A provincial wing of Canada’s ecocapitalist party has imploded in a fight over whether to be somewhat moderate or very moderate. Related posts… (auto-generated) Left-wing Quebec party will focus on climate change Socialist tendency formed in...
An Ecosocialist Program for South Africa
Climate & Capitalism previously reported that the Socialist Green Coalition was prevented from running in South Africa’s recent election by a huge election deposit and other registration problems. The ecosocialist current issued this...
How not to build the climate change movement
[from Green Left Weekly, 26 July 2009] This Open Letter was sent to the Australian Youth Climate Coalition from the socialist youth organization Resistance, following the Power Shift 2009 conference in Sydney, July 11-13. We face a climate emergency...
Hugo Blanco on the Massacre at Bagua
On June 5, world environment day, Peruvian president Alan Garcia turned his anti-ecological fury against the defenders of the Amazon Related posts… (auto-generated) Hugo Blanco, peasant leader and ecosocialist, 1934-2023 Hugo Blanco on the...
The 'Disappeared' in Peru
Derek Wall of Another Green World reports on the victims of Peru’s war against the indigenous people of the Amazon region of Bagua. Related posts… (auto-generated) Hugo Blanco on the indigenous struggle for land in Peru From Copenhagen to...
Peru's Continuing War Against Indigenous Peoples
Despite recent indigenous victories, the Peruvian government’s war continues and could possibly intensify into open battle, as happened the last time the government provoked the indigenous to protest Related posts… (auto-generated) Hugo Blanco...
The Global Fight for Climate Justice
“At last, an absolutely indispensable guide to the debate on climate change, a sourcebook that makes the case for anti-capitalist action as the only effective way to stop global warming. ” —Joel Kovel, author of The Enemy of Nature and founding...
Obama's Cap and Trade Carbon Emissions Bill – A Stealth Scheme to License Pollution and Fraud
Bill does nothing to address environmental issues, lets corporate polluters reap huge windfall profits, and paves the way for a new bubble through carbon trading derivatives speculation. Polluters love it. Related posts… (auto-generated) What the...
Mainstream Economists versus the Earth
[From “Notes from the Editors,” Monthly Review, July-August 2009. Posted by permission.] A new book by economist Frank Ackerman, Can We Afford the Future?: The Economics of a Warming World (Zed, 2009), presents an important and startling...
Millions Face Hunger as Seasons Disappear
Oxfam: Without a serious effort to reduce warming, and in the absence of international funds for adaptation, the food, water, health and livelihoods of millions of people will be at risk Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says...
Corporate profits = global hunger
A handful of companies stand between millions of small farmers and millions of consumers in the food cycle Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Feminism and the global fight for food sovereignty...
Canada's Climate Change Report Card: Total Failure
“Nowhere else on Earth do fewer people steward more resources, yet Canada now stands dead last among the G8 Nations in protecting our shared home from the threat of dangerous climate change” Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report...
The Burning Season: Can carbon trading save our forests?
In review: The Burning Season. Screened in 2008 by ABC (Australia), BBC (UK), and CBC (Canada). Distributed worldwide by National Geographic International. Now showing in theatres in Australia Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report...
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). Related posts… (auto-generated) Urban farming...
Australian ecosocialist at climate rally: 'Yes we can!'
John Rice, a member of the Climate Emergency Action Network (CLEAN) in South Australia and a founder of the Adelaide Ecosocialist Network, spoke at the June 13 Climate Emergency Rally in Adelaide. This article is based on his speech. Related posts…...
A fight for the Amazon that should inspire the world
Of course, the oil companies will regroup and return – but this is an inspirational victory for the forces of sanity that will be hard to reverse Related posts… (auto-generated) From 'common goods' to the 'common good of...
The Oil Intensity of Food
Although attention commonly focuses on energy use on the farm, agriculture accounts for only one fifth of the energy used in the U.S. food system, The modern food system that evolved when oil was cheap will not survive as it is now structured...
British Ecosocialists Plan 'Climate & Capitalism' Seminar
Green Left and Socialist Resistance announce joint educational event in london, September 12. C&C editor Ian Angus to be keynote speaker. Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Andreas Malm:...
Monbiot on the U.S. Climate Change Bill
From George Monbiot’s Blog. The Guardian, June 26 2009 It would be laughable anywhere else. But, so everyone says, the Waxman-Markey bill which is likely to be passed in Congress today or tomorrow, is the best we can expect – from America. The...
What's Next for the Ecosocialist International Network?
The Ecosocialist International Network was founded with great enthusiasm and optimism in October 2007, but since then it seems to have stalled. A discussion has begun on what needs to be done now. Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC...