Welcome to our in-depth exploration of degrowth. In a world shaped by economic systems, our articles delve into the intersection of green politics, degrowth, and anti-capitalist principles, providing a unique perspective on reshaping economic paradigms.
Our articles offer a green perspective on degrowth, examining how it aims to redefine success beyond mere GDP growth and advocates for a sustainable, balanced approach to resource allocation.
Discover how anti-capitalist ideals align with the Green vision for an economic system that prioritizes people and the planet over profit. We explore the complexities of dismantling the current economic framework and replacing it with one that emphasizes social justice, environmental sustainability, and community well-being. Navigate through insightful articles that unpack the strategies proposed by green political movements to reduce the size of the military-industrial complex.
Together, let’s envision and advocate for a future where economic prosperity is intertwined with social and ecological well-being.
Tiny titanium dioxide particles in food raise blood sugar, disrupt gut hormones in mice, study finds
Pamela Ferdinand
New research highlights potential health risks of a common food color additive banned in Europe, found in candies and ultra-processed snacks. The tiniest particles of titanium dioxide—commonly used to make candies, cookies, and other ultra-processed foods look brighter and more visually appealing, especially to kids—can raise blood sugar levels and impair how the body processes glucose, among other health harms, according to new research in mice.
Cuba brings hope to Alzheimer’s patients and their families
Dr. Lauren Collins
Dr. Lauren Collins reports on the positive results coming from new drugs that the world hears little about because they are developed in Cuba. With aging populations increasingly common around the world, degenerative brain disease is on the increase. Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, has a devastating impact on the lives of patients and their families.
Vietnam: a victory never to be forgotten
Allen Myers
It’s a historic anniversary that the US ruling class and its allies around the world wish we would forget. Fifty years ago, on 30 April 1975, US imperialism suffered the worst military defeat in its history as troops of the North Vietnamese Army and South Vietnam National Liberation Front took complete control of Ho Chi Minh City (then called Saigon) and the few scattered areas of the south that had not yet been liberated.
Microplastics wreaking havoc on human hormones, fertility, a new review says
Natasha Gilbert
Tiny bits of plastic pollution are found all across the natural environment from the deep ocean to Arctic ice. This widespread contamination comes from the manufacture and overuse of plastics which degrade over time and leach toxic chemicals into the environment and the food system. The chemicals in micro-and nano plastics (MNPs) cause a plethora of health impacts including harming people’s hormonal systems leading to infertility, and neurological and behavior disorders among other issues, says a new review which unpacks the mechanisms of how plastics harm health.
Never Again Moss Landing: The battery fire that should change the world—and could affect people who eat lettuce or strawberries
Katie Singer
The battery fire that should change the world—and could affect people who eat lettuce or strawberries
Liberals Smooth the Way to Fascism
Ellen Isaacs
Many have expressed astonishment at how readily universities, law firms and state governments capitulated to the Trump administration. We believe that not only did these entities surrender because they are highly dependent on federal funds, but they are all, at heart, defenders of capitalism – even if said to be liberal. The trajectory has many similarities to that in Europe in the 1930s.
Israel’s Genocide Has Killed More Journalists Than WWI and WWII Combined: Report
Sharon Zhang
At least 232 journalists have been killed amid the genocide, a new Costs of War report finds.
How Eco-Localism Differs from Tariff Terrorism
Richard Heinberg
Eco-localists argue that globalization is authoritarian by nature: increasingly, multinational corporations rule the world. Individuals and communities are powerless by comparison. Eco-localists make the following recommendations to governments and communities:
Incentivize cooperative, worker-owned businesses.
Promote the meeting of human needs through non-market means—i.e., the sharing economy.
Focus on the well-being of people and nature instead of simply aiming to grow GDP.
Tax the rich and provide more economic security (including education and healthcare) for lower-income people.
Re-localize production by regulating big corporations so that smaller, local producers and sellers can remain competitive.
Strengthen the rights of communities (including the rights of nature) and the fabric of democracy.
Haiti and the Global Movement for Reparations
Mildred Aristide
The country is facing an extraordinary situation. The capital (and some provinces) are under siege by heavily armed paramilitary forces. They are responsible for an untold number of killings, kidnapping, rapes, acts of arson and pillage. Entire swaths of the city have been abandoned. Hospitals, schools, businesses destroyed. Families displaced from homes, living in makeshift settlements. A total upending of everyday life. Food production has plummeted, while blocked roads prevent agricultural products from making it to markets. Prices of basic staples have more than quadrupled. Alarming signs that hunger and famine are rising. Access to basic services like education, healthcare, sanitation – fragile in better times – are non-existent now in a growing number of areas. Cases of cholera are increasing. And, given the uncertainty surrounding the fate of hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in the US – whose remittances home are a lifeline – the situation looks to worsen.