The Mohawk Councils of Kahnawà:ke, Tyendinaga and Akwesasne have issued a jointed statement rejecting the planned shipment of nuclear waste through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway system. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
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Ecuador Court Rules Against Chevron, Issues $8 Billion Fine
A court in Ecuador has ruled in favor of the residents of Ecuador’s Amazon region who have spent the last 18 years seeking damages for crude oil pollution. 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...
Video: Climate Justice Declaration from World Social Forum 2011
For Days of Action October 12, 2011 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 Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to...
Canada's Drive to Kill U.S. and European Clean Energy Policies
Canada isn’t just exporting dirty oil; it’s exporting dirty policies. This report details the campaign to open markets everywhere to the tar sands’ dirty oil. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter...
This is what plutonomy looks like, 2
Net worth, measured as assets less liabilities—is skewed heavily, not only to the rich, but to the richest of the rich. 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...
Declaration of the Assembly of Social Movements, WSF/Dakar
The World Social Forum met in Dakar, Senegal, February 7-11. This declaration was adopted by the Assembly of Social Movements. 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...
Lester Thurow: Why good capitalist decisions mean ecological suicide
[Quotes and Insights #17] This quote is particularly telling because the author is trying save capitalism from itself. Nowhere is capitalism’s time horizon problem more acute than in the area of global environmentalism … What should a capitalistic society do about longrun environmental...
The Global Fight for Climate Justice
This review appears in the current issue of the journal Socialist Studies, and is republished here with the author’s permission. 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...
This is what plutonomy looks like
The disproportionate share of income taken by the very rich in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada led analysts at Citigroup to define those countries as plutonomies — economies “where economic growth is powered by and largely consumed by the wealthy few.” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in...
Who's Blocking U.S. Action on Climate Change?
Rolling Stone names the top 12 most powerful opponents of restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions … 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...