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by Robert Jensen

Berry didn’t exempt himself from this critique of the destructive habits that draw down the ecological capital of the planet: "I am … still in bondage to the automobile industry and the energy companies, which have nothing to recommend them except our dependence on them. I still fly on airplanes, which have nothing to recommend them but speed; they are inconvenient, uncomfortable, undependable, ugly, stinky, and scary. I still cut my wood with a chainsaw, which has nothing to recommend it but speed, and has all the faults of an airplane, except it does not fly."

by Kohei Saito & Antonin Horcica

Transcript of my interview with Kohei Saito on 1 st September, 2023 on the occasion of the 9th International Degrowth Conference in Zagreb. This interview was originally published in Czech in Alarm, a Czech left-wing online magazine, on 28 September 2023. This is the first English publication of the full transcript, approved by Kohei Saito.

by Roberto Sirvent

The IMF and World Bank are not subjects the corporate media cover in any real sense. Instead, their role is treated as unquestionably immutable and beneficial.

by Nate Halverson

Scientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our yearlong investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere.

by Junko Edahiro

Japan offers a distinctive perspective on degrowth, shaped less by deliberate economic contraction than by depopulation, ageing, and shrinking rural economies. Junko Edahiro examines how communities are adapting by placing wellbeing, resilience, sufficiency, and local participation ahead of conventional growth. From Transition Town Fujino’s local energy initiatives to the “Half Farmer, Half X” lifestyle model and Ama Town’s approach to living with fewer material resources, these examples show how communities can reorganize around what matters most. The article also explores Toyama’s wellbeing indicators and a practical framework for community development that connects future visions, systems thinking, and local action.

Artificial intelligence poses major threats, from extreme labor market disruption to security dangers. Managing those risks will mean taking on the concentrated power of the AI industry.

By Liz Kirkwood, Executive Director, Flow Water Advocates Michigan has lost one of its most valiant defenders and stewards. Stanley “Skip” Pruss, husband, father, grandfather, friend, environmental attorney, clean energy expert and champion, and a cherished member of the team here at Flow Water Advocates since 2013 as senior advisor and former board chair, has... Read more »

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Francis Fukuyama tells Jacobin that decades of suspicion of the state, from both the Left and the Right, helped produce America’s current crisis.

The US left has had some success winning primaries in Democrat-held constituencies. But this can’t be a strategy for national success and the implementation of New Deal–style programs. For that, we’ll need a supermajority.

Sunday’s Saxony-Anhalt state election was grim, with the far-right Alternative für Deutschland now close to power for the first time. The Left won’t beat it by defending the status quo. It needs organization and a future worth fighting for.

In Britain, healthy life expectancies between poor and rich regions can vary by as many as 20 years. Not only is this a social crisis; it is undermining trust in government and fueling the far right’s cynical politics.

When the power goes out during a Georgia summer, the heat builds fast. Inside a home without air conditioning, the air turns heavy and stifling. For Donica Odell, who has dealt with Georgia Power disconnections for much of her life, it feels “like you’re boiling like crab legs.” Georgia Power, the state’s largest utility, has […]

Donald Trump Jr is raising money for Polymarket and lobbying to shield prediction markets from regulation. There should be a thick wall between Trump family business and the presidency. An event contract on whether one exists might be a good investment.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Canton–Hong Kong strike, one of the longest general strikes in history. The strike was a remarkable experiment in working-class democracy and its outcome shaped the course of 20th-century China.

Organized labor provides the essential mass base for a revived Left, while socialist politics provides the anti-capitalist horizon necessary to challenge capital. Vivek Chibber describes why the fate of the two are intertwined.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has signed an executive order creating the country’s first city agency dedicated explicitly to helping workers organize. He spoke with Jacobin about how the new office will advance his affordability agenda.

GORHAM, Maine—Supersonic shockwaves shook the bones of Charlie Hamblen’s historic Maine farmhouse more than a dozen times last year, travelling over half a mile from blasts at a nearby quarry. The quarry is one of two active in Gorham, a vibrant and growing town of nearly 20,000 residents a few miles west of Portland, and […]

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by Martin Hart-Landsberg

Marty Hart-Landsberg cuts through the fog of AI hype to outline some of the dangers we face from AI use and highlight avenues of effective resistance.

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