Vegan Angela Davis speaks out: “Connect Human and Animal Liberation!”
While Angela Davis is well known for her progressive perspectives on race, gender, and class, less well known are her…
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Where is the protest? A reply to Graeber and Lapavitsas
Yes, we’re nice people, and yes we have been sapped of our energy. But the main reasons we’re not protesting…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and its latest report
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report came out on Monday. This post includes some background on the IPCC,…
Leadership and the myth of apathy
Why aren’t we rising up? Whether the ‘we’ in question is young people, the British people, or the poor, this…
The Migrants’ Files: surveying migrants’ deaths at Europe’s door
Since the beginning of the century more than 23,000 By : The migrants’ Files A tide of humanity — people…
Banks and the New “Too Big to Jail” Doctrine
We all know the saying, “Too big to fail”. The way governments have managed the crisis caused by the banks…
The 1% Get Richer as You Work Harder
It is not your imagination — you are working harder and earning less. Despite significant productivity gains during the past…
“They Didn’t Drown. They Were Murdered!” Immigrant Deaths in Ceuta, Spain
Fourteen people from sub-Saharan Africa died, as a group of 200 people tried to enter Spain from Morocco by swimming…
Dysfunctional PhDs in a dysfunctional university
If one’s experience as a PhD student is dominated by hierarchy, perhaps that also says something about the changes occurring…
Venezuela: it’s the opposition that’s anti-democratic
Don’t be fooled by the sight of protests in Venezuela: this time the anti-democratic villains are not in government but…