Javier Milei and the Long Shadow of the IMF • Lola Allen
In Argentina, economic chaos and political upheaval expose how the IMF's promise of stability has become an instrument of managed decline.
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Between an Ice Road and a Ring of Fire • Gemma Boothroyd
The Ring of Fire development is a social and environmental calamity dressed up as economic necessity—and a continuation of Canada's long colonial history.
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Where Capital and Nature Meet • Thea Riofrancos
Thea Riofrancos speaks to The BREAK—DOWN about the rise of the lithium industry, the geopolitics of extraction and the frontiers of green capitalism.
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Lula’s Dilemma • Sabrina Fernandes
In Brazil, big agribusiness holds the reins of political power. Without confronting this head-on, Lula’s ecological promises will remain just that—promises.
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After the Thaw • Jacob Bolton
As temperatures rise and the Arctic thaws, capital is eyeing new opportunities: for extraction, for shipping and for extending a lifeline to business as usual.
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An Invisible Frontier • Ben Lennon
The greatest obstacle for the energy transition is not production or hard physical constraints—it is the skilled labour needed to transform our infrastructure and economy.
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The Desert and the Mine • Sam Meadows
The Lithium Triangle, spanning Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, contains over half the world’s lithium reserves, essential for the energy transition. But mining here is fraught with human, cultural, political and ecological questions.
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The Sunlight Managers • Sofia Menemenlis
By evading questions about the social relations that underlie the climate crisis, space is being created for a dangerous idea: solar geoengineering.
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Resistance on the Attawapiskat • Omar Ferwati, Nessie Nankivell
In northern Ontario, a region rich in mineral deposits has become a frontline in the fight for Indigenous sovereignty.
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Bog Communism • Roisin Agnew
Ireland’s bogs were degraded by industrial exploitation. Today, they play host to a growing network of data centres. Can we reclaim them as commons, and restore their value—cultural, social and ecological—outside of capital’s logic?
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Fascism and the British Countryside • Richard Smyth
The far right has long portrayed itself as the defender of a pristine nature against urban corruption, but its history in the British countryside tells a far more complex story about nationalism and rural life.
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A Landmark Case at the ICJ • Harj Narulla
“The stakes have changed fundamentally” – Harj Narulla on the ICJ’s climate ruling