Fifteen of the hundreds of stories of Indigenous struggles against corporate expansion and exploitation, struggles for human rights, land and dignity, that weren’t published in your daily paper Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
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To protect energy profits, Capital gambles with humanity’s future
by Steve Drury People and Nature, December 14, 2011 After 12 days of wrangling, posturing, wheeling, dealing, cajoling and demonstrating, delegates at the 17th UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa failed to reach agreement by its scheduled close on Friday 9 December. It took a...
Durban climate deal: Evil on a scale that is hard to grasp
“I have lost track of the number of times people from NGOs and official parties have said to me, ‘We cannot wait for the revolution to do something about climate change.’ But now I feel that if we wait for their system to stop climate change, we will wait forever.” -Jonathan...
Friends of the Earth International: Disastrous Durban deal will accellerate climate catastrophe
Governments cannot do the job. The only hope for solutions to the climate crisis lies outside the negotiating halls, in the growing movement of workers, women, farmers, students, Indigenous Peoples, and others affected by this greedy economic system Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
Big land grabs accelerate dispossession of poor farmers
The poorest people in the global South are losing access to essential land and resources as a result of giant land deals, most of which are for biofuel production, not food. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on...
Australian socialists debate ecosocialism
Should ecologically concerned socialists call themselves ecosocialists? Members of the Socialist Alliance conduct a public policy debate 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...
How to not tackle climate change and call it a success
The Durban agreement doesn’t do what it should. And what it it does do, it shouldn’t 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...
Will the right turn green?
Conservatives can’t deny climate change forever: a right-wing ‘green’ offensive against the working class and against democracy is a real possibility. Ecosocialists need to prepare now. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
Indigenous peoples demand a halt to UN forest trading plan
“REDD+ threatens the survival of Indigenous Peoples and forest-dependent communities and could result in the biggest land grab of all time.” 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...
The richest nations have cynically created a new regime of climate apartheid
Decisions resulting from the UN COP17 climate summit in Durban constitute a crime against humanity, says Climate Justice Now! a broad coalition of social movements and civil society Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on...