New Future

The wave of protests that swept through Indonesian cities and towns last week bore more than a few resemblances to those that brought down the Suharto regime in 1998.

'The choice is clear. Either we suffer their squeeze, or come together to fight for a real transition, one that that makes space for all of us. '

It was an experience of deep immersion in local knowledge, peasant culture, and the daily struggles for food sovereignty promoted by LVC's agroecology, seeds, and biodiversity collective.

Small and medium-scale farmers are firmly rejecting the European Commission’s proposal for the EU-Mercosur and EU-Mexico free trade agreements . This week in Brussels, farmers from across several countries, together with a broad coalition of around 40 trade unions and civil society organisations protested against these deals.

Small and medium-scale farmers are rejecting the European Commission’s EU-Mercosur and EU-Mexico free trade agreements. This week in Brussels, farmers and unions protested these deals.

JAKARTA — Flooding disasters in Indonesia are increasingly traced not to natural causes, but to corporate destruction of peatlands, NGO Pantau Gambut warns in its newest report. The report reveals how the construction of industrial-scale canals, not just haze, poses a growing threat.

Donald Trump and his administration are threatening to use the shocking murder of far-right influencer Charlie Kirk to prepare a new offensive against all those who oppose his agenda.

In 2017, when Vincent Deblauwe joined the Congo Basin Institute in Cameroon to study African ebony, he soon realized the fate of the tree lay with another species. Around campfires and during treks, the Indigenous Baka people told him that the forest elephant was key to the survival of African ebony .

Yesterday’s day of action saw Bloquons Tout stepping out of the shadows nationwide—and facing major police repression ~ punkacademic ~ Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in France on Wednesday as the first day of action organised under the banner Bloquons Tout saw widespread protests and blockades in defence

From Kentucky to Ohio to Alabama, women are being prosecuted after pregnancy loss—and the press is helping police write the story.

DUNOY, Philippines — In the dense, tropical rainforests of the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park, an ancient predator drifts silently beneath the surface of still rivers. For Indigenous Agta elders, this reptile is not a menace, but a guardian.

Long celebrated by some NGOs and Indigenous rights activists as the guardians of the forest, the Batwa of South Kivu had lived inside what is now Kahuzi-Biega National Park (KBNP) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) until the 20th century, when they were expelled by the Congolese government, at that time MPR (Popular Movement

“If you can imagine walking into a huge, 1,000-kilometer square tropical forest … it’s moist and damp rich soil and an overstory. You imagine walking into a 10-meter patch of forest and it’s just a totally different thing.

Missouri lawmakers are seeking to undermine progress on worker rights by suppressing voter participation and rolling back hard-fought victories.

New migration law passed by Greece is considered one of the toughest in Europe with the country taking what many call a “Trumpian turn. ”

Despite climate warnings and accumulated experience, the drainage systems in the capital remain clogged, causing flooding even with light rainfall. Tree pruning and sewer cleaning are basic preventive measures that have not been carried out

Seth Harp’s best-selling The Fort Bragg Cartel exposes the degree to which America’s drug trade and attendant violent crime are connected to its foreign wars. It’s a timely read as Donald Trump uses both to justify radical new expansions of military power.

Going off the grid isn’t just about solar power and gardens—it’s about slowing down, prioritizing what matters, and creating a life rooted in self-reliance and personal freedom.

From deregulated economic zones to experiments in private governance, charter city projects aim to reshape how we live. Their rise compounds concerns over sovereignty and the ideological and financial interests driving them.

How can the necessary relocalisation of food systems be reconciled with a need for exchange based on mutual aid, complementarity, and reciprocity? Can local biodiversity support territorially grounded agricultural economies while also nurturing the emergence of spaces for innovation and cooperation across diverse realities?