Climate change
Devastating impact of climate chaos revealed in UN report
28 March 2019The impact of climate chaos around the world was highlighted in a report by the UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on Thursday.
Why capitalism can’t solve the climate crisis
26 March 2019This year has seen the birth of a militant new climate movement on the streets.
Death toll of Cyclone Idai in southern Africa is the result of appalling capitalist priorities
25 March 2019Hundreds, and probably thousands, of people have died as a result of Cyclone Idai.
Air pollution - a deadly truth about dirty capitalism
22 March 2019Over eight million deaths a year. Higher rates of kidney disease, diabetes and strokes. Increased risk of lung and heart diseases, dementia and chronic illnesses that can begin in the womb and last a lifetime.
School strikes—a climate of hope
19 March 2019After a reported 1.5 million people join school strikes over climate change, Sarah Bates reports from the walkout in London—and looks at where the movement could go next
GALLERY - Pictures of the climate strike in London
15 March 2019Thousands of school students took part in the climate strike on 15 March
Thousands take to the streets across Britain to demand action on climate change
15 March 2019Friday saw historic action for climate change across 123 countries and territories and in over 2,000 towns and cities.
We can be powerful when we fight together
12 March 2019Amid the stifling narrowness of official politics in Britain, there are some very welcome signs of change this week.
Action over climate change set to spread to new schools
12 March 2019Thousands of students across Britain were preparing for huge strikes this Friday to demand urgent action on climate change.
Socialism gives us a chance to build a sustainable world
12 March 2019A socialist society would allow people to plan for the needs of people and planet, not the profits of the few, argues Sarah Bates
As politicians refuse to act - activists stay on the streets and demand climate justice
05 March 2019With just days to go until global strikes on 15 March, climate change activists show no sign of slowing down their protests.
After climate walkouts, school strikers say - ‘This is just the start’
26 February 2019A new movement against climate catastrophe is growing across the world. Sarah Bates spoke to the school students who organised the first climate strike in Britain, and who are now preparing for the next round on 15 March
LETTERS—We should all get behind the climate strikers on 15 March
25 February 2019The inspiring student climate strikes recently should be an example to all of us (Socialist Worker, 20 February).
LETTERS—We need more than token gestures to save the planet
19 February 2019Sheffield council has recently declared a climate emergency.
Saving the planet means dumping the rich
19 February 2019The last few months has seen an explosion of inspiring struggle to fight climate change.
School students strike in London for action on climate change
15 February 2019Video from the 15 February climate strike by school students in London
GALLERY - School students’ climate strike, London
15 February 2019Thousands of school students flooded into central London to demand action over climate chaos
Thousands of students strike across Britain to demand action on climate change
15 February 2019From Glasgow to Exeter thousands of students walked out of school for climate justice.
‘Why we’re walking out of school to save our world’
12 February 2019Walkouts were set to hit schools across Britain this Friday as students strike for climate justice.
Scrap capitalism to save the planet
12 February 2019Two reports this week spelled out the scale of the threat posed by climate change. They follow decades of similar warnings.
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- Wildcat strike and upbeat student rally at Soas university in London
- Rebecca Long-Bailey rally shows left has limited its sights
- Prison deaths and self-harm revealed in new report
- Rhetoric from the rich masks a rotten system
- Huge victory in Newham schools academy battle
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