Climate & Capitalism Top 10: April 2009
In case you missed them: The ten most-frequently-viewed articles on Climate and Capitalism in April include a mix of recent and older articles….
Indigenous Leaders Confront Barrick Gold
“Indigenous leaders from Papua New Guinea and Chile traveled to Canada this week to attend the April 29 shareholders’ meeting of Barrick Gold. Here, they will confront Barrick about human rights abuses and environmental degradation on their lands.”
Highly Recommended!
Indigenous Leaders confront Barrick Gold
Paul York writes: This is the best media to come out of the Barrick Gold AGM thus far - from photojournalist Allan Lissner. The mainstream media, which is silent on mining issues (due to fear of liability and vested interests) are put to shame by Allan’s excellent coverage.
The Anchorage Declaration: Indigenous Meeting Demands Action on Climate Crisis
Text of the final declaration adopted by the Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change, April 20-24, 2009, in Anchorage, Alaska
Indigenous Conference Sounds Climate Warning
“Most Indigenous Peoples today live oppressed existences as minority groups within states. Climate change for them layers another potentially crushing pressure on top of many others”
New Book: The Ecological Revolution
The Ecological Revolution: Making Peace With The Planet
by John Bellamy Foster
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Leon Trotsky and Ecology
A reply to a “green” critique of the Russian revolutionary leader’s views on progress and nature
Agriculture G8 = more hunger and poverty
Strengthening agriculture and expanding the WTO are contradictory objectives
Why Carbon Markets Can’t Save the World
In Canada, the British Columbia New Democratic Party is promising to cancel carbon taxes and implement carbon trading, if it wins the provincial election. In the U.S., the Obama administarion is pushing hard for a similar system, as is the Rudd government in Australia. But carbon trading cannot do the job …
Ecosocialism: For a Society of Good Ancestors!
Ian Angus was a featured guest at the World at a Crossroads: Fighting for Socialism in the 21st Century conference , in Sydney Australia, April 10-12, 2009.
The event, which drew 440 participants from more than 15 countries, was organized by Democratic Socialist Perspective, Resistance and Green Left Weekly.
The following is Ian’s talk to the plenary session on “Confronting the climate change crisis: an ecosocialist perspective.” He has lightly edited the text for publication.
EPA: Greenhouse Gases Threaten Health
After years of denial by the Bush administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency now says:”climate change is an enormous problem”
Review: Climate Wars
Gwynne Dyer: Climate Wars. Random House of Canada. Toronto, 2008. 9780307355836. 272 pages. C$34.95.
Audio: Ian Angus Speaks in Australia
Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus, speaking to a meeting sponsored by the Ecosocialist Network and Green Left Weekly in Adelaide, Australia, on April 8, 2009. Recorded and broadcast by Radio Adelaide.
Let Them Eat Junk
A new book explores the economics of our food system …
‘Climate and Capitalism’ Editor Tours Australia
For the next two weeks your intrepid editor will be in Australia, speaking and learning about the ecosocialist and climate action movement there. I hope to meet Australian activists at the meetings listed below.