Social Activism

From Media Darling to Persona Non Grata: Greta Thunberg’s Journey

From Media Darling to Persona Non Grata: Greta Thunberg’s Journey

Alan MacLeod looks at how the Swedish climate activist widened her focus to the capitalist system and Israeli genocide in Gaza and lost the attention of the corporate press.
14.07.2025

Is BRICS the Way Forward?

Is BRICS the Way Forward?

After witnessing Cuba’s ailing economy in a recent visit, Asoka Bandarage looks beyond BRICS for an alternative to both authoritarian socialism and neoliberal capitalism.
11.07.2025

Australia Obstructed Probe Into Deadly ‘Rainbow Warrior’ Bombing

Australia Obstructed Probe Into Deadly ‘Rainbow Warrior’ Bombing

Forty years later, David Robie, the only journalist on board the Greenpeace ship in the weeks leading up to its bombing on July 10, 1985, looks back on this act of French state terrorism in a New Zealand port.
10.07.2025

The Vance Doctrine

The Vance Doctrine

The Vice President's commencement address at Annapolis was a definitive and welcome break with the past.
30.05.2025

The White House as Mad House

The White House as Mad House

It is time, plain and simple, to give up the thought that anything good is to come out of Trump’s next three and a half years.
30.05.2025

Inside Labour’s Plot to Take Down Corbyn

Inside Labour’s Plot to Take Down Corbyn

Richard Sanders on Get In, a book on Morgan McSweeney, the Labour strategist who focused on bringing down Corbyn and propelling Keir Starmer to power.
29.04.2025

Free Speech Is Worth Fighting For

Free Speech Is Worth Fighting For

We do not have free speech to talk about the weather. Our Founders, particularly James Madison who drafted the Bill of Rights, understood that our rights are not privileges granted to us by government.
01.04.2025

Frequent leaks, opaque handling greatly tarnish Japan’s reputation as Fukushima dumping marks one year

Frequent leaks, opaque handling greatly tarnish Japan’s reputation as Fukushima dumping marks one year

It has been one year since Japan began dumping nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean despite broad opposition. So far, some 60,000 tons of water from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been discharged as part of Japan's 30-year program to dump around one million tons of nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean
26.08.2024

Enemy of the Economy and the Ecosystem: Is Recycling Plastic Just a "Green Scam?"

Enemy of the Economy and the Ecosystem: Is Recycling Plastic Just a "Green Scam?"

While recycling plastic is seen as something almost sacrosanct, the companies that push it know it is not feasible, and new data suggests that it is not helping anyways
05.06.2023

What it Means to be a Social Activist

What it Means to be a Social Activist

Why Greta Thunberg is not Martin Luther King?
12.04.2023

Eco-Activists' Coal Nightmare

Eco-Activists' Coal Nightmare

Gas deficit pushes Germany into reviving its coal industry
03.02.2023

Sustainable Fashion for the Age of Environmentalism

Sustainable Fashion for the Age of Environmentalism

Sustainable fashion reflects contemporary concerns for the environment and claims that the fashion industry can be ethical
14.11.2022

Greta Thunberg's Fateful Midnight Hour

Greta Thunberg's Fateful Midnight Hour

Why has the iconic environmental activist fallen off the radar?
13.06.2022

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