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By 2050 electric vehicles could require huge amounts of lithium for their batteries, causing damaging expansions of mining

Democracy Now interviews director Santiago Mitre about “Argentina, 1985,” his dramatization of the Trial of the Juntas, when a civilian court prosecuted Argentina’s former military leaders for brutal crimes committed during the U.S.-backed right-wing military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983. The film just won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture in a Non-English Language and is also shortlisted for an Oscar for best international film.

Remembering a pathbreaker for free media

U.K. workers rise up against Conservatives’ attempt to hollow out their right to strike.

Biden’s industrial policies represent a stunning ideological reversal. The harder part will be making them work

Labor organizing is severely restricted in Iran but independent unions have actively backed demands for women’s rights.

The modern Republican Party has always exploited and encouraged extremism.

Peet’s Workers United received assistance from Starbucks Workers United organizers.

Watching the GOP’s circular firing squad during the speaker votes was entertaining, but what do progressive Democrats have to show for rallying round their party’s leadership?

Myanmar’s military junta is not short of partners. Indeed, business, notably in the arms market, continues unabated. Such conduct makes a mockery of the sanctio ns and injunctions imposed by the EU, United States and other states since the 2021 coup.