Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières has published a French translation of Ian Angus’s review of the book How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth
Archive | October, 2008
Time to Bury the 'Clean Coal' Myth
The mirage of clean coal is designed to coax the world into maintaining its addiction to the most dangerous fossil fuel of all (more…)
Swedish Autoworkers Campaign: Save Jobs! Save the Planet!
Is there a future for the auto industry – with or without cars? (more…)
The Global Economic Crisis: An Historic Opportunity for Transformation
An initial response from individuals, social movements and non-governmental organisations in support of a transitional programme for radical economic transformation. Adopted in Beijing, 15 October 2008. (more…)
A Greenish Approach to the Financial Crisis
Or: I Learned Everything I Know About Economics From the Kyoto Accord (more…)
Peruvian Indigenous Communities Want Talisman Out
On its website, Calgary-based Talisman Energy claims to be “conducting its business in an ethically, socially and environmentally responsible manner.” Over two dozen communities in northern Peru strongly disagree … (more…)
Global Warming: Stronger Than Expected, Sooner Than Forecast
Global warming is accelerating at a much faster rate than predicted by the IPCC, according to a new compendium of scientific research (more…)
Humanity, Society and Ecology: Global Warming and the Ecosocialist Alternative
Ecosocialism is much more than a new label, or a revamping of an old perspective: it is a new project for the emancipation of humanity. (more…)
Evo Morales: 10 Commandments To Save the Planet
“If we want to save the planet earth to save life and humanity, we are obliged to end the capitalist system” (more…)
Clean Coal – A Contradiction In Terms
Both major U.S. political parties have made clean coal central to their election platforms. The newly-reelected Canadian government says that clean coal technology will ensure that Canada meeets its greenhouse gas emission targets. Fact: There is no such thing as clean coal. (more…)
'Clean Development' Supports Dirty Energy
Kyoto’s “Clean Development Mechanism,” which was supposed to reduce emissions, is subsidising the fossil fuel industry. The construction of such new coal-dependent energy infrastructure is locking us into decades more of massive greenhouse gas emissions. (more…)
Marxist Economics: A handbook of basic definitions
Resistance Books offers handbook as a free download (more…)
Should Canada Be Placed Under Third Party Management?
(From Intercontinental Cry) Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) has reportedly ‘taken control’ of Pine Creek First Nation in western Manitoba, placing the reserve under third-party management. (more…)
The Limits of Green Keynesianism
A Marxist response to “A New Green Deal,” published by the UK-based New Economics Foundation in July. Sean Thompson is active in Green Left, an ecosocialist, anti-capitalist current within the Green Party of England and Wales (more…)
Canadian academics call for carbon tax
Belief in the free market fairy is alive and well in Canada’s universities (more…)
Keeping Our Cool
Andrew Weaver. KEEPING OUR COOL: CANADA IN A WARMING WORLD. Viking Canada, Toronto, 2008. (more…)
Climate Change — The Case For Public Ownership
Only when we have control of the gears, pedals and steering wheels of the economy will we have any real chance to steer away from the brink of a climate catastrophe (more…)