The socialist historian C. L. R. James was born on this day in 1901. His landmark text, The Black Jacobins, is a majestic account of the Haitian Revolution and is still the authoritative history of a heroic struggle for freedom and dignity.

He recibido informaciones preocupantes sobre difamaciones contra la ofraneh y defensoras de los derechos del pueblo Garífuna en #Honduras por supuesta incitación a la invasión de tierras en Punta Gorda. El Estado debe garantizar la seguridad de las defensoras Misión Permanente de Honduras ante la ONU Ginebra

DIFUNDO CON GRATITUD LAS PALABRAS DE ENRIQUE VIALE, con quien tuve el honor y la satisfacción de escribir este libro, y con quien me motiva compartir muchas luchas para construir otros mundos posibles: LA NATURALEZA SI TIENE DERECHOS Aunque algunos no lo crean

🇺🇳 Important 🆕 report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on #LossAndDamage & #HumanRights ⚖️ The report leaves no doubt: under international human rights law, countries & corporations responsible for the #ClimateCrisis must remedy climate-related harms. Highlights👇🧵\1

We honour the legacy of the indigenous, women's and environmental rights defender #BertaCáceres. The international community continues to monitor legal proceedings for the crime that took her life and Trócaire join with people all over the world to demand justice and fair

More evidence of why we need to enact the #OTBill.

Currently, the Pantanal is facing devastating fires. The threats to the wetland don’t stop at the flames – the expansion of agricultural activities has been ravaging the land and impacting the people and wildlife that rely on it. Our 🎬 reveals how this is linked to the EU:

The unbelievable reach of Our World in Data and their questionable assertions tells us something about the world right now, where we are prepared to disbelieve the evidence of all our senses (including common) because a nice graph says otherwise. Much needed corrective here...

This is a great opportunity to take a leading role in holding corporations in Ireland to account for their impacts on human rights and the environment. Deadline is September 15.

No basis for claim that 80% of #biodiversity is found in #Indigenous territories. Instead, we must acknowledge more comprehensively the crucial roles of #IndigenousPeoples in biodiversity conservation, restoration and stewardship. 🔍Read more via nature nature.com/articles/d4158…

Great article by Lynda Sullivan linking environmental justice, racism and capitalism to our little island: "We have Europe’s biggest zinc mine in Co. Meath, a gypsum mine in Co. Monaghan splitting Gaelic pitches in half, a gold mine riddled with health and safety woes..."

Today: Global Witness reports that 200 environmental and land defenders were murdered in 2023, almost all in the Global South; research from Climate Rights International finds climate activists increasingly targeted for repressive measures in the Global North. Different means, same ends...

More evidence about the treatment of climate and environmental defenders in this part of the world.

Quoting this to pin it, on the off chance that anyone wanders onto this page and wonders “what is this guy into”, so they know it’s all the stuff tweeted here but in particular this absolute all-timer chart

🔥Smoke from forest fires, especially in the #Amazon region of #Brazil & #Bolivia covers a large part of the continent, and central Argentina & Uruguay. It is estimated that 60% of Brazil's territory will be covered in smoke. This reflects the failure of environmental management.

I wrote to the Just Stop Oil prisoners in the UK, some of whom are facing four years in prison for peacefully raising the alarm about a world on fire.

El Estado de Chile se hace parte de la demanda de Sudáfrica contra Israel en la Corte Internacional de Justicia para la aplicación de la Convención de prevención y castigo del crimen de Genocidio. La comunidad internacional debe hacer todo cuanto esté a nuestro alcance para

Se pierden las nociones de la gigantesca escala del drama amazónico: el 'arco de deforestación' (en amarillo) es un frente de más de 3 mil km de largo! Es más largo que la distancia de Madrid a Varsovia. Es por eso que estamos ante un colapso a escala continental.

The social licence of the fossil fuel industry must end. The city of the Hague has just outlawed all fossil fuel adverts for petrol and diesel, aviation and cruise ships including on billboards and bus shelters. Ireland's cities should follow suit. theguardian.com/world/2024/sep…

Horrific news from Honduras, where #Guapinol Water Defender Juan Lopez was murdered in cold blood for his opposition to an iron oxide mining mega-project in Tocoa that threatens the region's water supplies. Where is the justice for those who put life over profit?