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Behind the 'Green Economy' – A new drive to commodify nature
Faced with an even more complex and deeper crisis, capitalism is launching a fresh attack that combines the old austerity measures with an offensive to create new sources of profit and growth through the “Green Economy” agenda. ++++++++++++++++++ by Christophe No to the Green Economy, February 8...
Why the fossil fuel industry fights so hard to block action on climate change
The business models at the center of our economy are in the deepest possible conflict with physics and chemistry ++++++++++++++ By Bill McKibben TomDispatch, February 7, 2012 If we could see the world with a particularly illuminating set of spectacles, one of its most prominent features at the...
The agribusiness takeover of pale green NGOs
Many of the biggest conservation NGOs have done deals with international agribusiness. They greenwash industrial commodity agriculture in exchange for vague promises of sustainability and social justice. ++++++++++++++++ by Jonathan Latham Independent Science News, February 7, 2012 Imagine an...
A multimedia introduction to The Communist Manifesto
“All previous historical movements were movements of minorities, or in the interest of minorities. The proletarian movement is the self-conscious, independent movement of the immense majority, in the interest of the immense majority.” This video is meant to be used in group discussion...
Indigenous and climate activists tell EU embassies the truth about Canada's tar sands
“Our government is putting more energy into trying to kill climate change policies in other countries than doing its fair share to fight climate change in Canada.” The Indigenous Environmental Network, the Council of Canadians, and Climate Action Network Canada have been meeting with...
Enough is enough! It's time for a maximum wage
US radicals came up with sound proposals for a maximum income a century ago. Isn’t it time to put that idea back on the table? ++++++++++++++++++ by Sam Pizzigati Le Monde Diplomatique The Occupy Wall Street movement hasn’t yet demanded a cap on individual income but it probably will. Ever...
Environmental internationalism: How Cuba can help save the earth
For over 5 decades, Cuban medical brigades have shown what true internationalism and humanism mean in practice. Now the embattled island can lead the global fight against environmental destruction
Without women there is no food sovereignty
La Via Campesina is working with feminist organizations and networks like the World March of Women to promote networking and solidarity among women in North and South 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...
The paradox of Cuban agriculture
Cuban agricultural production expanded 4.2% per year from 1996 to 2005, at a time when the average growth in the region was 0% +++++++++++ by Miguel A. Altieri and Fernando R. Funes-Monzote Monthly Review, January 2012 When Cuba faced the shock of lost trade relations with the Soviet Bloc in the...