Energy

La Joven Cuba鈥檚 editorial director Harold Cardenas Lema delivered the following letter to the offices of US congresspeople Jim McGovern and Barbara Lee on October 24.

Electrical Trades Union NSW/ACT secretary Allen Hicks has criticised private operator Transgrid for the lengthy power failures in Broken Hill and surrounds. Jim McIlroy reports.

NSW Police initiated a Supreme Court challenge to the Rising Tide People鈥檚 Blockade of the world鈥檚 largest coal port in Muloobinba/Newcastle in November. Isaac Nellist 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听

The Global Ecosocialist Network and Marxmail.world鈥檚 鈥淩oadmap to Ecosocialism鈥 forum heard from four speakers about the strategies and tactics needed to move beyond capitalism. Susan Price reports on the presentations.

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro gave an impassioned speech at the opening ceremony of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) which takes place in Cali, Colombia until November 1, reports Ben Radford.

Anti-mining protest in Peru

The Peruvian government will send a delegation to the International Mining and Resources Conference to be held in Sydney over October 29鈥31, to promote foreign investment in the country鈥檚 mining sector, reports Ben Radford.

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Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents new books on oil, empire, the science of death, fungal health threats, degrowth and socialist strategy.

Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss recent developments in the climate movement and talk to 91自拍论坛 journalist and socialist activist Peter Boyle about imagining a green future.

Newcastle and the Hunter region in New South Wales are the focus of the Monumental Imaginaries 别虫丑颈产颈迟颈辞苍.听Cathy Peters reviews the works of artists commenting on the magnitude of the transformation required for a rapid energy transition.

Braden Smith, Greens candidate for Currumbin in the Queensland election, believes the challenges to transition away from a reliance on mining and energy are huge, but not insurmountable. Susan Price reports.

It is not enough to 鈥減unish Labor鈥 in coming elections. The real challenge is to build a political alternative that will act for the majority, not slavishly serve the billionaire class, argue Sue Bull, Jacob Andrewartha 补苍诲听Sam Wainwright.听

The聽latest statistics聽show that almost all the gains made from reaching an average of 40% renewable energy in electricity generation have been cancelled out by rising greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from transport. Peter Boyle reports.