Stansted 17 On Trial: U.K. Protesters Face Terrorism Charges For Helping Save Migrants

One year ago, 17 people locked themselves on to a deportation charter flight at London Stansted Airport, grounding a plan that would have sent 59 people back to face reprisal – and possibly death – in Ghana and Nigeria. Now, those activists could face life imprisonment.

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A New Right Rising: Can Spain Kill Franco's Ghost?

"I will fight for a Spanish Republic until my last day," said 79-year-old Antonio Cabañero, in a crowd outside the Catalan Parliament as protesters continued to call for the region's independence from Spain.

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Stopping Europe's Authoritarian Slide Has As Much to Do With Spain As Poland

The Nazis marching on the streets of Poland look similar to the Nazis marching on the Spanish streets calling for "unity." The difference is this: In Spain there is no breakthrough for any anti-European party. Authoritarianism, rather, is coming from the ruling Partido Popular.

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To Defend the Referendum, Catalans are Building a Republic From Street Assemblies Up

“Everyone has a reason that moves us to fight for democracy, independence and freedom," says Elisenda, a mother in Barcelona who joined one of her local Committees to Defend the Referendum (CDR) as Catalonia presses for independence.

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Resurgence of Protests In Catalonia As Spain Continues to Hold Political Prisoners

You would think three months prison without trial for organizing peaceful protests is something that happens in an authoritarian state, but this reality now faces two Catalan men who were jailed in Spain for sedition last fall while calling for public

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We Must Stop Plastic Choking the Ocean and the Earth

Plastic pollution threatens all life. We need to rethink the way we live and challenge corporate power pushing our throw-away business-as-usual model. Like tackling climate change, a world not polluted by plastic is possible.

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Tackling Climate Change Means Stopping India on Coal

Phasing out coal for renewables desperately needs to happen in India, which currently emits around 25 percent of China's carbon emissions – but whose economy is growing 7% annually and in a few decades will be the size of China's.

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Big Oil Can't Be Trusted to Define the Terms of A Carbon Tax Solution

Big Oil knows the game is up, but they still want to manage the process, slow down the green transformation and limit its impact on their profits. It's only slightly incredible to think that oil corporations may now be choosing to put Planet Earth first.

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In Crisis Britain, The Conservative Government's Slow Collapse Defies Gravity

It is a commonly held belief that the U.K. government is collapsing, yet it somehow limps on, despite social, economic, corruption and democratic crises.

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There was Progress at the Global Climate Summit. Now Urgent Action Is Needed.

Host Fiji drove meaningful progress at COP23, but the annual conference has succeeded within an international negotiation context that moves too slowly – mainly due to large industrial nations reluctant to rapidly transform their energy economies.

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