Che Guevara, 1960: When asked whether or not we are Marxists, our position is the same as that of a physicist, when asked if he is a "Newtonian" or of a biologist when asked if he is a "Pasteurian."
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NO REDD+! – Decolonize the Earth and the Sky!
Declaration of the Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on Climate Change against REDD+. "Under the Green Economy, even the rain, the beauty of a waterfall or a honey bee’s pollen will be reduced to a barcode price tag and sold to the highest bidder."
Amazonian communities occupy Belo Monte dam site
On the eve of the Rio+20 UN Conference, community resistance calls attention to Brazilian government's unsustainable energy policy
Hope triumphs over experience
WWF and Greenpeace think the European Union's failed Emissions Trading System can be repaired. That would be fixing the unfixable.
Introducing Editor's Notebook
I like the redesigned Climate & Capitalism a lot, but it has had one drawback. It's great for publishing essays, news and statements, but ...
The contradictions of environmental Keynesianism
Bill Blackwater: Some environmentalists hope to save the planet with state spending on green projects. But if their proposals succeed economically they will harm the environment, and if they are environmentally sound they will fail economically.
Is 'conspicuous consumption' destroying the earth?
How could socialists not love a book called How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth? Unfortunately, although it is better than most recent books on ecological and social problems, its explanations don't hold water, and the solutions it proposes are just wishful thinking.
Barriere Lake Algonquin acquitted; logging company lies exposed
Norman Matchewan of the Algonquins of Barriere Lake has been acquitted of charges related to a 2009 blockade protecting his people’s territory from illegal logging. Representatives of the logging company and the Quebec government were exposed on the stand as liars
Top 25 articles in the 'new' Climate and Capitalism'
These are the 25 most-read articles in Climate and Capitalism, in the three months since we launched our new website in cooperation with Monthly Review.
Pakistan: Free the Hunza 5, prisoners of climate change
Baba Jan and his comrades remain in prison for the crime of supporting the victims of devastating floods. They have been tortured and their lives are in danger. Supporters are calling for a week of international solidarity with these socialist activists, June 20-27.