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Fighting climate colonialism is a global necessity
The ecological crisis caused is already hitting the global South harder than the regions where the capitalists responsible live — anyone disrupting ‘business as usual’ should be applauded, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Flames from the Donnie Creek wildfire burn along a ridge top north of Fort St John, British Columbia, July 2, 2023

THE planet is burning. Everybody knows it. Everyone can see it.

If the planet goes on burning at anywhere near the same rate as it is now, the result will be the end of life as we know it.

Sounds dramatic doesn’t it? Maybe — but that doesn’t alter the fact that what I have just said is true.

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