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Archive | Cuba
Fidel: A Nobel Prize for Evo
If Obama was awarded the Nobel for winning the elections in a racist society despite his being African American, Evo deserves it for winning them in his country despite his being a native and his having delivered on his promises. (more…)
Fidel: Humanity is an endangered species
‘Our duty is to demand the truth. The populations of all countries have the right to know the factors that are giving rise to climate change and what current possibilities science possesses for reversing the trend’ (more…)
Urban Agriculture and Food Sovereignty in Cuba
The following is the text of a talk given by Jorge Soberon, Cuba’s Consul General in Toronto, Canada, to a meeting of food sovereignty sponsored by the Venezuela We Are With You Coalition (CVEC). (more…)
Cuba at UN: "The very existence of the human species is at risk"
Speech by José Ramón Machado Ventura, First Vice-President of Cuba’s Council of State and Ministers, to the general debate of the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, September 24, 2008 (more…)
Canadian Network on Cuba Appeals for Hurricane Aid
Climate and Capitalism urges readers in Canada to distribute this appeal broadly and to give as generously as possible (more…)
Help Cuba Recover from Its Worst Economic Disaster
Money for hurricane relief is urgently needed (more…)
Ike Devastates Cuba: An Eyewitness Report
A letter from a Canadian living in Cuba (more…)
Cuba vs hurricanes: A revolutionary fight against the demon
The final essay written by Cuban revolutionary socialist Celia Hart Santamaria (1962-2008) (more…)
Cuba Offers Unused Land to Small Farmers
As part of a drive to increase food production and reduce imports, the Cuban government announced a new plan for distribution of idle land to small farmers and cooperatives throughout the island. The focus will be on land near urban areas, so that city-dwellers will not have to travel long distances to reach their farms, […]
Venezuela: The capitalist system has brought humanity to the biggest food crisis known
Latin American countries condemn the World Food Summit for ignoring the real causes of rising food prices (more…)
Cuba: The Rich and Powerful Impede Solutions to Hunger
“Cuba will not remain silent and become an accomplice to the demagogy and opportunism, or to the inaction and omission in meeting the responsibilities outlined to save the life and dignity of 862 million people suffering from hunger and malnutrition.” (more…)
Cuba: The Food Crisis is Systemic and Structural
Address by José Ramón Machado Ventura, vice president of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, to the high-level conference on World Food Security: The Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy (more…)
Cuban VP: “Sustainable development requires a revolution in our values”
Address by José Ramón Machado Ventura, First Vice-President of Cuba’s Council of State, at a session on “Sustainable Development: the Environment, Climate Change and Energy,” during the 5th EU/LAC (European Union / Latin America and Caribbean) summit meeting in Lima, Peru, May 16-17. (more…)
Cuba Publishes Environmental Indicators
New report provides comprehensive data on population, atmosphere, water, soils, biodiversity, energy, wastes and more (more…)
Video: Urban Farming in Cuba
The BBC program “Around the World in 80 Gardens” (2008) shows some of the urban food gardening in Havana, Cuba. A tip of the hat to Dave Riley, host of Left Click, for bringing this video to our attention. Related reading: The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
Fidel Moves On
Some personal thoughts on an ecosocialist hero (more…)
Richard Levins: Cuba, Ecology and the Need for a Dialectical Approach
[Quotes and Insights #3] The January 2008 issue of Monthly Review includes a short memoir by Richard Levins, co-author with Richard Lewontin of the wonderful book The Dialectical Biologist. In the MR piece, Levins discusses the long arc of his career as a scientist who was also a dedicated activist and Marxist. On the cover, […]
Cuba: Restoring Lost Balance in Nature
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The Red and the Green: Part Two – What kind of development?
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