The New South Wales Labor government is failing to protect the state’s rapidly declining koala population, which is under threat from logging, climate impacts and disease. Ben Radford reports.
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The prime minister’s claimed concern for those impacted by the climate emergency rings hollow while he backs the fossil fuel industry, argues Ben Radford.
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Green Left journalist and Socialist Alliance member Bed Radford outlined why we need ecosocialism and decolonisation at the Rising Tide People’s Blockade.
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COP30 lacked any concrete commitments to climate action, promoted false solutions and denied indigenous voices, writes Ben Radford. Meanwhile, the grassroots Peoples’ Summit laid the blame for the climate crisis squarely at capitalism’s feet and called for indigenous-led solutions and the non-proliferation of fossil fuels.
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Ecuadorians resoundingly rejected far-right President Daniel Noboa’s plans to undermine the country’s sovereignty and change the constitution in favour of his neoliberal project, reports Ben Radford.
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The Tropical Forest Forever Facility, set to be launched at COP30, is designed to guarantee profits for corporations and governments in the Global North by deepening debt and financial dependency in the Global South, writes Ben Radford.
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The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador — the country’s most powerful social movement — ended its month-long national strike against the neoliberal Daniel Noboa government, reports Ben Radford.
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Thousands of young people marched in the streets across Peru to protest government corruption and economic insecurity, just five days after former President Dina Boluarte was impeached, reports Ben Radford.
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Bolivia suffered its worst-ever bushfire season last year. Bolivia Burning: Inside a Latin American Ecocide, a new short documentary, focuses on the worst-affected Santa Cruz department, the heart of Bolivia’s agro-industrial frontier. Ben Radford reviews the film.
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Ecuadorians are resoundingly resisting the Daniel Noboa government’s neoliberal policies, despite heavy police and military repression, reports Ben Radford.
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Adam Hanieh, professor of political economy and global development, linked Israel’s genocide in Gaza to global imperialism and the climate crisis, framing Palestine as central to understanding the ecosocialist struggle. Ben Radford reports.
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Decades of grassroots campaigns have finally delivered the Great Koala National Park in NSW, where an immediate logging moratorium has also been announced. Ben Radford reports.