Palestine: Environmental Colonization and Apartheid
Israel’s environmental colonialism and eco-apartheid This article follows an earlier post on Red-Green Labour about the campaign to keep the JNF out of Cop 26, and reprints a 2012 article by the author, with updates. In 1997, a
Published : 16 December 2021
Russia Vetoes UNSC Linking Climate Crisis & Peace
Russia vetoes UN security council resolution linking climate crisis to international peace The resolution proposed that the climate crisis could potentially threaten ‘global peace, security and stability’ Russia has vetoed a first-of-its-kind UN security council resolution casting
Published : 13 December 2021
Archiving What They’ve Done to Mecca
Archives of Salt “There is no political power without control of the archive, if not of memory.” —Jacques Derrida, Archive Fever “We were students of Jean Sénac’s single insistence; to unequivocally affirm our presence in the reality of this
Published : 04 December 2021
Nigeria: Orisunbare Communitiy Calls for Mercy
Orisunbare community call for mercy and reversal of the 10 days eviction notice served by LASG The Orisunbare community of some 6,000 inhabitants in Lagos State, Nigeria has issued the following appeal to remove the threat
Published : 29 November 2021
New Wave of Displacement, Killing Civilians
At least 43 people have been killed in clashes in the area, the U.N. says, while the nation’s leaders are focused elsewhere, dealing with the fallout from a coup. NAIROBI, Kenya — Dozens of people have
Published : 26 November 2021
India Uses Israeli Silencing Tactic in Kashmir
UN criticizes arrest of rights activist in Indian KashmirStory by ReutersUpdated Rights groups including the United Nations have criticized the arrest of a prominent activist in Indian-administered Kashmir on terror funding charges. Khurram Parvez
Published : 25 November 2021
Israel/Palestine: Anti-NGO “Terror” Law Turns Inside
The Fifty-year Persecution of Raja Eghbaria For decades, Israel has repeatedly targeted and imprisoned activist Raja Eghbaria without charge. Now, the Palestinian citizen is being indicted under the same law that banned six human rights organizations
Published : 25 November 2021
Call for Regulating Climate Finance
Climate campaigners call for ‘one-for-one’ capital requirements A wide range of academics, economists and civil society organisations are calling for regulators to introduce ‘one-for-one’ capital requirements for financial institutions funding new fossil-fuel projects. The new campaign, spearheaded by research and advocacy
Published : 25 November 2021
UN: Palestinians’ Right to Their Natural Resources
The United Nations has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution, which grants Palestinians permanent sovereignty over their natural resources in the Israeli-occupied territories, including East Jerusalem. On Thursday, 19 November 2021, the Economic and Financial Committee of the UN
Published : 19 November 2021
