Australian Ecosocialists Launch New Blog
An “intersection set” of the various left and green movements
Imprisoned Algonquin activist writes to Citizens’ Inquiry on Uranium Mining
Robert Lovelace: “I have no doubt that more people will have to go to prison before Ontario becomes nuclear free and we embrace a society that undertakes real sustainability”
Building a Red-Green Alliance
Dave Riley writes: While it may be urgent that we create a red green alliance to strengthen radical social action to stop climate change, our collective problem is: how are we going to do that?
What’s Causing the Food Crisis?
‘The greatest demonstration of the historical failure of the capitalist model’
Workers and Climate Change
On International Workers Day, unionists must reject the illusion that ‘clean coal’ is possible, and join the fight against climate change
"The Best Premier Oil Money Can Buy"
Greenpeace activists interrupt a fundraising dinner to expose Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach’s real role
Video: Rally to Free Bob Lovelace and the KI 6
Highlights from the April 9, 2008 Rally at Ryerson University, Toronto: Land Rights, Not Mining Rights!
Climate Crisis — Urgent Action Needed Now!
Statement initiated by participants in the Climate Change|Social Change conference, Sydney, Australia, April 11-13, 2008
Discussion begins on Second Ecosocialist Manifesto
Draft Manifesto now online; EIN calls for open international discussion
10 Commandments to Save the Earth
Speaking at the United Nations today, Bolivian president Evo Morales proposed 10 commandments to save the planet, life and humanity
Australian Conference Report: Green Lefts and Left Greens Discuss Climate And Social Change
Individual Versus Social Solutions to Global Warming
By blaming individuals, the ruling class aims to greenwash their intrinsically environmentally destructive economic and social system
Big Oil Still Gets the Cash: How the Canadian Government Subsidizes Greenhouse Gas Emitters
Despite its green promises, Ottawa continues giving big tax breaks to tar sands companies
Video: John Bellamy Foster on Capitalism & Climate Change
John Bellamy Foster, Marxist ecologist and editor of Monthly Review, addressed the Climate Change | Social Change Conference in Sydney, Australia, April 11, 2008. The conference was organized by Green Left Weekly
Peru: Opponents of Copper Mine Accused of Terrorism
Referendum organizers face charges of terrorism and extortion, based on ‘evidence’ in press clippings
Video: Clean Coal’s Dirty Secret
Even if carbon capture works, it won’t stop the environmental damage caused by coal mining
World Bank – Climate Profiteer
Turning the dirtiest carbon into gold
Consultation, Not Consent: The First Interview with KI Political Prisoner Cecilia Begg
Cecilia Begg is the Head Councillor of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation. She is the lone female community leader in what has come to be known as the KI6, a group serving six months for contempt after blockading a mining company from its licensed operations on disputed land near their community. In her first interview since her incarceration, she spoke with The Lake of the Wood Enterprise’s Jon Thompson at the Kenora jail about the road that has led her to this point, the reasons she is fighting the development, and the path that she hopes will emerge from her imprisonment.
How Climate Change Endangers Human Health
Statement by Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, on World Health Day
Court Appointed Expert Says Chevron Should Pay Up to $16 Billion for Polluting Indigenous Lands in Ecuador
Independent analysis validates most claims of plaintiffs in long Ecuador legal battle
A Memo to John Baird on Carbon Capture and Storage
“It won’t do the job, no one knows if it is safe, and it won’t arrive in time”
A Revolutionary Response to the Climate Change Crisis
“We need an emergency mobilization of society, a five- or 10-year plan to achieve a drastic reorientation of our economy and use of energy. Anything else is simply not serious.”
UK Offset Standard is Off Target
A new government “kitemark” suggests that most carbon offset schemes are flawed, but fails to address the more fundamental problem of paying others to clean up after us
Land Rights Not Mining Rights: Free Robert Lovelace and the KI 6
A meeting to defend Aboriginal Rights: Wednesday April 9th, Toronto