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Pentagon Pollution, 5: The deadly impact of depleted uranium
The use of depleted uranium weapons in the Balkans and Iraq has left a long-term legacy of cancers and birth defects among civilians
Pentagon Pollution, 6: Weapons of mass destruction in slow motion
During and after the Pentagon's wars, landmines and cluster bombs kill and maim, while blocking resettlement and agriculture in the poorest regions
Pentagon Pollution, 7: The military assault on global climate
The U.S. military is the single greatest institutional contributor to the growing natural disasters intensified by global climate change.
The extraordinary communities that arise in disaster
Challenging common myths, Rebecca Solnit shows that ordinary people often respond to disaster with self-sacrifice, humanity, kindness and basic solidarity
The liberal attack on Naomi Klein and ‘This Changes Everything’
Naomi Klein's inspiring book frightens capitalism's liberal defenders, making them desperate to blunt and undermine its message.
Syriza: A left-green government in Greece?
Syriza's colors are red and purple and green, identifying it as socialist, feminist and environmentalist. Its platform includes all the key demands of the Green Party.
SCNCC: Convention, Jan. 31-Feb. 1
System Change Not Climate Change! There's still time to register, particularly if you would like to participate by phone/Internet.
400 parts per million and class struggle
While no one has a positive interest in destroying the environment, the capitalist class has an interest in blocking the measures that could protect it. Recognizing this class dimension to the environmental struggle is vital.
South African pipeline spill exposes eco-racism
The Durban diesel disaster polluted rich whites' gardens ... but the cause is systematic discrimination against the black majority.