A Nuclear War in Ukraine Is a Distinct Possibility
The war in Ukraine has been going on for 2.5 years with no end on sight. Not only that, but we are now close to a nuclear war, according to…
CJ Polychroniou
A Note on Noam Chomsky and Climate Collapse
In many of his recent writings, Noam Chomsky has warned that humanity has reached a very dangerous point because we are now living in a world of cascading crises. Indeed, when we look around…
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…
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…
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…
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