For our rights and the rights of nature, against the commodification of life and the greenwashing of capitalism … Mobilize together towards Río+20 and beyond ++++++++++++++ We, organizations, networks and social movements, involved in the building of the Peoples’ Summit for social and...
Over the coming decade, emissions growth from the Alberta tar sands is projected to be greater than all other Canadian economic sectors combined ++++++++++++++++ by Mike De Souza Calgary Herald, February 21, 2012 Collateral damage from Canada’s booming oilsands sector may be irreversible...
Luxemburg, Trotsky and Lenin were among the most perceptive and compelling revolutionaries of the 20th century. Critically engaging with their ideas can enrich today’s struggles for a better world. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
Between 2003 and 2010, the ice mass lost from Greenland, Antarctica and Earth’s glaciers and ice caps was enough cover the United States 1.5 feet (0.5 meters) deep. +++++++++++ [NASA, February 7, 2012] In the first comprehensive satellite study of its kind, a University of Colorado at Boulder...
… and five reasons why voting and shopping are not the same thing Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share on...
Introduction. A Canadian regulatory panel is now hearing testimony on a proposal to build a pipeline to carry oil from the Alberta Tar Sands through the mountains of British Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, where it would be put into supertankers for delivery to China and other countries. Thanks to...
Actions against tar sands and pipelines are an opportunity to revitalize the movement to stop climate change ++++++++++++ by John Riddell The historic confrontation now shaping up over plans by Enbridge Corp. to build a new pipeline across the Canadian Rockies to export dirty tar-sands oil was...
“We have nothing against the US government or its people. But no one – absolutely no one – should come here and tell us what to do, say or think. “ Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
Harper government threatens retaliation if European Union accurately labels oil from tar sands as highly polluting ++++++++++++++ by Damian Carrington Guardian, February 20, 2012 Canada has threatened a trade war with European Union over the bloc’s plan to label oil from Alberta’s vast...
An advertising campaign by Australia’s Coal Seam Gas industry claims to provide ‘facts’ about the benefits of fracking. Their claims don’t stand up. Australian activist Jess Moore is a member of Stop CSG Illawarra, the Socialist Alliance, and won the New South Wales Nature...
