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...
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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...
Worse Than Hiroshima: The Toxic Legacy of the U.S. Assault on Fallujah
“To produce an effect like this, some very major mutagenic exposure must have occurred in 2004 when the attacks happened” 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...
Australian Election: Vote Socialist and Greens, Put Abbott Last!
“Socialist Alliance members are campaigning not only for our own candidates but also for the Greens and other progressive candidates.” 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...
Carbon Market 'Growth' Mainly Fraudulent, World Bank Report Shows
The global carbon market grew in 2009. Far from signalling a success, this reflects a massive increase in fraud, the dumping of surplus emissions permits by industry, and a rise in financial speculation. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
Green Gone Wrong
Why cash register solutions to ecological destruction fail again and 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 to a friend (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share on...
Climate Action Now! Australian Socialists Adopt Climate Charter
“Change the system, not the climate: A safe climate is not possible unless an informed and mobilised community fights for it.” 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...
Oil, Civil Liberties, and the G20 Summit
Statement issued by Climate Justice London (formerly Mobilization for Climate Justice-London), in London, Ontario. 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...
Tar Sands: What Canadian Politicians are Hiding
As Climate and Capitalism previously reported, Conservatives and Liberals in Canada’s Parliament have secretly agreed to suppress a report on the Alberta Tar Sands. Here’s what they don’t want you to know … Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on...