The combination of population reduction and women’s rights was already like oil and water. Adding CO2 reductions to the mix only makes things worse. (more…)
Archive | January, 2010
War is Peace
Can you read this sentence without bursting out laughing (or crying)? “The Obama administration plans to ask Congress to increase spending on the U.S. nuclear arsenal by more than $5 billion over the next five years as part of its strategy to halt the spread of nuclear weapons and eventually rid the world of them.” […]
Manchester Ecosocialists Discuss Perspectives
On January 23, Green Left and Socialist Resistance held a successful Climate and Capitalism Day School in Manchester, England. Here, two of the organizers discuss how to go forward … (more…)
A People’s Submission on Canada, Climate Change and the Copenhagen Accord
Climate and Capitalism readers are sharply critical of this letter and statement, sent on January 28, from Climate Action Network Canada, to Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (more…)
A death sentence for Pacific Islanders
It is no longer a “hidden cost” of climate change. Climate refugees have become very real and very desperate. (more…)
Venezuela Cancels Haiti's Oil Debt
Once again, the Bolivarian Republic sets an example for the world … (more…)
Should Climate Activists Support Limits on Immigration?
by Ian Angus and Simon Butler Immigrants to the developed world have frequently been blamed for unemployment, crime and other social ills. Attempts to reduce or block immigration have been justified as necessary measures to protect “our way of life” from alien influences. (more…)
Just like a Waving Flag
K’naan sang this powerful song on the Hope for Haiti telethon on Canadian television last night …. (more…)
The 'Copenhagen moment' must become the 'people’s moment'
“Our challenge today is to re-write the story of the kind of victory that we’re fighting for. Our new story needs to be believable, irresistible, and worth fighting for.” (more…)
If the climate were a bank, they’d have saved it by now
The rich countries went to Copenhagen to defend their stakes in the capitalist world economy ahead of all else. (more…)
The Birth of a New Global Movement
by Jonathan Neale (SWP Online) Copenhagen saw the birth of a new global movement. The first reason was the demonstration on Saturday. The official police estimate was that there were 100,000 marchers. The march was long, loud, cold, bouncy, and energetic, about half Danes and half foreigners. I moved up and down the line, and […]
Women’s Rights, Population and Climate Change: A Debate
Should supporters of women’s rights campaign for population reduction? Two very different feminist perspectives … (more…)
Hugo Blanco on Copenhagen: 'Only extinction of capitalism will ensure the survival of our species’
It is naive to think that the world’s major polluters will do anything about climate protection. (more…)
Save the Earth, Close the Pentagon!
How is it possible that the worst polluter of carbon dioxide and other toxic emissions on the planet is not a focus of any conference discussion or proposed restrictions? (more…)
Bolivia: Invitation to the Peoples’ World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth’s Rights
April 20-22, 2010 – Cochabamba, Bolivia (more…)
War Ravages Afghan Environment
‘As bombs fall, civilians are not the only ones put at risk, and the lasting environmental impacts of the war may not be known for years, perhaps decades, to come.’ (more…)
Big Green NGOs: Sleeping With the Enemy
The largest climate change campaign in the world is in bed with the world’s most powerful corporations. … The mainstream environmental movement no longer inspires nor leads society to an enlightened existence – it simply bows down to the status quo. (more…)
Barry Commoner: The Illusion of Consumer Sovereignty
[Quotes and Insights #7] The reason we’re in trouble with automobile pollution is big cars. As Henry Ford said, “Mini cars make mini profits.” The reason Detroit went to big cars is not that people wanted them — until they were told. It was because big cars were more profitable. Still, the issue always comes […]
For a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth
Evo Morales proposed it last April, and now the United Nations has agreed to discuss it. Will humanity adopt a new declaration, one that defends our planet and its biodiversity from extinction? (more…)