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...
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...
“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...
“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...
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...
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
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...
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...
[Quotes and Insights #23] Pioneer socialist ecologist Barry Commoner, author of The Closing Circle, speaking at Harvard University, during the first Earth Day, April 1970…. “The favorite statistic is that the U.S. contains 6 to 7% of the world population but consumes more than half the...
"This book should be on the shelf of every active socialist, as well as anyone serious about tackling climate change" - Stephen Jolly
