New scientific findings are more than 20 times likely to show that global climate disruption is “worse than previously expected” rather than “not as bad as previously expected” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
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Doctors warn: 'Climate change poses an immediate, growing and grave threat to health'
“It will often not be possible to adapt meaningfully to these changes, and the economic cost will be enormous. As in medicine, prevention is the best solution.” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter...
How the leading U.S. climate change deniers are poisoning people
Is a Koch Industries factory getting away with murder? While the brothers finance climate change denial and wage war against safety precautions, their factory is dumping millions of gallons of wastewater into streams that flow near a small rural town in Arkansas. Share:Click to share on Facebook...
Carbon trading: speculation by design
A new report shows why the European Union’s effort to impose rules against fraud in carbon is doomed to fail … again 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...
We are the 99.9998%!
Canadian Business magazine has published its annual list of the 100 richest people in Canada. Jim Stanford describes the 0.0002% of Canadians who hold personal wealth over one billion dollars Progressive Economics Forum, October 14, 2011 There are 61 Canadian billionaires on the list. That...
Wiebo's War: Documentary opens across Canada
David York’s acclaimed feature film explores one man’s controversial battle against gas development 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...
Review: What every environmentalist needs to know about capitalism
Fred Magdoff and John Bellamy Foster. What every environmentalist needs to know about capitalism: A citizen’s guide to capitalism and the environment. New York: Monthly Review Press, 2011 Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...
International conference focuses on social causes of climate change
Ecosocialists, unionists and activists gather in Melbourne, Australia, to share ideas and experiences on the struggle to save the world from capitalism 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...
Enough is never enough (for those who have too much)
Socialism can only be built on the basis of abundance, but abundance should not be confused with the infinite growth of commodities. Working people need a real alternative economic strategy, one that recognizes when enough is enough. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to...
New film examines Venezuela’s food revolution
This film premiered at the Climate Change Social Change conference in Melbourne, Australia, last week. Highly recommended. Growing Change: A Journey into Venezuela’s Food Revolution follows filmmaker Simon Cunich‘s journey to understand why current food systems leave hundreds of...