‘You know, I’d like my life back.’ So said Tony Hayward. A music video, a tango about the BP oil spill and its disastrous impacts; the story of BP CEO Tony Hayward’s hapless efforts to spin and manage; a mediation on capitalism’s indifference toward human lives and...
The fossil fuel industry often pretends to have the public’s best interests in mind. The operative word is “pretends.” 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...
“We have drawn a line in the sand. There will be no Enbridge Pipeline and there will be no crude oil tankers in our waters. This is not a battle we intend to lose.” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on...
[Quotes and Insights #12] (As regular C&C readers know, I have recently written several articles on the misuse of numbers and statistics by the overpopulation lobby. I’m sure Mark Twain never thought about that subject, but the following passage from his Life on the Mississippi, published in...
Joel Kovel and Ian Angus are founding members of the Ecosocialist international Network. In these messages, originally posted on the EIN discussion list, they offer somewhat different perspectives on how the group should organize itself and develop further. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens...
An appeal from La Via Campesina, the international movement of peasants, small- and medium-sized producers, landless, rural women, indigenous people, rural youth and agricultural workers Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...
The rhetoric of some population and environment groups is edging dangerously toward the same arguments used by proponents of the greening of hate. 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...
The Ecosocialist International Network will meet in Paris, Sept. 26-27, to discuss its future and the way forward for ecosocialism. This article is a contribution to that discussion Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on...
Socialists who base their politics on Marxism need to be in the forefront of building the anti climate change movement, arguing their case 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...
Food is a natural right and agricultural products should not be treated as commodities whose ultimate purpose is the generation of business profits rather than meeting needs of the people
