Articles by: CJ Polychroniou

Noam Chomsky on Why This Is the Most Dangerous Point in Human History

Noam Chomsky on Why This Is the Most Dangerous Point in Human History

by C.J. Polychroniou and Noam Chomsky The renowned public intellectual explains the threats of climate change, nuclear annihilation, rising inequality, and the decline of democracy. We live in a world facing existential threats while extreme inequality is tearing our societies apart and democracy is in sharp decline. The U.S., meanwhile, is bent on maintaining global hegemony when international collaboration is[Read More…]

by 28/05/2023 Comments are Disabled World
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Killing Nature Must Be Treated as a Crime on a Par with Genocide and War Crimes

Ecocide must be elevated into an international crime—on a par with genocide and war crimes—and fall within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. The first United Nations Scientific Conference on the Environment, also known as the First Earth Summit, was held in Stockholm, Sweden, from June 6-15, 1972. Ιt established a Declaration of Principles and adopted an action plan with recommendations for[Read More…]

by 30/12/2021 Comments are Disabled Environmental Protection
With Earth on Edge, Climate Crisis Must Be Treated Like Outbreak of a World War

With Earth on Edge, Climate Crisis Must Be Treated Like Outbreak of a World War

 The new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released on August 9, 2021—the first of four that make up the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment report—reiterates in scientific language (it deals with the physical science basis of global warming) what we have already known for quite some time from scores of previous studies: humanity faces a climate emergency, global warming is[Read More…]

by 10/08/2021 1 comment Climate Change
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