A superb popular account of what’s wrong with capitalism and what working people must do to get rid of it. Highly recommended!
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, November 2018
A bumper crop! Eight new books on biofuels, nutrition fraud, imperialism, post-capitalism, indigenous sovereignty, coral reefs, moral economists, and chicken
Biodiversity
Capitalism is killing the world’s wildlife, not ‘humanity’
By failing to name the system responsible, the new Living Planet report undermines its own call for a collective response to the biodiversity crisis.
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The Logic of Human Survival
Veteran socialist says ‘A Redder Shade of Green’ should be read by all who are concerned with climate change and the degradation of the environment.
World Health Organization
Over 90% of the world’s children breathe toxic air every day
UN report says polluted air is poisoning millions of children. In 2016 alone, 600,000 children under 15 died from infections caused by polluted air.
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Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future
In ‘Climate Justice,’ grassroots activists from around the world, mostly women, tell their stories. A powerful and compassionate book.
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A Marxist History of Capitalism
An important work of Marxist history and theory restores class struggle to central place in explaining how capitalism arose and grew, and can eventually be overcome
Global Warming Report
IPCC says 1.5° will be bad and 2.0° will be far worse, calls for radical change NOW
Major report finds that global climate outlook is far worse than previously thought; calls for immediate and sweeping change to prevent catastrophe
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, October 2018
New books: Essays for Richard Levins … The Earth is not for Sale … Defending Howard Zinn … The Rise of Capitalism … Degrowth … Climate Justice … Below Freezing
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Will big business destroy our planet?
Corporate giants are driving the world towards environmental disaster. Will self-preservation force them to pull back and end the destruction?
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, September 2018
New books for reds and greens. Three centuries of factories; Holland in the Little Ice Age; Thinking in deep time; Horizontal Gene Transfer; The physics of evolution
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The Omega Principle: A vicious circle of fish, cattle and capitalism
How a giant industry that plunders the seas for tiny fish is reinforcing unsustainable industrial agriculture
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Degrowth considered
The ecological insights of degrowth theory are undermined by blindspots about renewability, agriculture, unalienated labor, and the power of our enemies
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, August 2018
Six new books for reds & greens. Marxist History of Capitalism. Superbugs. Rising Oceans. Capitalism in Critical Theory. Food Bank Nations. American Oligarchy
Crisis deepens
State of the Climate Report: It’s hot and getting hotter
It’s official: 2017 was the third-warmest year on record, and the hottest non-El Niño year. Greenhouse gases hit record highs and sea levels kept on rising
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Invasive species and ‘rewilding’ – Is doing nothing a solution?
In ‘The New Wild,’ Fred Pearce argues nature will restore itself if we just leave it alone. Is passive acceptance really the best response to biodiversity loss?
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Red-Green Revolution: The politics and technology of ecosocialism
Victor Wallis’s new book is an important contribution to the growing ecosocialist movement, a passionate call to organize and act against capitalist ecocide
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‘Kill All the Gentlemen’ — seven centuries of class struggle in rural England
In his insightful history of rural rebellion, Martin Empson shows how farmers and farm-workers across England have repeatedly risen against the rich and powerful
NYC July 28
Science for the People relaunches with special issue on geoengineering
Radical science magazine returns with an important volume on climate engineering, a documentary on SftP’s history and rebirth, and a renewed commitment to activism.
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Radical scientist reviews ‘A Redder Shade of Green’
Writing in ‘Science & Society,’ noted biogeochemist and ecosocialist David Schwartzman says Ian Angus’s new book provides invaluable insights on the intersections of science and socialism.