Produce Less – Exploring Degrowth

Veterans For Peace issues a scathing condemnation of the U.S.–Israeli attack on Iran, calling it an illegal war of aggression built on deception and double standards. Drawing parallels with past catastrophic wars, the statement challenges official narratives, highlights violations of international and constitutional law, and warns of escalating global instability. It urges military personnel to refuse unlawful orders and calls on citizens to resist through protest and political action. Framing this moment as a turning point, the appeal links war abroad with repression at home, demanding accountability, disarmament, and a renewed commitment to peace, justice, and international solidarity.

Almost Everywhere, I notice Artificial Intelligence. After A.I.s from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google kept recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations, Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei said his company would not help the U.S. surveil unwitting civilians or deploy killer drones. In response, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said contractors don’t get to tell the government how to do its job. Dario Amodei stands by his belief that the decision to kill people must remain a human one.

So in plain language, here is the actual claim: “We have no choice but to meet all electricity demands and doing so via renewable energy increases greenhouse gas emissions by a lesser amount than fossil fuels.” Now that we have clarity on the actual claim, we can break it down. The reality is this: 1) We absolutely do have a choice because demand is politically, economically, and socially constructed, and 2) The choice between renewables and fossil fuels is a false binary, like telling a healthy person they must chose between losing an arm or a leg.

The Guatemalan government announced the termination of the medical collaboration agreement with Cuba under which Cuban health professionals worked in remote and impoverished areas of the country since 1998.

The world trembled as Bad Bunny marched onto the field at the Super Bowl, in front of millions of spectators, with flags from every country in the Americas, in a performance that, while a kick to imperialism, will only find dry dust in liberal enthusiasm. While the Puerto Rican singer fired off in Spanish, across the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba was announcing that it has run out of jet fuel.

In the shadow of escalating federal repression, Minneapolis emerges as a true City of Heroes — where veterans, neighbors and new acivists stand shoulder-to-shoulder against militarized “Homeland Security” assaults on their streets. From winter vigils to first-aid patrols and whistles in the night, those once silent now resist with unwavering solidarity. The courageous presence of Veterans For Peace links battles abroad to the fight at home, uniting generations against racism, state violence and ICE terror. This is a story of collective defance, community care, and resistance that refuses to yield.

Gerry McGovern’s newest book, 99th Day: A Warning about Technology, reads like a Truth and Reconciliation Commission about technology’s impacts on ecosystems and public health. From his start on a small Irish farm, McGovern wanted to be a modern, materially wealthy man. In the early 90s, he developed an online community, a blogging system and a way to manage web content. He became “an evangelistic tech bro, a booster of ‘renewable’ energy who believed there was no innovation that tech couldn’t solve.” In a blink, he made money, money, money.

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 article argues that genuine mitigation demands radical systemic change, binding international action, and the rapid winding down of fossil fuel production. In a world drifting toward climate denial and political inertia, it calls for urgent, transformative responses before irreversible catastrophe becomes inevitable.

“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.