Month: January 2022

Labor

How India’s Farmers Launched a Movement Against Modi’s Farm Bills—and Won

BY AMANDEEP SANDHU  Toward the end of 2021, Indian farmers achieved the impossible: a win against the right-wing government of Narendra Modi by forcing a repeal of three draconian farm laws. This is the remarkable story of how the farmers persevered through chilly winters, blistering summers, monsoon floods, the pandemic’s second wave, and a relentless, ruthless propaganda war unleashed by the government through its lapdog corporate media.  Why … Continue reading How India’s Farmers Launched a Movement Against Modi’s Farm Bills—and Won

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Business and economics

If companies want net-zero carbon offices, they need to focus on building materials

Meike Siegner, Ryerson University and Cory Searcy, Ryerson University In 2020, the extraction, transport and manufacturing of materials for the building sector accounted for 10 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. If buildings are to make meaningful contributions to keeping global temperature rise to 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels, limiting emissions from building materials is crucial. To achieve this objective, engineered versions of age-old … Continue reading If companies want net-zero carbon offices, they need to focus on building materials

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Politics

What is a climate stress test? A sustainable finance expert explains

Ryan Riordan, Queen’s University, Ontario https://narrations.ad-auris.com/widget/the-conversation-canada/what-is-a-climate-stress-test-a-sustainable-finance-expert-explains Imagine this: You take out a mortgage to purchase your dream home. But the rate you were quoted has expired, and when you go to renew it you find there’s been a major hike in interest rates. With this new rate, you are no longer able to afford your monthly payments. How do you avoid this nightmare situation? The … Continue reading What is a climate stress test? A sustainable finance expert explains

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Society and culture

Smoked Salmon for Amelia: A Native Perspective on Homelessness

FRANK HOPPER The city of Tacoma, Washington, now sits on what was once Puyallup tribal land. Many little villages of wooden longhouses once sat by streams and rivers. Food and shelter for the Puyallup came from the land, as did their identity and sense of being. They were bound to their environment through song, story, art, and ritual. The Puyallup knew nothing of homelessness. Strong … Continue reading Smoked Salmon for Amelia: A Native Perspective on Homelessness

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Gender, Society and culture

60 Years of Intersectional Feminism: An Interview with Selma James

BY LEILA HAWKINS Selma James, author of “Our Time Is Now: Sex, Race, Class, and Caring for People and Planet”PHOTO COURTESY OF CROSSROADS AV COLLECTIVE When I arrive at Crossroads Women’s Centre in North London to interview Selma James, she is in a meeting for Support Not Separation, a campaign to end the unfair separation of children from their birth mothers by British courts. It is one … Continue reading 60 Years of Intersectional Feminism: An Interview with Selma James

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