New report investigates how US unions are addressing climate change — and why and how their positions vary.
Review
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Movement building
Ecosocialists debate the Green New Deal (continued)
Continuing our discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of the Green New Deal proposal, and how the left should respond.
Unprecedented actions
Extinction Rebellion: A new stage for the climate change movement
It would be criminal if political criticisms keep the organized left from supporting and joining the Extinction Rebellion campaign. Three articles from the British left …
Book Review
New contributions to the theory and practice of Marxist Ecosocialism
Michael Löwy reviews two important books for ecosocialists: ‘Karl Marx’s Ecosocialism’ by Kohei Saito, and ‘Red-Green Revolution’ by Victor Wallis.
The transition we need, 1
Carbon pricing and new technology won’t stop climate change
We need truly radical measures, and ultimately a different kind of government with the political will to lead, coordinate and consolidate the transition
movement building
Help relaunch Science for the People magazine!
Climate & Capitalism supports the Kickstarter campaign to re-establish Science for the People as a powerful voice for radical science
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.
Reading matters
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, February 2019
Six new books expose environmentalism’s false friends, analyse the idea of ‘environment’, explain renewable energy, trace the history of oceans, expose Monsanto’s Round-Up, and examine UK science denial
Urgent Appeal
Support the Trans Mountain protestors defense fund!
An appeal from David Suzuki: The activists who are fighting the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion need your help now!
Interview
John Bellamy Foster on the ‘Green New Deal’
To bring about meaningful change, the resolution proposed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez must be part of an ecological revolution with a broad social base.
Ecohealth
A Call for Ecological Medicine
The health of Earth’s ecosystem is the foundation of all health. Individuals cannot live healthy or happy lives in poisoned ecosystems and unhealthy communities.
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
Movement Debate
A lesson from the yellow vests: Carbon taxes burn workers
Jonathan Neale says climate activists must reject climate taxes: they harm the poor, and do little to actually slow climate change
Movement Building
Left-wing Quebec party will focus on climate change
Québec solidaire, which won 16% of the popular vote in October, will make climate change its main political campaign in the coming year
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.
Reading matters
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, October 2018, Part 2
Can the Working Class Change the World? Plagues and the Paradox of Progress. Fishing and Civilization. History of Fossil Fuel. Monopoly Seeds and the Fight to Save Food
Wrong Roads
Half-Earth: A biodiversity ‘solution’ that solves nothing
Proposals to remove all humans from half of the Earth ignore the root causes of the biodiversity crisis and undermine progressive struggles for social justice.