests worldwide as leaders blew hot air at the Cop21 summit in Paris

There is an assumption that Marx and Engels's vision of communism sees the natural world as an inexhaustible collection of resources. Martin Empson argues that they sought a profound change in how humans relate to nature, flowing from the democratic and collective organisation of labour.

Some 70,000 people joined a mass demonstration in London today, Sunday, as part of global protests calling on world leaders to take action on climate change.

Protesters filled Paris’s streets on the eve of the United Nations Cop21 climate change summit–despite president Francois Hollande’s best attempts to keep them away.  

As hundreds of thousands of people around the world get set to march against climate change, Amy Leather argues our only hope lies in fighting the bosses and their system

As the French and Belgian states lock down after the attacks in Paris, protesters refuse to be silenced.

The Paris climate summit may fall short, but a movement can grow out of opposition to it, says Martin Empson