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The government’s proposed cuts to disability benefits will ruin lives if they are not fought ~ Fingers Malone ~ Their focus is on making it harder to get Personal Independence Payments , halving the health element of Universal Credit for new claimants, and after 2029 connecting the Limited Capability for Work Related Activities to qualifying

An article by Terry Sheen & Billy Williams documenting the conflict in the Spanish anarcho-syndicalist union, the CNT, that eventually resulted in a split, litigation and the establishment of the CGT. Originally appeared in Libertarian Communist #8

An article contrasting the anti-fascism of anarchists and the anti-fascism of the Allied Forces of World War II. Originally appeared in Why Vol. 1, No. 5 .

Philadelphia, PA — American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 33 , the city’s largest blue-collar union, launched a historic strike earlier this month, halting sanitation services on a scale not seen since 1986.

An article by Christiaan Cornelissen which attempts to sketch out a constructive program for libertarian communism. Originally appeared in Vanguard .

An article released by the Argentina-based group Cuadernos de Negacion that deals with the rise of the extreme right. More specifically, it deals critically with the use of the term “fascist” to describe this tendency. Originally posted: July 13, 2025 at Internationalist Perspective

An article praising the resistance to the Trump Administration's anti-migrant policies and a warning to the movement about being co-opted by the anti-Trump faction of the bourgeoisie. Originally posted: July 13, 2025 at International Communist Current

Two veteran antifascist organizers and theorists discuss how antifascism is being reconsidered with Trump's second Presidency and the rise of right-wing governments. Originally posted: July 10, 2025 at Maiseh Review

An article by Natascha Elena Uhlmann & Sarah Lazare about unions in the US fighting against the Trump Administration's draconian immigration policies. Originally posted: July 8, 2025 at Labor Notes

The first trial in the ‘Cop City’ RICO case began the morning of July 7 in Fulton County, but a mistrial brought the proceedings to a halt once more.

Before planners and property developers turned Manhattan into a sterile playground for the wealthy, it was the site of extraordinarily creative art and music scenes. Critic J. Hoberman shows us how New York thrived in the shadow of nuclear war.

COLOMBO — Bhathiya is a tusker whose towering presence once symbolized the majestic beauty of Sri Lanka’s wild elephants . But his life took a tragic turn when he sustained gunshot injuries that led to a slow and painful battle for survival, highlighting the harsh reality of human-elephant conflict in the Indian Ocean island.

In France and beyond, centrist governments are invoking

Make electricity cheaper so households benefit from heat pumps, advisers urge

After a protest breached the Jawlan barrier, Druze from both sides rushed to see relatives as police stood by — a glimpse of what the land was and could be.

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In the Peruvian Amazon, a series of curious encounters has left biologists scratching their heads. Camera traps have captured an unexpected partnership: solitary, nocturnal ocelots strolling alongside common opossums .

The eastern Baltic cod has shrunk dramatically in size in recent decades due to rapid evolution — changes at the genetic level — caused by decades of intensive fishing, a new study says. It’s one of the first studies to show that a marine species has evolved in response to fishing pressure.

In bestselling novelist Barry Eisler’s new book “The System, ” an idealistic young Representative discovers how power and propaganda really work.

As Africa’s environment ministers meet this week in Nairobi, Kenya, for the 20th African Ministerial Conference on the Environment , the Global Environment Facility is touting its decades of support to the continent: more than $7.7 billion in grants across more than 2,000 projects, supplemented by billions in co-financing.

KHAO LAK, Thailand — Conservationist Ying Pemika Choovanichchanon holds a small basket in her hands, careful not to disturb the leathery brown pouches nestled inside.