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Welcome to our collection of articles dedicated to green politics. As our world grapples with pressing environmental and societal challenges, the green political movement emerges as a beacon of change.

These articles explore core areas of green politics such as: degrowth, demilitarization, union and worker rights, and anti-capitalism.

Discover the nuances of degrowth as we examine strategies to reshape economies, moving away from military and capitalist growth models toward a more balanced, regenerative approach. Explore the imperative of demilitarization, unraveling the environmental and social impacts of excessive military expenditures, and delving into proposals for redirecting resources towards constructive, peace-building endeavors. Anti-capitalism is a key theme, challenging the prevailing economic systems that prioritizes profit over people and the environment. Union and worker rights in politics is another key area. Our articles dissect the green political stance on restructuring economies to prioritize social justice, environmental sustainability, and community well-being.

This thought-provoking content analyzes the intersectionality of these principles, offering insights into how green politics seeks to create a world where ecological responsibility, demilitarization, and anti-capitalist values converge for the betterment of society and the planet.

We hope you enjoy these explorations of the progressive ideals of green politics, providing you with valuable perspectives, informed analyses, and potential solutions to the challenges we face. Stay engaged, informed, and inspired, and let’s pave the way toward a future guided by the principles of degrowth, demilitarization, and anti-capitalism.

Cuba Sends Doctors, the US Sends Sanctions

Helen Yaffe

The United States calls Cuba’s medical internationalism “human trafficking” — but it’s really an internationalist lifeline for the Global South.

Judicial Sovereignty for Congo and Africa

Ann Garrison

Western courts have imposed imperial justice on Africa, but African courts promise judicial sovereignty. Courts created by the UN. Security Council to prosecute crimes committed within one nation have been infamously agendized to create and bolster Western imperial narratives. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was used to justify NATO bombing and the balkanization of Yugoslavia, and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) also served Western purposes. The ICTR began with judicial notice, the assumption of facts that didn’t have to be proven, which were that there was a Tutsi genocide in Rwanda and that the Hutu were guilty.

Germany’s Die Linke: Another way of doing politics

Boris Kanzleiter

Die Linke’s resounding electoral success at the national level was due to the synergy between a number of different factors. Besides the party’s primary focus on social issues, these included a strong and successful social media campaign and collaborations with online influencers. The impassioned speech delivered on 29 January by party front-runner Heidi Reichinnek in reaction to the CDU/CSU’s decision to join forces with the AfD in order to push through a motion in the Bundestag to tighten Germany’s migration policy amassed some 25 million views online. At the same time, the party’s ability to successfully mobilize voters and its own rank and file can also be attributed in large part to its door-to-door campaigning, which had been a long time in the planning. Especially in the campaign to secure the direct mandates and the first votes for the constituency candidates, vote-canvassing appears to have been central.

In Colombia, The Hague Group Charges Israel With Genocide

Jose Olivares

A multilateral coalition arrived to Bogotá to take action to stop Israel’s genocide, despite U.S. condemnation and sanctions against the UN and international courts.

Unwavering Wayiyans: A Bulletin on the Confederation of Sahel States

Kodjovi Kpachavi

Since its confederation in July 2024, the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) has been on the move. The “wait and see” attitude toward what some have seen as undemocratic changes in the Sahel is not only no longer useful, it is dangerous. The people of the AES have liberated their territory from neo-colonial puppet leadership and their respective governments serve the people in ways we in the belly of the beast may have difficulty even imagining.

Nicaragua Ranks Highest in Gender Equity in the Americas

Jubilee House Community

If you asked 100 people in the U.S. or the U.K. to name the country leading gender equity in the Americas, it’s unlikely anyone would correctly answer Nicaragua. This lack of awareness reflects the success of a decades-long imperialist campaign to discredit and undermine Nicaragua’s remarkable achievements since the 1979 revolution.

The Healthcare System in Cuba

Renee L Quarterman and Dr Leonardo González de Dios

How a Tiny Island Defies U.S. Sanctions to Lead in Healthcare

Apocalypse in the Tropics review – how Brazilian politics succumbed to rightwing fundamentalism

Peter Bradshaw

Petra Costa explains how screeching evangelical Christian leaders have become kingmakers to all politicians in a chilling documentary that shows democracy on the brink.

Obscene Wealth

Greg Godels

Expose the gross obscenity and a level of wealth inequality in the US that should shame every politician, every mainstream-media commentator, and every cultural influencer who fails to make recognition of this travesty central to his or her message.