The oil and gas monopolies are ramping up pressure on Labour to expand fossil fuel drilling in the North Sea, using the Iran war as an excuse. This isn’t to lower bills or boost national security, but to reap enormous profits at the expense of the planet.

Apocalyptic scenes are coming out of Iran: clouds of toxic black smoke choking the residents of Tehran, and black acid rain falling from the skies. Imperialism isn’t just responsible for the direct casualties of war – it is also responsible for ecological catastrophe.

We have just breached one of the first, potentially irreversible climate tipping points, threatening catastrophic climate breakdown. Meanwhile, Indigenous climate activists protested the hypocritical, self-serving COP30 climate conference in Brazil.