In this report for Local Call, I reviewed the outlines for climate policy delineated by the 2018 IPCC report and the approach to climate policy put forward by the various parties running in Israel’s September 2019 elections. I found that most parties do not take this issue seriously, and even the few that do, fall short of meeting the IPCC report’s emissions targets.
Brazil’s Far-Right and the Amazon Forest Fires [Hebrew]
In this piece for Local Call I cover the political background of the increase in forest fires in the Amazon this summer, as well as the connection to animal agriculture and indigenous rights.
Ethical Shopping: Neoliberalism's Greatest Victory
Neoliberalism has had no greater victory, I suspect, than in the trend of highly selective consumption among leftists.
Politics is not a video game
People often seem to conceptualize politics as akin to video games in which you can just make a click and decide how things will be done. Reality is, of course, much more complicated.