by Judi Bari We decided to post this on Love and Rage in celebration of Earth Day. This is an important text in the history of the environmental movement of the US. Judi Bari was a member of the IWW and Earth First! and was a leader in […]
The unprecedented fires in Australia show the future that capitalism is preparing for all of us. A tiny number of capitalists are responsible for the worsening catastrophe, but only the working class has the power to save us. by Nathaniel Flakin / LeftVoice The unprecedented fires in Australia […]
by Thomas-Ryan Cleek / Love and Rage “Endless is the good that I have given for you to enjoy.” The supposed last words of King Kamehameha the Great. If King Kamehameha had lived to see what would become of his kingdom, he would see what we see: an […]
by Ben Fredricks / LeftVoice The Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA), representing 110,000 education workers, has called for a general strike to curtail climate change through a Green New Deal. This militant initiative shows the way forward: Working people can stop capitalism’s destruction of the planet. It is not […]
by Niko Georgiades / Unicorn Riot DIJON, France – Over a hundred anti-capitalists have created a nine hectare free district with urban gardens and a free market as they prevent development plans from being constructed. The occupiers are seeking to preserve agricultural land and experiment in collective living […]
More than seven months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans are still reeling — not only from the power outages and water shortages caused by the storm but also from the ruthless austerity measures imposed the U.S. Government. However, the people of the island are beginning to organize, fight […]
“We’re putting our bodies on the line in the right way,” said Manitoba Cree man and environmental activist Clayton Thomas-Müller. by TeleSur / News – Global Over 150 protesters, including two politicians, have been arrested by the Canadian authorities over the past week for their protest against the […]
by William Hawes / Gods and Radicals – Views and Analysis Aren’t we all tired of capitalism? Haven’t most of us gotten sick of the drudgery, the monotony, the exploitation, sucking up to our bosses and management who pretend to care about the average worker? The drive to […]
by Unicorn Riot – The States WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIP, PA – Construction of the Mariner East 2 natural gas liquids pipeline faces several new obstacles as local authorities and the public respond to a series of drilling accidents. Sunoco/Energy Transfer Partners recently voluntarily stopped construction in certain areas […]
by Amy Goodman and Dennis Moynihan / Democracy Now! – Views and Analysis As “Russiagate” becomes a full-blown conflagration threatening to consume Donald Trump’s presidency, his denial of human-induced global warming continues to threaten a planet already on fire. The world reeled on June 1 when Trump made […]