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Secret Lives of Plants

Secret Lives of Plants

In an agronomy lab and farm field in Montpellier, France, scientists are uncovering the secrets of one of the world’s great crops. The potential spin-offs for global green economies are huge.

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Eighteenth Transmission

Eighteenth Transmission

Judging from this latest voice transmission, it seems that human beings are poisoning themselves and their planet — transforming the very chemistry of their blue-green home.

Sixteenth Transmission

Sixteenth Transmission

If there’s any hope for the human species, it draws sustenance from the collective wisdom of Planet Earth’s indigenous people. In their struggle, Earth’s future lies.

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Planet in Polycrisis

Planet in Polycrisis

Self-amplifying cascades on planet Earth – some negative, some positive. A conversation with complexity theorist Thomas Homer-Dixon. And, Earth systems can tip, cascading off in dangerous directions. Some already are. A conversation with one of the authors of an international report on Earth tipping points.

Stamping It Out

Stamping It Out

Gender-based Israeli violence, extermination and genocide in Gaza. A new report from the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory. A conversation about Israel’s war on Gaza with Middle East affairs commentator Mouin Rabbani. And, human rights abuse and corporate takeover in the United States. A conversation with one of the authors of another UN report.

Activist Arrested, Gets To Talk About It

Activist Arrested, Gets To Talk About It

Montreal-based author and guerilla-style political provocateur Yves Engler talks about his recent arrest and subsequent imprisonment in Montreal’s Bordeaux Prison (something police originally tried to block him from doing), and what he’d rather talk about than his five days and four nights of forcible confinement. And, another Canadian’s account of the funeral of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, brutally assassinated by apartheid Israel. Another conversation with Dimitri Lascaris

Hassan Nasrallah’s Funeral

Hassan Nasrallah’s Funeral

For an eyewitness account of the February 23 funeral of Hassan Nasrallah, Israel’s low-altitude flyovers (more than one), and the situation currently facing fellow Canadian activist Yves Engler, the GPM turned to Dimitri Lascaris. Lascaris is a Canadian lawyer, social justice advocate, and journalist.

Ivory Tower Bans Free Speech

Ivory Tower Bans Free Speech

The Ivory Tower Bans Free Speech. Exiled Students Take Columbia University to Court. The GPM speaks with Catherine Curran-Groome about her court case — Catherine Curran-Groome, Brandon Murphy and Aidan Parisi vs. Columbia University, at the New York State Supreme Court.