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Author Archive | Ian Angus
Is transition possible?
China and the Prospects for a Global Ecological Civilization
As the world leader in renewable energy capacity and production, China has the potential to open up a path for global ecosocialist transition, if …
Metabolic Rifts
Capitalism versus the Global Carbon Cycle
Carbon cycles regulate the Earth’s temperature and provide essential elements of life. Capitalist industry and agriculture are disrupting those vital life support systems
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, September 2019
Five books for reds and greens …. Waste … Solar Power … Sustainable Food Systems … Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society … America’s Overripe Economy.
Question ...
Again: Does Anthropocene Science Blame All Humanity?
New scientific papers explode the myth that refuses to die.
Draft UN Report
Warming oceans will ‘unleash misery on a global scale’
Special Report will detail anticipated declines in fish stocks as well as increases in damage by superstorms and mass displacement due to rising seas
Book Review
Should progressives support restricting immigration?
A pseudo-progressive argument for closed borders uses false logic and dubious statistics, and blames migrants for the conditions that force them to move.
New resources
Marx’s notebooks and the origins of Marxist ecology
Finally published in full, Marx’s notebooks from the 1860s provide important insights into his views on ecology and capital’s destruction of nature.
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, August 2019
New books for reds and greens. How the Richest Drive Climate Change; Planning from Below; The Scottish Clearances; Slime; Here Comes the Sun; Eco-Socialism and Practical Utopias
Climate in crisis
As climate crisis grows, temperatures set global records
Grim reading from US government scientists. For five years, every July has set a worldwide temperature record — and this year was the worst of all
BOOK REVIEW
The Fight Against Monsanto’s Roundup
Activists make the case that this widely used pesticide is wreaking havoc on the earth, killing not just weeds but multiple species, including our own
IN-DEPTH Q&A
What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land
Summary of new UN report that documents the impact of climate change on land and agriculture — and how land misuse accelerates climate change.
Social ecology
Rojava: A practical example of ecosocialism?
This article, submitted to C&C by the Make Rojava Green Again campaign, introduces an important attempt to build a democratic, feminist and ecologist society.
Movement Building
What kind of rebellion will save humanity from extinction?
The real power of mass civil disobedience is not its ability to shock the powerful into listening, but rather its potential to draw masses of people into action.
The crisis is now
How fast is the climate changing?
Dangerous climate change is not just something that might happen in the future. It is visibly happening now and it is rapidly getting worse.
Video
The Discovery and Rediscovery of Metabolic Rift
Ian Angus discusses the scientific developments that led Marx to develop metabolic rift theory in the 1800s, and a new generation to rediscover it the 21st century.
Ecosocialist Bookshelf
20 Essential Books on Marxist Ecology (Updated)
As the great American labor organizer and socialist Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones said: “Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts.”
New book launched
‘An important contribution to the fight to stop capitalist destruction’
Book review and full video of meeting to launch ‘System Change Not Climate Change: A Revolutionary Response to Environmental Crisis.’
Creating an Ecological Society
Fred Magdoff on Climate Change, Capitalism, and Socialism
Video: What would a just and ecologically sustainable society look like? If the current economic system can’t respond, what strategies will advance our struggle?
Movement Building
Challenging capitalism is the ultimate climate mitigation strategy
There are no easy fixes, but to succeed, climate activists must build a broader movement to challenge and transcend global capitalism