There is an enormous unused human potential waiting to be drawn into the job of saving the ecosphere. How can it be mobilized?
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Archive | Ecosocialism
Perspectives
If capitalism must end, what should replace it?
By keeping these simple ideas in mind in all our struggles, we can begin to create a world worthy of our best instincts and desires
Movement Building
Guiding principles for an Ecosocialist Green New Deal
Break the power of capitalists and guarantee a vibrant natural world that is home for humanity and all forms of life, for many generations to come.
Movement Building
Illusion or Advance? Ecosocialists debate the ‘Green New Deal’
Activists from System Change Not Climate Change discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the Green New Deal proposal, and how the left should respond.
Movement building
An outline of ‘Democratic Eco-Socialism as a Real Utopia’
How can socialism be rejuvenated to ensure social parity, democratic processes, and environmental sustainability for humanity?
Ecosocialism
The top 15 C&C articles in 2018 … and the all-time top 5
The 137 articles we published in Climate & Capitalism this year were read by more people than ever before. These were the most popular …
Movement debate
Why Ecosocialism? A discussion of the case for a red-green future
Michael Löwy initiates a wide-ranging debate on the great transition from capitalist destruction to a just and sustainable future
Essential reading
‘Karl Marx’s Ecosocialism’ wins the 2018 Deutscher Prize
Kohei Saito honored for his brilliant study of Marx’s views on the relationship between society and nature
Book Review
Can the working class change the world?
A superb popular account of what’s wrong with capitalism and what working people must do to get rid of it. Highly recommended!
Movement building
Marxist ecosocialism and the value debate
Many socialists have contributed to the debate on Marxism, nature, and value, strengthening our common understanding of the enemy we face and the movement we must build.
Red & Green Reads
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
Book Review
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.
Book Review
Degrowth considered
The ecological insights of degrowth theory are undermined by blindspots about renewability, agriculture, unalienated labor, and the power of our enemies
On the precipice
To overcome climate paralysis, unite for system change
On the precipice of disaster, we have vast numbers of potential allies. All our differences pale next to the overwhelming urgency of our common task.
Movement building
The fires this time: Implications for ecosocialist strategy
A call for public discussion of the role of deindustrialization in building an alternative to the catastrophic course of 21st century capitalism.
We're back!
Packed NYC meeting celebrates relaunch of Science for the People
Reborn organization and magazine will combine writing on scientific issues, building a network of radical scientists, and acting for social justice
Book Review
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
tenth anniversary
The Belem Ecosocialist Declaration: An historic document
Ten years ago, more than 400 activists from 37 countries endorsed this statement of ecosocialist principles and goals.
Book Review
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.
Not beach books, but ...
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, July 2018
Essential summer reading for green-lefts and left-greens. Ecosocialist essays on metabolic rifts. James Connolly Reader. A Nation Unmade by War. Formerly Known as Food. Nourished Planet.