Declaration of the US Ecojustice People’s Movement Assembly
“We support the conclusion that only by “living well,” in harmony with each other and with Mother Earth, rather than “living better,” based on an economic system of unlimited growth, dominance and exploitation, will the people of this planet not only survive but thrive.”
Guatemala: Canadian-owned mine suspended for human rights violations, health hazards
Indigenous anti-mine activists face death threats
A Mistaken Criticism of Cochabamba
International Viewpoint, the “English-language magazine of the Fourth International,” recently published a criticism of the Peoples Agreement adopted by the World People’s Conference on Climate Change held in Cochabamba, Bolivia in April. This article, by Australian Socialist Alliance member Ben Courtice, responds to those criticisms: we encourage C&C readers to add their comments on this important international discussion.
Food crisis: causes, consequences and alternatives
Governments and international institutions have become accomplices, when not co-profiteers, in a productivist, unsustainable and privatized food system. Their ”concern” about the increase in the price of the staple foods and its impact on the most disadvantaged populations only reveals their deep hypocrisy
Failure and fraud at UN climate talks
Bonn meeting opts for inadequate voluntary targets, big loopholes, and market scams
Greenwashing the Pentagon
The Pentagon must be the central focus of efforts to protect the biosphere by challenging war and militarism. More than ever, humanity—and Mother Earth—can no long afford them.
What the Ruling Class Believes
[Book Quotes] Those who believe in these tenets are the majority in power across almost all rich countries.
Video: Vancouver’s Cochabamba Report Back Meeting
Videos from the June 10, 2010 report back meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, organized by Canada-Bolivia Solidarity Committee
Ecosocialist Resources, 16
Six more additions to our periodically published list of essential current reading for left greens and green lefts
Loopholes in Obama Climate Accord Will Let Rich Nations Increase Emissions
“The new data shows a frightening chasm between what the science says, what the people have asked for and Earth needs, and what rich countries are saying they are willing to do” —Bolivian ambassador Pablo Solon
Building a Climate Justice Movement in Quebec
The time is ripe for a grassroots climate justice movement based on the Cochabamba resolutions. A gathering of activists in late August will feature presentations and discussions on the proposed Quebec Coalition for Climate Justice.
Charcoal Ain’t Gonna Cool the Planet (Duh)!
Biochar supporters promote buried charcoal as a clean, natural solution to glonal warming, but scientific evidence is pretty much non-existent, and the danger it poses to forests is very real.
How Three Green Parties Went Wrong
The experience of Greens in Ireland, Czech Republic and Germany shows that you can’t be a progressive force while selling your soul for a seat at the big man’s table.
Haitian Farmers Say ‘Burn Monsanto’s Seeds’
“With friends like Monsanto and its governmental allies, who needs enemies?” Canadian activists call for action in support of Haitian farmers
Video: Talking About a Revolution
Poor people gonna rise up and take what’s theirs … Finally the tables are starting to turn …
Deepwater Lesson: Expropriate the Expropriators
The corporate state is leading us on a death march at an ever-escalating pace. Deepwater and Bhopal are us. It will not do to tinker around the edges in response. Only revolution can save the Earth.
Dissecting Those ‘Overpopulation’ Numbers:
Part Two: The Perils of Per Capita
Continuing our examination of the misuse (deliberate or not) of numbers, statistics and formulas by advocates of the “too many people” explanation of environmental destruction.
Our seas sacrificed for their profits
Even on its very best day, the oil industry is a series of violent, toxic horrors. Drilling, shipping, refining and burning oil is destroying the planet – at the local level through poisoned air and water, and globally by fuelling climate change.
UN Plans Exclusion of Critics and Criticism from Climate Talks
Bonn meeting discusses keeping ‘civil society’ out of Cancun talks, and adopts a draft negotiating text that ignores the Cochabamba agreements
Interview: Indo-American Bolivarian Ecosocialism
“‘Bolivarian ecosocialism’ is a term that is synonymous with 21st Century Socialism. This socialism is ours, endogenous, and is based on transforming collective consciousness to establish new relationships within society and with the environment.”