reviewed by Louis Proyect The Unrepentant Marxist, June 21, 2011 If a Tree Falls: a Story of the Earth Liberation Front is a powerful documentary on what the ruling elite have dubbed eco-terrorists. After you have finished watching it, you will...
Court blocks free legal support for Beaver Lake Cree
Canada’s ‘justice system’ strikes again. The Canadian and Alberta governments have successfully prevented the Beaver Lake Cree Nation from obtaining free legal representation in their fight against the tar sands. Related posts…...
Video: The Return of Socialism
“One does not need to be a socialist to understand that socialism has been a part of this country’s journey from the start.”—John Nichols Related posts… (auto-generated) The Return of Nature: Socialism and Ecology On ’60 Minutes’...
Just Do It – a tale of modern-day outlaws
Trailer for the new feature documentary about environmental direct action Related posts… (auto-generated) Climate Change: Why we can’t trust mainstream media What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land A tale of two...
State of the Climate: Hotter than ever, and getting hotter faster than ever
Every month for the past 25 years the global temperature has been above the 20th Century average. And the rate of increase is speeding up. Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land State of the...
Bolivian law aims to protect food sovereignty
Evo Morales’ government is poised to pass a law that ensures Bolivians can feed themselves, and protects the environment Related posts… (auto-generated) Declaration of South African Food Sovereignty Campaign Feminism and the global fight for...
U.S regulators and nuke operators rewrite history
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is rubber-stamping applications to extend the life of nuclear plants by 50%, with no independent safety review. The industry claims the reactors were not designed for a specific life span. They lie. Related posts…...
Canada's environmental crime, and Brazil's example
Bill McKibben: “Exploiting the tar sands is a crime, pure and simple—and, given the stakes, it is one of the most staggering the world has ever seen.” Related posts… (auto-generated) EnergyEast tar sands pipeline faces growing opposition...
Carbon markets are not cooling the planet
Carbon markets are open to fraud, misrepresentation and organized crime … and they do not reduce greenhouse gas emissions Related posts… (auto-generated) Carbon trade markets collapsing Durban conference must reject carbon markets for...
Global debt? Send the bill to the rich!
If the world’s ultra-rich wanted to, they could totally pay off the Greek and U.S. debts, and they would still be rich. Instead, they want us to pay. Too Much, the excellent (and free) weekly newsletter published by the Institute for Policy Studies...
How not to build the movement against climate change
Many of the June 5 rallies in Australia were the opposite of effective mass action – No community involvement in organising the events, no local buildup, no local follow-up, no march, no energy. This approach is no model for the future...
Food safety: It's corporate wealth versus people's health
Our growing reliance on corporate food and farming concentrates and amplifies risk in new and unprecedented ways, at scales never seen before. The question of who defines “food safety” is increasingly central to the struggle over the future of food...
Leading economist calls fossil fuel expansion a crime against humanity
“We need to up the ante for those pursuing business as usual, the relentless expansion of oil and gas infrastructure that is causing these problems and guaranteeing that they will be worse in the future.” Related posts… (auto-generated)...
David Orton: Why I am not an ecosocialist
Deep ecology versus ecosocialism, part 2: A prominent left-wing environmentalist explains why, as a supporter of deep ecology, he cannot endorse a basic statement of ecosocialist principles. Related posts… (auto-generated) Saral Sarkar on...
Environmentalists call for civil disobedience to stop tar sands pipeline
“We don’t have the money to compete with those corporations, but we do have our bodies, and beginning in mid August many of us will use them. We will, each day through Labor Day, march on the White House, risking arrest with our trespass...
Clean energy is possible, practical, and essential – now!
It is fully within our means today to make the alternative energy dream a green reality. All the technologies exist. Unless we want to consign humanity to a broiling, toxic swamp called earth, alternative energy is an imperative. Related posts…...
Oceans on the brink of disaster
The rate at which carbon is being absorbed by the ocean is already far greater now than at the time of the last globally significant extinction of marine species, some 55 million years ago, when up to 50% of some groups of deep — sea animals...
A Plea To The International Community: Don’t Forget The Ogoni
The Ogoni haven’t lost hope. They’ve been fighting against Shell for their land and rights since day one and they continue to do so – and they need our solidarity. Related posts… (auto-generated) Shell versus human rights in the...
IAEA report on Fukushima shows nuclear power can never be safe and cheap
Time after time, the report finds missing measures obviously should have been in place. Unforeseen events are a certainty, with hugely costly consequences. That means nuclear power is not safe or, given the colossal clean-up costs, cheap. Related...
US regulators weaken nuclear safety rules
Federal regulators have been working closely with the nuclear power industry to keep the nation’s aging reactors operating within safety standards by repeatedly weakening those standards, or simply failing to enforce them, an investigation by...