https://znetwork.org/category/place/europe/greenland/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Sat, 14 Feb 2026 17:22:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/category/place/europe/greenland/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/greenland-is-not-for-sale-an-indigenous-activist-speaks-out-against-the-us/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/greenland-is-not-for-sale-an-indigenous-activist-speaks-out-against-the-us/#respond Sat, 14 Feb 2026 16:54:57 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294725 Donald Trump’s second presidency has been defined by lawless, fascist actions at home and imperial ambitions and performative militarism abroad. He has threatened scores of countries while depicting Canada and Greenland as part of the U.S. His obsession with Greenland has caused severe strains between Europe and the United States and even prompted several European [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/greenland-is-not-for-sale-an-indigenous-activist-speaks-out-against-the-us/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-tech-billionaires-behind-trumps-greenland-push/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-tech-billionaires-behind-trumps-greenland-push/#respond Mon, 19 Jan 2026 05:00:00 +0000 President Donald Trump started his second term with his sights set on Greenland. When Trump first proposed buying the arctic nation during his first administration, it was treated like a joke. But in a phone call last week with Denmark’s prime minister, who controls the autonomous territory’s foreign policy, the president doubled down on his efforts to seize power. In the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-tech-billionaires-behind-trumps-greenland-push/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trump-in-greenland-old-fashioned-colonialism-and-acceleration-of-the-climate-catastrophe/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trump-in-greenland-old-fashioned-colonialism-and-acceleration-of-the-climate-catastrophe/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:06:16 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293619 Almost everyone is currently talking, and rightly so, about Trump’s clearly stated intention to occupy and annex Greenland “by hook or by crook.” However, no one has even mentioned what would be by far the most important and serious consequence of this imperialist and colonialist act of unbridled Trumpism: the enormous acceleration and worsening of [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trump-in-greenland-old-fashioned-colonialism-and-acceleration-of-the-climate-catastrophe/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/greenland-on-the-chessboard-of-u-s-imperialism/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/greenland-on-the-chessboard-of-u-s-imperialism/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:53:25 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293599 On 14 January, a few hours before the historic meeting in Washington between representatives from Greenland and Denmark and their U.S. counterparts, J. D. Vance and Marco Rubio, Denmark and several of its NATO allies reinforced their military presence in Greenland and announced that more reinforcements would follow. Some interpreted this move as pressure on [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/greenland-on-the-chessboard-of-u-s-imperialism/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/from-ukraine-to-greenland-are-trumps-geopolitical-ambitions-driven-by-mining/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/from-ukraine-to-greenland-are-trumps-geopolitical-ambitions-driven-by-mining/#respond Sun, 01 Jun 2025 11:41:36 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1284436 The clean energy transition that the Biden administration touted as the focus of its industrial policy required large amounts of mineral inputs. Batteries for electric vehicles depend on lithium, solar panels contain gallium and molybdenum, and powerful magnets in wind turbines can’t be built without rare earth elements. Biden’s landmark legislation, such as the 2022 [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/from-ukraine-to-greenland-are-trumps-geopolitical-ambitions-driven-by-mining/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/85-of-greenland-oppose-joining-usa-but-trump-wants-to-colonize-it-over-minerals-china/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/85-of-greenland-oppose-joining-usa-but-trump-wants-to-colonize-it-over-minerals-china/#respond Wed, 19 Mar 2025 17:41:21 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1281237 The vast majority of people in Greenland oppose becoming part of the United States, despite Donald Trump’s threats to colonize their land. A staggering 85% of Greenlanders do not want to join the US, according to a poll published in January by a Greenlandic newspaper. Just 6% of people in Greenland support Trump’s proposal to annex [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/85-of-greenland-oppose-joining-usa-but-trump-wants-to-colonize-it-over-minerals-china/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-heart-or-graphite-of-greed/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-heart-or-graphite-of-greed/#respond Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:50:31 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1279940 In early January, Donald Trump Jr.’s private plane landed on a snowy airfield in Greenland. There was little fanfare upon his arrival, but his 14 million social-media fans were certainly tagging along. “Greenland coming in hot…well, actually really really cold!!!” President Trump’s eldest son captioned a video he posted on X. It was shot from the cockpit [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-heart-or-graphite-of-greed/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/appropriate-response/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/appropriate-response/#respond Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1279346 The administrative spectacle now unfolding exceeds all expectations. How should we respond? What is appropriate? I remember Abbie Hoffman and the general inclination of New Left times and other situations as well when people tried to extinguish evil with ridicule and satire, with facts and debate, or with ridicule and facts both at once—but what [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/appropriate-response/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/oil-minerals-and-crypto-corporate-america-has-big-plans-for-greenland/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/oil-minerals-and-crypto-corporate-america-has-big-plans-for-greenland/#respond Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:31:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1279110 President Donald Trump started his second term with his sights set on Greenland. When Trump first proposed buying the arctic nation during his first administration, it was treated like a joke. But in a phone call last week with Denmark’s prime minister, who controls the autonomous territory’s foreign policy, the president doubled down on his efforts to seize power. [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/oil-minerals-and-crypto-corporate-america-has-big-plans-for-greenland/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-new-cold-war-in-the-arctic/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-new-cold-war-in-the-arctic/#respond Mon, 30 Oct 2023 15:26:25 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1256647 In the spring of 1953, when Regina Kristiansen was 14, she and her family were forced to leave their village of Uummannaq in northwestern Greenland, hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle. At the behest of Danish authorities, who promised them new homes, they were given just a few days to gather their belongings. Kristiansen drove a dogsled across [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-new-cold-war-in-the-arctic/feed/ 0