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Frying in France

18 July 2023 - by Michael Roberts

As I fry in record temperatures in the south of France, the concept of a short sunny vacation away from the vagaries of British weather has evaporated. The world endured the hottest week ever recorded between 3-10 July this year. And (...)
The cost of living and profits

14 July 2023 - by Michael Roberts

The [latest employment report->https://www.oecd.org/employment-outlook/2023 from the OECD is a real eye-opener on the cost of living crisis and whether wage rises or profit rises have been the biggest contributor to the rise in inflation. On (...)
French fossil imperialism, South African subimperialism and anti-imperial resistance

15 December 2022 - by Patrick Bond

Abstract As protest against TotalEnergies stretching from South Africa’s Cape coastline to eastern Uganda rises, the main Big Oil target of African climate activists is facing an historic choice. It can continue long-standing patterns of (...)
Who is Financing Fossil Fuel Expansion in Africa?

28 November 2022 - by Urgewald

Africa, an Eldorado for the development of new fossil projects that benefit others. As COP 27 was taking place in Egypt, a new report from the NGO Urgewald pointed to the very high level of fossil fuel projects on the continent. TotalEnergies (...)
In South Africa, resistance rises to the World Bank’s climate-killing mega-projects

16 October 2022 - by Patrick Bond

The World Bank and International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings have witnessed protests in Washington and many other sites. Nearly 100 protesters from community, environment and youth groups joined Extinction Rebellion and the DebtForClimate.org (...)
Energy, cost of living and recession

5 September 2022 - by Michael Roberts

The G7 governments have a problem. The war in Ukraine against Russia is not won. It looks set to be a long grinding conflict, possibly with no end. And yet the world and particularly Europe depends on Russian energy supplies. The G7 has (...)