Tag: Capitalism

Bosses at PizzaExpress are hammering workers. Oddly, though, it comes ...

Royal Mail’s catastrophic financial free fall leaves the CWU in a difficult position

by Steve Topple

18 May 2023

As predicted, beleaguered Royal Mail made huge losses during the ...

Aerial view of the Amazon with a river winding through dense rainforest.

Drop in Amazon deforestation does not let Global North nations off the hook

17 May 2023

Figures for the first four months of 2023 show promising ...

A black woman holding tablets in her hand representing mental health

It’s not all in your head: the political roots of the mental health crisis

by Kate Bermingham

18 May 2023

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Mental Health Awareness Week has started, and the theme for ...

$A 'nodding donkey' fracking installation in Vaca Muerta, Argentina, activists challenge fossil fuel polluters$

Indigenous activists take their climate fight to the ‘belly of the beast’

15 May 2023

Between 10 and 17 May, members of the Indigenous Mapuche ...

fossil fuels giant BP regularly holds meetings with government ministers, and receives investments from 'green' firms

‘Green’ investment funds are supporting fossil fuels, a new report finds

by Glen Black

9 May 2023

Major financial firms that publicly support efforts to limit the ...

EACOP TotalEnergies named one of the worst companies for attacks against human rights defenders

4 May 2023

On 27 April, TotalEnergies announced staggering profits of $6.5bn for ...

El Cocuy National Park where the Indigenous U'wa are fighting the state of Colombia for recognition of their territorial rights against extractive industries and ecotourism.

Historic case at international tribunal shows that states must put the rights of Indigenous peoples above extractive interests

2 May 2023

For over 25 years, the U’wa Nation of northeastern Colombia ...

Offshore oil rig in the North Sea, where workers are preparing to take strike action. Fossil fuels

Offshore workers forced to strike for better conditions prove that greedy bosses need to go

7 October 2025

Unite offshore oil and gas workers will begin two days ...

Grant Shapps at a G7 meeting. He meets with environment ministers in Sapporo, Japan for climate talks on the Saturday 15 April 2023 to discuss net zero and fossil fuel use

New fossil fuel projects show UK climate ‘leadership’ dripping in hypocrisy at G7 climate talks

7 October 2025

The UK’s recently released net zero strategy and plans for ...

Electric car charging. Transition minerals for electric vehicles like this are driving human rights abuses in the Global South.

UK government’s “green day” electric car policies will sacrifice the Global South for transition minerals

6 April 2023

The UK government’s electric vehicle expansion plans risk escalating human ...

Housing Rebellion staging a protest outside landlords offices over their demolition plans

Landlords felt the anger of residents as the fight for decent housing continues

by Steve Topple

16 March 2023

Residents have taken the fight for safe, secure, and affordable ...

Artwork of corporate colonialism in the Global South, depicting a wind energy land grab in Mexico. The image is split down the middle by a picture of the UK and UK bank notes flowing from it. On the left, a field of corn and a farmer walks along his crops. Trees in the distance. On the right, five wind turbines dominate the landscape. No high crops can be grown beneath them.

UK climate aid funding corporate colonialism in the Global South

8 March 2023

This is the fourth part of a five-part investigation into ...

Artwork of a renewable energy land-grab. An image of the UK splits the image in half, with bank notes flowing from it. On the left, satellite image of the land before the solar park, plus a landscape scene of trees, grasses, scrub and a cow on common land. On the right, satellite image with the solar park dominating the area and a landscape image of a series of solar panels. This relates to UK climate finance being used in India

UK climate strategies are colonising indigenous villages in India

1 March 2023

This is the second of a five-part investigation into how ...

Artwork of a solar land-grab. A yellow excavator runs through the centre of the image pushing rubble, splitting the picture in two. On the left, two farmers harvest from a field of chickpea crop. In the distance, a cow grazes on dry grasses. Trees and shrubs dot the horizon. On the right side, lines of solar panels stretch out to the horizon, where the rich and biodiverse crop field once existed. All this represents climate aid and the village of Badi in India

UK government climate ‘aid’ set to displace indigenous villagers in India

27 September 2025

This is the first of a five-part investigation into how ...

Shell Oil makes highest profit in 115 years while pensioners freeze in their homes

by Joe Glenton

2 February 2023