Larry Neufeld

The climate crisis is one of the top most severe threats to human existence, alongside nuclear war and a massive asteroid.

It blows my mind how many leaders choose to just whistle past the grave. This isn’t some event on some obscure future date—it’s already happening.

The ‘Othered’ Genocide: Sudan’s Suffering and the World’s Indifference | Countercurrents When I sat down to write this piece, I wrestled with how to begin. Should I start with something clever? A historical parallel such as Darfur in the 2000s orRwanda in 1994? In the end…

The ‘Othered’ Genocide: Sudan’s Suffering and the World’s Indifference countercurrents.org/2025/11/the-...

Gold and Mercenaries: The Price of the Massacre in Sudan | Countercurrents On October 26, 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia took the city of El Fasher after an 18-month siege. The capital of North Darfur State and the economic heart of Darfur, El Fasher had served...

Gold and Mercenaries: The Price of the Massacre in Sudan countercurrents.org/2025/11/gold...

Dangerous Edits: The BBC’s Foolish Gift to Donald Trump | Countercurrents It began with a revelation in The Telegraph on November 3. The paper had seen an internal memo in the BBC pointing to editing on its October 2024 Panorama programme of two parts of US President Donald...

Dangerous Edits: The BBC’s Foolish Gift to Donald Trump countercurrents.org/2025/11/dang...

COP30 Must Do Good, Not Just Avoid Harm | Countercurrents MANAGUA – When indigenous peoples are mentioned in the context of climate change, my mind immediately goes to images of my grandmother’s roofless and flooded house, destroyed by a Category 5 hurricane...

COP30 Must Do Good, Not Just Avoid Harm countercurrents.org/2025/11/cop3...

One month into the ceasefire, Israel continues genocide in Gaza in various forms | Countercurrents Palestinian Territory – Despite a month having passed since the ceasefire took effect in the Gaza Strip, Israel continues to commit genocide against Palestinian civilians through various means.

One month into the ceasefire, Israel continues genocide in Gaza in various forms countercurrents.org/2025/11/one-...

How Canada Thumbs Its Nose at the Global Climate Summit | The Tyee We used to pledge lower emissions. Now we push for higher oil production.

How Canada Thumbs Its Nose at the Global Climate Summit thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

How Canada Thumbs Its Nose at the Global Climate Summit | The Tyee We used to pledge lower emissions. Now we push for higher oil production.

How Canada Thumbs Its Nose at the Global Climate Summit thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

UN climate talks are built on consensus. That's part of the problem. At COP, the requirement that countries find consensus before taking action has stalled climate progress for decades. Experts say there's a better way.

UN climate talks are built on consensus. That’s part of the problem. | grist.org/cop30/un-cli...

How government shutdowns give polluters a free pass Though the current political showdown is nearing an end, new research shows that government shutdowns leave polluting legacies.

How government shutdowns give polluters a free pass | grist.org/politics/how...

Workers are the foundation of Canada’s nation-building agenda If Canada fails to prepare its workforce for the move towards toward clean energy and electrification, we risk leaving workers stranded and prosperity on the table.

If Canada fails to prepare its workforce for the move towards toward clean energy and electrification, we risk leaving workers stranded and prosperity on the table www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/o...

Saskatchewan plans to use dirty coal as 'bridge' to nuclear Saskatchewan's energy security and supply plan calls on the federal government to pay for two thirds of its first reactor without specifying how much it is expected to cost.

Saskatchewan's energy plan hinges on extending coal-fired power generation until it can get nuclear on the grid. And, it wants Ottawa to pay for three quarters of its first nuclear reactor without specifying how much it is expected to cost. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...

Why the 2025 federal budget won’t really make Canada strong How Ottawa responds through its fiscal strategy will determine whether Canada can navigate this new geopolitical and economic reality.

Why the 2025 federal budget won’t really make Canada strong
theconversation.com/why-the-2025...

@gilduran.com is on Bluesky and worth a follow.

We see our PM in Canada increasing military spending in the latest federal budget by over 80 billion. We dishonour the memory of the millions who have died in wars & continue to die in conflicts around the world by continuing to feed the war machine. Peace over war is what we should be supporting

Tell the NDP: Let Internationalism Into the Leadership Race With Mark Carney massively increasing military spending, Donald Trump blowing up Venezuelan vessels, and Ottawa continuing to assist a lawless apartheid state that’s committed genocide, it’s vital tha...

