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Bernard Duterme: “The environmental movement must be urgently decolonised”

25th Jan 2021 Equal Times 0

We may all be in the same boat, but not all of us have access to the lifeboats. This expression, borrowed from the Cameroonian economist […]

Argentina at an energy crossroads: the role of trade unions in building a just transition

14th Dec 2020 Equal Times 0

Argentina is at a crossroads. The repercussions of the pandemic look set to worsen the socio-economic crisis already looming over the country and are having […]

The coronavirus pandemic has put Asia’s Indigenous communities under serious pressure

9th Oct 2020 Equal Times 0

Many communities have been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis, but for some, such as the Chao Lay, the global slowdown in travel and tourism […]

Ex-mineworkers vow to continue fighting despite COVID-19 outbreak

13th May 2020 Mzi Velapi 0

Ex-mineworkers in South Africa and in the region say they will continue fighting for what is due to them amid the coronavirus outbreak

Is the EU locking into natural gas despite its promise to lead the global phase-out of fossil fuels?

10th Mar 2020 Equal Times 0

At the north-western tip of Krk, Croatia’s largest island and a top tourist destination, a jetty is being built and pipes are being laid down […]

The Donetsk People’s Republic, a state under construction or a ghost state?

2nd Mar 2020 Equal Times 0

The huge administrative building gives a feeling of emptiness as you enter. Dressed in military fatigues, a soldier keeps the visitor’s register. “Passport!” he says […]

Mining activities continue to dispossess black families in South Africa

12th Nov 2019 Dineo Skosana 0

Dispossession in South Africa is associated with the period of colonialism and apartheid. As a result, not much consideration is given to how previously marginalised […]

The faces behind the oil America went to war for

5th Jul 2019 Equal Times 0

Despite the geopolitical importance of Iraq’s oil, and the central role that oil played in its invasion by a US-led coalition in March 2003, 16 […]

South Africa’s clandestine miners defend their work (and want it to be legal)

25th Jan 2019 Equal Times 0

Protected from the rain and the sun by plastic sheets tied to sticks, dozens of muscle-bound youngsters apply their strength to making heavy metal cylinders […]

Venezuela: where a crisis and a “gold rush” are creating an environmental disaster

13th Sep 2018 Equal Times 0

Under glass displays, nappies and coffee are sold as luxury items in the supermarkets of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. Customers’ baskets are mostly empty. […]

Latin America’s environmental challenge

9th Aug 2018 Equal Times 0

For the 45 million indigenous people of Latin America, their link with the environment goes beyond its potential use as a resource to a spiritual […]

Illegal logging and poverty fuel local tensions in southern Senegal

13th Jun 2018 Equal Times 0

In the early hours of 6 April 2018 Mustapha Gueye awoke to the buzz of a chainsaw outside his home in Sam Yero Gueye, a […]

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