A real socialist alternative requires a “profound democracy from below rather than decisions by a state that stands over and above society”, where all workers are able to develop their human capacities. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
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Rumors and Pessimism Reign in Cancún
Rich nations aim to replace the Kyoto Protocol with the Copenhagen Accord, eliminating compulsory emission reduction targets 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...
Cuban Doctors Lead the Fight Against Cholera in Haiti
With a tradition of service in the world’s poorest and most forgotten states, the Cubans are a major frontline force in the multinational response to the raging epidemic Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on...
Grim picture emerging in Cancun climate talks
Expectations for an agreement at COP16 were deliberately lowered by governments and in the mainstream media in the lead-up to these talks. But what is happening now is even worse Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on...
Climate inaction will kill 5 million people, mostly children, by 2020
Report released in Cancun today details a large-scale crisis with some impacts increasing by over 300% globally by 2030. 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...
Is 'overconsumption' behind the environmental crisis?
Book Review. ‘Treading Softly’ is important book , but it fails to understand the structural problems of capitalism that have brought us to economic and ecological crisis Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share...
Video: Canada Wins 3 Fossil Awards
Canada is off to an impressive start at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, if what you’re measuring is climate inaction and environmental embarrassment. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on...
Cancún Eyewitness #3: Protests and Workshops
Young NGO protests aim to shame the delegates; a scientist at Klimaforum calls for an end to 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 window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new...
Bolivia: Cancún must not be Can't-cún
Against these powerful interests, Bolivia believes the only way forward for saving the Earth and its people is mass popular pressure 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...
Cancún Eyewitness #2: Pessimism and Klimaforum
There is a widespread lack of confidence that Cancún will produce any agreement at all 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...