APRIL 28. 2025

How did Finland lead the pursuit of a circular economy? Mongabay podcast explores

As the first nation to develop a circular economy road map in 2016, Finland has had a head start in trying to develop an economy that’s based on reusing and regenerating materials and products.

The Global South Will Bear the Brunt of Trump’s Trade War

The world’s developing countries are still recovering from the commodity shock and debt crisis that followed the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The disruption of global trade caused by Trump’s tariffs now threatens to reignite the crisis.

Testing Grounds

Sex screenings are back in vogue in the realm of sports. The right won’t stop there.

Between the Lines Is a Prescient Homage to Print Media

Released almost 50 years ago, Joan Micklin Silver’s touching film about the decline of print media, Between the Lines, is a love letter to news and the people who make it.

Côte d’Ivoire cacao farmers struggle as climate havoc devastates crops

SOUBRÉ, Côte d’Ivoire — “Dry periods never used to last this long before, ” says Célestin Oura, a farmer in southwestern Côte d’Ivoire. “The dry season used to last a month at most. Now, it lasts three to four months, and the plantations are really suffering as a result.

On Trade Policy, Trump Is Listening to CEOs

Even as Americans have suffered under Donald Trump’s tariffs, it’s only the complaints of CEOs that have led him to change course — a perfect example of oligarchy at work in the United States.

The Insurer Making It Harder to Get Vital Asthma Medicine

Health insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield just adopted a policy that will force many people with serious asthma and allergy conditions to self-inject vital medications at home. The move raises risks for patients while cutting costs for the insurance giant.

The Far-Right Origins of Donald Trump’s Self-Deportations

Donald Trump has aggressively pushed migrants to self-deport. It is a strategy the Republicans have learned from the global far right, which has sought to circumvent human rights by creating a hostile environment for immigrants.

La Via Campesina’s Diversity Articulation Meets in Thailand | A Short Report

Between April 24 and 29, peasant representatives from Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe gathered in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, to take a firm step in consolidating the new Articulation of Diversities within La Via Campesina.

Brazil: MST Marks International Day of Peasants’ Struggles with Over 50 Demonstrations Nationwide

This year, between April 1 and 17, more than 50,000 people took part in 55 coordinated actions across the country—marches, vigils, rallies, occupations, and solidarity events—rallying under the slogan: “Occupy to Feed Brazil! ”

Cement factory approved inside Cambodia’s Prey Lang sanctuary despite mining ban

KRATIE, Cambodia — The Cambodian government has signed off on the construction of a new cement factory deep inside Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, with the factory expected to source limestone for cement production from a mining operation less than 1 kilometer, just over half a mile, from the newly approved site.

APRIL 27. 2025

CTC’s First Workers’ Parade

The May Day celebration in 1939 was the first organized by the Cuban Workers' Confederation (CTC, in Spanish), whose founding congress was held on January 28 of that year

Angela Davis, Ilan Pappé & 1,000+ Condemn France’s Prosecution of Anasse Kazib for Pro-Palestine Speech

Kazib's trial comes amid global repression of the Palestine movement, from the United States to Europe. Ahead of Anasse’s June hearing, it is essential that we join in this solidarity to denounce state repression against pro-Palestine activists both in France and around the world.

The Unexpected Pope

Pope Francis, writes Marxist scholar Michael Löwy, demonstrated an uncharacteristic sympathy toward left-wing thought, even as his thinking owed far more to the non-Marxist “theology of the people” than liberation theology.

Tradwives Are the Harbinger of Systemic Breakdown

Nostalgia for a bygone gender regime is more than a weird social media trend. It reflects larger system pressures — on elites facing technological disruption that might generate social unrest, and on ordinary women buckling under the weight of modern work.

With His New Film, Alex Gibney Shines a Light on Dark Money

Jacobin sat down with the prolific muckraking filmmaker Alex Gibney to discuss his new documentary The Dark Money Game, on the terrifying ramifications of Citizens United and how it’s empowered the same oligarchy now unleashed by the Trump administration.

Learning From the 1970 Postal Workers’ Strike

In 1970, US postal workers won collective bargaining rights with an illegal strike. If lawsuits to stop Trump’s attacks on the federal workforce fail, that kind of militancy may be the only way for federal workers to retain their own union rights.

Trump’s Plan to Restore US Financial Dominance

Behind the seeming chaos of Trump’s tariff policy, there’s a coherent plan to reboot what Peter Gowan dubbed the “Dollar–Wall Street Regime. ” The goal is to strengthen US power around high-tech digital oligarchs, and it might yet succeed on its own terms.

The Indonesian People Inspire Taring Padi to Create

From Bandung to Yogyakarta, Taring Padi carries forward the Bandung Spirit with radical art rooted in Indonesia’s artistic heritage. Tings Chak explores their vision of internationalist culture and collective creativity.

APRIL 26. 2025

Poetry Begins at STOP: Etel Adnan & Arabic

In "Poetry Begins at STOP: Etel Adnan & Arabic, " Huda Fakhreddine examines place, time, and anti-colonial memory in Arabic literature, concluding that "A poem in itself is survival, and a poem written post-extermination is a victory. "