Category: Less of What We Don’t Need

The climate crisis is no longer a distant threat—it is an accelerating emergency exposing the bankruptcy of incremental solutions and market-driven “green transitions.” This incisive update dismantles the myth of a smooth energy transition, revealing how renewables are being layered atop fossil fuels rather than replacing them. As heatwaves, storms, and ecological breakdown intensify, the…

“Anthropause” is an amazing word and the latest book about it is an eye-opener. Stan Cox’s Anthropause: The Beauty of Degrowth (2026, Seven Stories Press), does what far too few degrowth books do – it first focuses readers’ attention to the positive experiences we could enjoy in a society less dedicated to producing unnecessary stuff.

A movement born from radical action now risks being defanged by racism and elite capture. As the climate crisis continues to grow, the only viable path is a radical struggle for climate and environmental liberation.

Before the large-scale use of fossil fuels, removable textile layers kept homes warm in winter and cool in summer.

What the current U.S. administration is doing, though probably unwittingly, is saying the quiet part out loud. As the natural resources that the modern world depends on become more and more scarce, countries will more and more resort to openly violent methods to secure access to those resources.

Let’s start with the goal of no new energy infrastructure whatsoever from any source, make do with what we have now, and shut down infrastructure from there as we eliminate frivolous use. This is an attainable goal.

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…