Tell the NDP: Let Internationalism Into the Leadership Race. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Exposed: 5,000+ Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Got Access to U.N. Climate Talks & Helped Block Climate Action Over 5000 fossil fuel lobbyists were given access to U.N. climate summits over the past four years, a period marked by a rise in catastrophic extreme weather, inadequate climate action and record oil ...

Exposed: 5,000+ Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Got Access to U.N. Climate Talks & Helped Block Climate Action
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/10/n...

Reject Carney’s Billionaire Budget Carney’s first budget is a gift to billionaires – and an attack on workers, communities, and the planet. This budget would gut our public services, attack migrant and refugee protections, fuel climate...

Carney’s first budget is a gift to billionaires – and an attack on workers, communities, and the planet. I just wrote to opposition leaders telling them to reject Carney’s Billionaire Budget. Add your voice: actionnetwork.org/letters/reje...

Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.

Canada can thank Danielle Smith and the UCP govt for this
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The EV battery tech that’s worth the hype, according to experts Major battery breakthroughs seemingly happen every day, but only some of that tech ever leaves the lab. WIRED breaks down what’s actually going to change EVs and what’s just a dream.

The EV battery tech that’s worth the hype, according to experts | grist.org/transportati...

Employment Inequalities Will Persist Until More Industries Unionize Fundamentally, addressing poor employment quality requires that more workers gain greater access to collective bargaining.

Employment Inequalities Will Persist Until More Industries Unionize www.readthemaple.com/employment-i...

The Man Who Tracks Silicon Valley’s ‘Nerd Reich’ | The Tyee Wonder what US tech titans wish for, Canada? Study their roots, says writer Gil Duran. A Tyee Q&A.

The Man Who Tracks Silicon Valley's 'Nerd Reich' thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...

The Man Who Tracks Silicon Valley’s ‘Nerd Reich’ | The Tyee Wonder what US tech titans wish for, Canada? Study their roots, says writer Gil Duran. A Tyee Q&A.

The Man Who Tracks Silicon Valley's 'Nerd Reich' thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...

Earth Can No Longer Sustain Intensive Fossil Fuel Use: Lula Earth can no longer sustain a development model based on intensive use of fossil fuels responsible for planet-harming emissions, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told a climate summit Frid...

Earth Can No Longer Sustain Intensive Fossil Fuel Use: Lula www.barrons.com/news/earth-c...

Over 100 US leaders to attend Cop30 climate summit as Trump stays away Dozens of US state and local leaders will be at talks in Brazil with president’s team expected to send no representatives

Over 100 US leaders to attend Cop30 climate summit as Trump stays away www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Less arguing, more action: will Brazil’s unorthodox approach to Cop30 work? Host uses Indigenous concepts and changes agenda to help delegates agree on ways to meet existing climate goals

Less arguing, more action: will Brazil’s unorthodox approach to Cop30 work? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

What to know about COP30, this year's UN climate talks World leaders, activists, experts and many more are in or headed to Brazil for this year's annual United Nations climate talks.

What to know about COP30, this year's UN climate talks apnews.com/article/unit...

Ongoing failure to agree AR7 timeline is ‘unprecedented’ in IPCC history - Carbon Brief Governments have, once again, failed to agree on a timeline for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) seventh assessment cycle (AR7)

Ongoing failure to agree AR7 timeline is ‘unprecedented’ in IPCC history www.carbonbrief.org/ongoing-fail...

Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the COP30 climate summit - Carbon Brief Carbon Brief’s real-time text tracker offers a helping hand by decoding agenda and keeping a searchable record of every document at COP30

Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the COP30 climate summit www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-...

The Toll of Intent: Looking at the Genocidal Impact of Israel's Assault on Gaza This report synthesizes existing data to project that between 14% and 20% of Gaza's pre-October 7, 2023, population (approximately 341,000–480,800 Palestinians) could ultimately be killed as a result ...

The Toll of Intent: Looking at the Genocidal Impact of Israel's Assault on Gaza www.cjpme.org/toll_of_inte...