Category: Less of What We Don’t Need

As the US openly discussed schemes to add Greenland to its list of conquered territories, it became abundantly clear that “Alternative Energy” (AltE, solar, wind, hydro power) joined fossil fuels at center stage. Greenland is closer to Venezuela than they appear on a map. Cultural racism has been central to Venezuela’s political struggles for 500…

Washington’s latest assault on Venezuelan sovereignty has moved beyond overt military aggression to a ruthless propaganda offensive. After the U.S. engineered the capture of President Maduro and the installation of Interim President Delcy Rodríguez — a constitutional act distorted by empire — U.S. media and officials now weave a campaign of insinuations and smears to…

Food additives, packaging chemicals, and processing methods may drive disease risk, even as food safety rules fail to catch up. Researchers are getting closer to solving the riddle of how ultra-processed foods (UPFs) harm metabolic, reproductive, and immune health in ways that can’t be explained by calories or poor nutrient profile alone, according to a…

America’s descent into lawless imperialism has reached a new nadir. In “America the Rogue State”, Chris Hedges dissects how U.S. power has dismantled democratic restraints at home and abandoned the rule of law abroad, presiding instead over endless war, plunder and political terror. From weaponised elections and media complicity to extrajudicial violence and the kidnapping…

The U.S. “capture” of Nicolás Maduro is being hailed in Western capitals as a blow to dictatorship — but this narrative obscures centuries of Latin America’s struggle against imperialism and entrenched racially-coded elite rule. In Venezuela, the Bolivarian Revolution was more than a presidency: it was the voice of the historically marginalized, a challenge to…

Infant clothing may expose babies to hundreds of different chemicals used in everything from plastics to paints—including some known to be toxic, a new scientific investigation shows. The analysis of 43 infant garments, published in Environmental Research, is the first to comprehensively screen for all detectable chemicals versus a limited number. In total, 303 different…

The concept of “crime” is not a fixed, objective reality but a fluid and politically potent construct which has been meticulously weaponized to serve the interests of power. Crime is in fact a dialectical product of the very systems of domination it purportedly challenges. An elusive chameleon, the shifting definitions of crime justifies the expansion…

While China and Russia honor their historic defeat of fascism, the West has revitalized it. The doctrine of exceptionalism serves as a modern justification for genocide and imperial aggression.

Calling on Wells Fargo Bank to “Stop Fracking US” climate crisis activists on July 23 blocked the bank’s world headquarters building entryways, occupied an outdoor plaza and painted a mural illustrating their concerns in protesting and drawing attention to the bank’s investments and funding that have contributed to climate destruction, Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the…

For years, women in the Beed district have documented that physicians have performed hysterectomies on them without their informed consent, with researchers estimating that about 4,605 women in the district were forced or coerced into having hysterectomies between 2016 and 2019. Maharashtra has about one-third of India’s 506 sugar factories, according to the latest data…