Raj Patel, author of The Value of Nothing and Stuffed and Starved, interviewed by Jill Hickson and Simon Cunich for Green Left Weekly and Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...
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Vulture capitalists versus the Global South
Hedge funds, bankers and other speculators are buying everything from farmland to mines across the Global South, fueling exploitation half a world away 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...
Populationism: A Weapon of Political Conservatives
A promise to rein in population growth is useful for the right wing because it substitutes for the fundamental social and economic changes needed to really deal with these problems. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on...
How Racist Anti-Immigrant Groups are Trying to Recruit Environmentalists
Xenophobes have launched a cynical campaign to recruit environmentalists to their cause by blaming immigrants for urban sprawl and other environmental problems. 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...
Via Campesina Meeting Debates Climate Change and Social Change
Speakers at the “National Encounter for Environmental and Social Justice” in Mexico City discussed key aspects of the global environmental crisis and its impact on the countries and peoples of the global south Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on...
41 Countries that Oppose Making Water a Human Right
These are the 41 countries that abstained in the July 28 UN General Assembly vote on Bolivia’s resolution to recognize access to water and sanitation as basic human rights. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on...
No Room for Doubt: Global Warming is Real
U.S. and U.K. government climate scientists agree: “the climate is unequivocally warming” 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...
UN Declares Water a Human Right
Speech by Pablo Solon, Bolivia’s ambassador to the UN, the the General Assembly on July 28. Bolivia’s resolution passed unanimously, but 41 countries abstained. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter...
Appendix to Part Two: Rates versus Ratios
Part Two of this series considered per capita statistics, which "conceal substantial inequalities within populations and between people." This supplement summarizes a related argument made by Allan Schnaiberg, who addressed the same issue thirty years ago.
'Sustainable Population?' Australian PM Targets Immigrants and Refugees
Gillard (and Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott) blame population growth for the decline of living standards, because that lets government off the hook. 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...