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Sep 25, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Hiren Gohain |Alix Underwood |James Gustave Speth |Neha Saigal
I find even popular writings by economists quite baffling.They begin beguilingly enough in brisk back-slapping language,but as you proceed with trust and hope they slip in some concept and term that makes sense only to economists.As though when you are led on by some agent of a stockbroker with rosy promises in plain intelligible language and you are getting mentally ready to part with some money in the hope of a fast buck,he suddenly slips in some mysterious quibble that only he and his...
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Joshua Frank |CJ Polychroniou |Robert Hunziker |James Gustave Speth
California Governor Gavin Newsom appears to be taking climate change seriously, at least when he’s in front of a microphone and flashing cameras. His talk then is direct and tough. He repeatedly points out that the planet is in danger and appears ready to act. He’s been called a “climate-change crusader” and a leader of America’s clean energy revolution.
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | CJ Polychroniou |Robert Hunziker |James Gustave Speth |A K Shiburaj
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 us, we see a global web of crises. Economic inequality is destabilizing democracies and making a mockery of the vision of a decent society; armed conflicts continue to mark human existence; and nuclear weapons and global warming threaten humanity’s survival.
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Robert Hunziker |James Gustave Speth |J Hester |Binoy Kampmark
Global warming’s impact on the planet is surprising climate scientists with its vigor and tenacity and distinct overt danger, climbing the proverbial wall of worry much faster than anybody dreamed possible. Will November 2024 make a difference in how it impacts life on the planet?
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Robert Hunziker |James Gustave Speth |A K Shiburaj |Vikas Meshram
Temperatures for the entire month of July in Antarctica were 50°F above average, but it also experienced days when temperatures spiked up to 82°F above average. Yes, Antarctica is the world’s deepfreeze, and it is the dead of winter. What does this portend?
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |James Gustave Speth |Maureen Murphy |Ramzy Baroud
The British neo-fascist organisations like the English Defence League, Patriotic Alternative and British Movement are reported to have been behind the recent widespread violence on the streets of Scotland, England and Northern Ireland. The violence started on Tuesday evening in Southport and spread to many other cities including Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent, Rotherham and London over the weekend. At the time of writing, this mindless violence showed no sign of abating.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | James Gustave Speth |Maureen Murphy |Ramzy Baroud |Kim Petersen
To The Director, The Dean of student Affairs, and Associate Dean of Student Affairs, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai Sub: Appeal to immediately withdraw the recent eviction notices to PhD scholars of TISS, Mumbai to vacate campus in 24 hours Dear Madam / Sir, We are writing this letter, as members of ALIYSA (All India Inquilabi Youth and Students Alliance) to express our deep dismay and anguish at the recent eviction notices sent to at least 12 PhD scholars to vacate the TISS...
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | James Gustave Speth |A K Shiburaj |Vikas Meshram |Robert Hunziker
Here is a topic miles away from the 2024 elections, though it should not be. Its political salience is just about zero, but it concerns the future of life on Earth. I could be referring to the recent surge in spending on nuclear weapons, but the devastation I will write about is slower yet no less problematic. If you are of a certain age, you may remember the children’s bookThe Wump World. It first appeared in 1970, the year of the first Earth Day. Its message was clear.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
e360.yale.edu | James Gustave Speth
Adapting to climate change does not address the societal systems and values that spawned the current crisis. What’s needed is “systemic adaptation” that fundamentally changes our economy, our politics, and our priorities in ways that put community and the planet first. Of the many climate struggles going on today, the great one, played out in hundreds of arenas around the world, is the struggle to rein in and then halt the buildup of greenhouse gases.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
e360.yale.edu | James Gustave Speth
James Gustave Speth is a professor at Vermont Law School and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos, a nonpartisan public policy research and advocacy organization. A former dean of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, he also co-founded the Natural Resources Defense Council, was founder and president of the World Resources Institute, and served as administrator of the United Nations Development Programme.
