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Indigenous and Environmental Defenders Risk Their Lives as the Last Line Protecting the Planet

Indigenous leaders, farmers, and environmental activists worldwide face harassment, violence, and legal threats while defending land, water, and ecosystems, highlighting the urgent need for stronger protections and international accountability.

Indian Companies Complicit in Israel’s Genocide of the Palestinians

By Sudhanva Deshpande and Vijay Prashad Author Bio: This article was produced by Globetrotter. Sudhanva Deshpande is a leading theatre personality of India. Deshpande has been associated, as an actor and director, with Jana Natya Manch (Janam) (People’s Theatre Front) , a radical…

The Memory of Chilean Resistance Sails Toward Gaza. Conversation with Marita Rodríguez, Member of the Global Sumud Flotilla

By Taroa Zúñiga and Vijay Prashad  Author Bio: This article was produced by Globetrotter. Taroa Zúñiga Silva is a writer and Spanish media coordinator for Globetrotter. She is the director of the publishing house La Trocha and a member of the Mecha…

The GOP’s Stalinesque Plan 2025 to Shape the Future of U.S. Food and Agriculture” by Elizabeth Henderson

Author Bio: Elizabeth Henderson farmed at Peacework Farm in Wayne County, New York, for more than 30 years. Peacework CSA was one of the first community-supported agriculture farms in the U.S. She is co-chair of the Interstate Council policy committee…

Should Harming Mother Earth Be a Crime? The Case for Ecocide

The destruction of nature might one day become a criminal offense adjudicated by the International Criminal Court.

Yemen’s Socotra Archipelago: The UAE’s Occupation and Destruction of a World Heritage Site

BYLINE: Mouna Hashem and Martha Mundy AUTHOR BIO: Mouna Hashem, PhD, is an international development consultant with extensive experience evaluating development programs and policies at UN agencies (the United Nations Development Program, UNICEF, the International Labor Organization) and other organizations, including the…

The savagery of the war against the Palestinian people

EDITOR’SNOTE: I originally decided NOT TO PUBLISH this article due to the terrible and inhuman atrocities carried out by HAMAS against innocent civilians including women and children, babies, the aged, with no prior warning. The slaughter Hamas did was heinous,…

Small Islands, Big Impact: Samoa’s AOSIS Leadership on Climate Security

Samoa and the Alliance of Small Islands States show climate security is also about loss and damage Photo: United Nations Excerpt from lowyinstitute.org Samoa assumed a leadership role in January this year as chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS),…

The potential impact of wireless technology on wildlife

Electromagnetic radiation from Wi-Fi and cell towers may pose a “credible risk” to birds, mammals, insects, and even plants.

Unleash the power of AI (Artificial Intelligence)

From Reuters Momentum As every boardroom grapples with how to apply the transformative power of AI to their business, leading voices are calling for the pause button to be hit – before it’s too late. Six months on from the…