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Essam Elkorghli
Libya’s disastrous flooding… Causes and hope?
20 Sep 2023
The U.S./NATO destruction of the Libyan state in 2011 was followed unilateral coercive measures, sanctions, which rendered that nation unable to maintain dams which failed during a recent storm.…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Climate Crisis Will End When Capitalism Ends
30 Aug 2023
The climate emergency won't end because of heartfelt pleas to the people and the interests who created the crisis. Ecocide will stop when capitalism ends.
Forrest Palmer
How the Climate Crisis is Most Detrimental to the Black Community
19 Jul 2023
The earth recently experienced its hottest days on record. Here in the U.S. Black people face the worst consequences of the climate crisis.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Interview with Brittany Meché
03 May 2023
This week’s featured scholar is Brittany Meché. Meché is Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Affiliated Faculty of Science and Technology Studies at Williams College. Her article is “…
Ray Bush
Migration and Climate Emergency in North Africa
16 Nov 2022
Imperialist wars and capitalist predation have accelerated the pace of migration from North African nations. The climate crisis worsens structural inequality between the global south and the…
Abayomi Azikiwe
COP27 Deliberations Reaffirm Imperialist States as Main Obstacle to Ending Climate Change
16 Nov 2022
Developing countries and mass organizations at the COP17 summit continue to demand compensation for damage and loss created by fossil fuel production in industrialized capitalist nations. The…
Y.Y.H. Al-Askar
Don’t Greenwash Your Climate Crimes by Greenwashing Egypt’s Military Dictatorship
09 Nov 2022
As Egypt plays host to COP27, Y.Y.H. Al-Askar – writing under a pseudonym – draws attention to the plight of the tens of thousands of political prisoners in Egypt.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Hurricane Harvey and his destructive siblings...
12 Oct 2022
Hurricane Harvey and his destructive siblings...
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Red Alert...
12 Oct 2022
Red Alert...
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Ian pimp slaps Governor Woke Smoke— and The People pay
05 Oct 2022
Ian pimp slaps Governor Woke Smoke—