Eric Jenkins

Dec 9, 2024 | socialistalternative.ca | Arne Johansson |Eric Jenkins |Tim Heffernan |Chris Fofonoff

This autumn’s devastating torrential rains in Spain, hurricanes in the Caribbean Sea and typhoons in Southeast Asia are a warning of the apocalyptic future that looms unless the world can quickly halt global warming. The devastation is a direct consequence of 2023 and 2024 being the hottest years on record, with global temperatures peaking at 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and the Paris Agreement targets evaporating as fast as carbon dioxide emissions have increased.

Jul 10, 2024 | mdpi.com | Eric Jenkins

1. IntroductionThere is a sad story here, one about lost connections, frayed feelings, and split families. Yet it begins in a more mundane place—the ubiquity of media. The devices, institutions, and platforms designated with the term “media” are pervasive, and, concomitantly, the study of media has proliferated into numerous disciplines and subfields—media studies, media effects, media design, media ecology, media theory, mass media, new media, and digital media.

Jul 8, 2024 | socialistalternative.org | Eric Jenkins

Nine months after the start of the Israeli military’s genocidal assault on Gaza, Palestinian families are still being torn asunder by the relentless onslaught of Israeli bombs and missiles, largely supplied by the US government. The horror in Gaza continues to deepen with the growing threat of mass hunger and starvation. Locked in an open-air prison turned into a horrific war zone, more and more Palestinians are relying on crowdfunding to reach food or be able to escape the Strip.