Produce Less – Exploring Degrowth

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 years. In 1998, Hugo Chávez was elected president with a promise to use oil revenues to improve the life quality of Venezeula’s poor. The venom of the criollos knew no bounds. A genuine solution to the attack on Venzuela would require fundamental economic change there and in the world.

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 fracture Chavista unity and legitimize foreign intervention. This is not reporting — it is psy-ops designed to delegitimise resistance, rewrite reality, and prepare the ground for neo-colonial control of Venezuela’s vast resources. Stand with truth, not imperial myth-making.

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 new scientific report. The answer may lie not just in what these foods contain, but in how companies manufacture them to maximize profits and how they interact with the body.

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 of sovereign leaders, the U.S. elite now govern by decree and force, not consent. This unflinching critique exposes a collapsing empire that tramples international law and human rights alike — a clarion call to resist the gangster state masquerading as a democracy.

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 oligarchic power. Removing Maduro won’t erase the profound social gains and deep popular loyalties forged through decades of resistance. The real battle now is between a resurgent imperial project and a people determined to defend their dignity and hard-won revolutionary legacy.

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 chemicals—from traces of pesticides to prescription drugs—were identified across the fabrics.