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How to Think About International Responsibility for Climate Change ❧ Current Affairs | filed 03 August 2021 in CLIMATE CHANGE
How to Think About International Responsibility for Climate Change ❧ Current Affairs | filed 03 August 2021 in CLIMATE CHANGE
We need to begin with the recognition that the United States has been more responsible for the climate catastrophe than anyone else. We have inflicted costs on the rest of the world that...
Nathan J. Robinson · 670 views
What’s so Bad About Robin Diangelo ❧ Current Affairs - filed 19 July 2021
What’s so Bad About Robin Diangelo ❧ Current Affairs - filed 19 July 2021
The anti-racism educator encourages white people to “look inward” and focus on self-improvement. But it would be much better if they looked outward and joined a movement that could...
Nathan J. Robinson · 186 views
Why Cryptocurrency Is a Giant Fraud ❧ Current Affairs - filed 20 April 2021
Why Cryptocurrency Is a Giant Fraud ❧ Current Affairs - filed 20 April 2021
Speculators might make money on it, but the arguments for its usefulness fail completely.
Nathan J. Robinson · 451 views
How to Handle the Press ❧ Current Affairs - filed 11 July 2021
How to Handle the Press ❧ Current Affairs - filed 11 July 2021
A master class from Bernie Sanders.
Nathan J. Robinson · 132 views
Exxon Admits Capitalism Created the Climate Crisis ❧ Current Affairs - filed 05 July 2021
Exxon Admits Capitalism Created the Climate Crisis ❧ Current Affairs - filed 05 July 2021
The company’s own Washington representative admits that we cannot solve the crisis without doing away with Exxon.
Nathan J. Robinson · 134 views
Conversing with Nature: The Linguistic Roots of Environmental Consciousness
Conversing with Nature: The Linguistic Roots of Environmental Consciousness
A CEMETERY SEEMED AN ODD PLACE to contemplate the boundaries of being. Sandwiched between the campus and the interstate, this old burial ground is our cherished slice of nearby nature...
Robin Wall Kimmerer · 1,604 views
The Turn Towards a Global Police State is Structurally Rooted in Capitalism’s Achilles Heel
The Turn Towards a Global Police State is Structurally Rooted in Capitalism’s Achilles Heel
(Excerpts from the keynote speech given by Professor William Robinson at the Nov 18 L.A.
William I. Robinson · 2,104 views
The Children's Wellbeing Manifesto: A 15-Point Plan for Nurturing Children and Communities
The Children's Wellbeing Manifesto: A 15-Point Plan for Nurturing Children and Communities
Policy initiatives promoting healthy emotional development in children
Anne Manne, Robin Grille, Kali Wendorf · 12,211 views
Thinking Strategically About Free Speech and Violence
Thinking Strategically About Free Speech and Violence
We should be careful before embracing ideas that might lead to catastrophe…
Nathan J. Robinson · 9,587 views
Fear Trumps Facts: Why Theresa May Is Sticking With Her Migration Cap
Fear Trumps Facts: Why Theresa May Is Sticking With Her Migration Cap
Ahead of the British general election on June 8, the ruling Conservative party has renewed its commitment to “reduce and control” immigration to a net figure of under 100,000 – a level...
Robin Cohen · 3,598 views
Trump Says Go Back, We Say Fight Back
Trump Says Go Back, We Say Fight Back
“I am not suggesting that white racism alone explains Trump’s victory. Nor am I dismissing the white working class’s very real economic grievances. It is not a matter of disaffection...
Robin D.G. Kelley · 1,269 views
What Does Black Lives Matter Want?
What Does Black Lives Matter Want?
On August 1 the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), a coalition of over sixty organizations, rolled out “A Vision for Black Lives: Policy Demands for Black Power, Freedom & Justice,” an...
Robin D. G. Kelley · 4,046 views
"Good" Children - At What Price? The Secret Cost of Shame
"Good" Children - At What Price? The Secret Cost of Shame
A five-month-old baby is lying in his mother's arms. He is close to sleep, then wakes and begins to cry. His mother tells him that he should stop being a naughty boy, and that she will...
Robin Grille and Beth Macgregor · 34,471 views
Just Conservation? Justice, Conservation and the Protected Areas Establishment Frenzy
Just Conservation? Justice, Conservation and the Protected Areas Establishment Frenzy
“A theory, however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue. Likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or...
Alejandra Orozco-Quintero, Catie Burlando and Lance Robinson · 178 views
Top 20 Most Vulnerable Countries Call for a Robin Hood Tax to Help Fight Climate Change
Top 20 Most Vulnerable Countries Call for a Robin Hood Tax to Help Fight Climate Change
On the weekend, the world’s finance ministers met in Lima, Peru, to decide where they’re going to get the money for the climate response. The world’s richest countries have promised to...
Robin · 738 views
Nature Needs a New Pronoun: To Stop the Age of Extinction, Let's Start by Ditching "It"
Nature Needs a New Pronoun: To Stop the Age of Extinction, Let's Start by Ditching "It"
Calling the natural world “it” absolves us of moral responsibility and opens the door to exploitation. Here's what we can say instead. Singing whales, talking trees, dancing bees...
Robin Wall Kimmerer · 2,363 views
Why We Won't Wait - Resisting the War Against the Black and Brown Underclass
Why We Won't Wait - Resisting the War Against the Black and Brown Underclass
Wait. Patience. Stay Calm. “This is a country that allows everybody to express their views,” said the first Black president, “allows them to peacefully assemble, to protest actions that...
Robin D.G. Kelley · 4,078 views
Ten Reasons Why Bombing Iraq and Syria Is No Way to Defeat ISIS
Ten Reasons Why Bombing Iraq and Syria Is No Way to Defeat ISIS
This latest phase of terrorism is a product of the west's disastrous foreign policies, endless wars and backing of barbaric regimes in the Middle East.
Lindsey German and Robin Beste · 2,653 views
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