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by Rezgar Akrawi

A Call for a Democratic Citizenship State, Social Justice and a Socialist Horizon.

by John P. Ruehl

As wars, extreme weather, fuel shortages and rising electricity demand strain aging power systems, decentralized energy is gaining importance. Solar panels, batteries, smaller generators and microgrids can reduce dependence on vulnerable centralized grids and help maintain essential services during disruptions. In Ukraine, distributed systems are supporting hospitals and water infrastructure amid attacks. Puerto Rico is integrating household batteries into its grid, while Cuba is expanding solar generation as fuel shortages deepen. These experiences show both the potential and limitations of decentralized energy. Scaling remains difficult, but localized generation and storage are emerging as practical tools for improving resilience in increasingly insecure energy systems.

by Thomas Shivers

In the mountains of Eswatini, Warren has built a garden around indigenous plants, permaculture and local ecological knowledge. But the landscape he has carefully cultivated is facing a changing climate. He has witnessed heavier and less predictable rains, flooding, soil erosion, crop failures and the spread of invasive species. His response combines practical adaptation with conservation: cultivating native plants, restoring degraded land, reducing invasive wattle, reusing waste and producing organic compost. Working with like-minded neighbours, Warren hopes to develop a nature reserve around Sibebe Rock. His experience offers a grounded account of grassroots climate adaptation and the challenges of building resilience in a vulnerable rural community.

by Julian Bokser

Javier Milei’s government has faced setbacks both in the streets and in Congress over its plans to liberalize foreign ownership of land and weaken environmental protections. Mass protests against the proposed land law were met with police repression, while the government failed to secure enough parliamentary support to pass key provisions as presented. The article examines these developments as signs of growing resistance to austerity, privatization and the transfer of control over Argentina’s land and resources. It also explores the role of sovereignty, the Malvinas issue and football in popular political consciousness, and the challenge of turning street mobilization into sustained political organization.

“Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Hub" is a dump in innovation clothing

On a foggy day inside the Franklin Correctional Institution 10 years ago, prisoners refused to go to work, the chow hall and the canteen store.  Robert Powell, who was incarcerated in that prison in Carrabelle, Florida, at the time, told me he never had a job of real significance, but he helped ensure everyone in … Continue reading "Remembering the First Nationally Coordinated Prison Strike 10 Years Later"

Americans across the partisan divide seem increasingly fed up with school voucher schemes, which funnel public funds to unaccountable private entities. Even Betsy DeVos’s lobbying group is getting nervous about the voucher backlash.

The question isn’t whether the mainstream economic consensus on inflation is right or wrong. It’s clearly wrong. The question is, can we do anything about it?

Wired for Profit: Seventh in a series about Alabama Power’s influence over electric rates, renewable energy, pollution and politics in the Yellowhammer State. When Alabama lawmakers left for spring break during the 2026 legislative session, many of them knew something had to be done. Landmark legislation curbing the profits of the state’s influential electric utility, […]

Wired for Profit: Sixth in a series about Alabama Power’s influence over electric rates, renewable energy, pollution and politics in the Yellowhammer State. Mack Butler insists he’s not angry about how it all turned out. “That’s just how it goes in the Legislature sometimes,” he says, leaning back behind the desk at his office in […]

On the night of Feb. 22, 1998, tornadoes tore through Central Florida while most of the region slept. By dawn, 42 people were dead; to date, it is the deadliest tornado outbreak in the state’s history. Nearly all those who died lived in the same kind of housing: mobile homes and RV parks around Kissimmee, […]

The following statement calling for freedom for the imprisoned Zaporizhzhia nuclear workers has been issued by the leaders of 22 UK trade unions. Joint Statement from Trade Union Leaders For the Release of Imprisoned Ukrainian Union Members at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant We call on the UK Government to take urgent action in support … Continue reading 22 trade unions call for UK government to push to free imprisoned Zaporizhzhia nuclear workers

Though little remembered now, at the turn of the 20th century Cleveland’s socialists heroically fought Samuel Gompers for leadership of the American Federation of Labor — putting forward a revolutionary alternative to Gompers’s conservative unionism.

A new survey of 6,100 voters finds that persuadable voters respond to plain talk about rent, groceries, and corruption — and tune out when Democrats lecture them about who’s dividing them.

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The future of the Republic will be at stake in November’s elections. Voters and movements face critical questions about protecting constitutional democracy, the rule of law, economic security, racial justice, and peace. This webinar will help state and community-based movement leaders identify key priorities, actions, and policy commitments as they prepare for the elections.

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Cleaning work is often called low-skilled, perhaps because it’s usually done by low-waged women. In an interview, a cleaner in the European Parliament and a hospital cleaner explain why their work should be more valued and better paid.

DOUBLE SPRINGS, Ala.—As 59-year-old Pam Benton sat handcuffed to a cold bench inside the Winston County Courthouse, shame flooded over her. All she could think about, she later explained, was what her grandchildren may soon believe about their “nana.” “Only bad people go to jail,” Benton told Inside Climate News. “That’s what a lot of […]

Michigan’s Norwich Plains is a stretch of unbroken wilderness in the state’s Upper Peninsula dominated by northern hardwood forest, with sugar maples and old-growth aspens that provide habitat for endangered species like the eastern gray wolf and the American martin.  There are beaver ponds, meadows and miles of trout streams that can all be seen […]

More than 60 advocacy groups from across Maryland are urging leaders in Annapolis to put a temporary pause on new data center proposals until their impacts on the environment and communities can be fully understood and policies are in place to address any harms. The move comes after 14 of 24 local jurisdictions in Maryland […]