“Capitalism is the main enemy of the Earth” 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...
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Civil Society Playing Key Role in People's Conference
“We believe the people’s conference is a fundamental space because if a pole of subversion and response is not created, and if we don’t take the floor from the governments, there is no possibility that the negotiations will advance” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in...
North American Indigenous Activists in Cochabamba
Indigenous peoples of North America join President Evo Morales in Bolivia for historic Earth Day Climate Change Conference 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...
From Copenhagen to Cochabamba, via the Amazon
On his way to the World Peoples’ Conference in Bolivia, a member of the Indigenous Environmental Network from the Six Nations in Ontario revisits the scenes of struggle to defend indigenous communities and rights in the Peruvian Amazon. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
Pricing Emissions is the Wrong Solution
“The greenhouse gas problem is not a pollution problem, and if you apply pollution thinking you will come up with bad policies.” A criticism of Paul Krugman’s NYT article Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...
Can Capitalism Fix the Climate?
On April 3, a columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald criticized socialists in the climate emergency movement, citing Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and frequent C&C contributor Simon Butler as people who just don’t understand that “Climate is not a class issue.” This is...
Video: Bolivia's Ambassador on the People's Climate Summit
Bolivian Ambassador to the U.N., Pablo Solon, invites individuals, governments and NGOs to Cochabamba, April 20 to 22, 2010, for the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in...
Why Bolivia Called the World Peoples’ Climate Summit
“The central aim of any climate summit is not to save itself and accept any outcome, but to come to an agreement that will save humanity.” 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...
After Hurricane, Cuba Builds Green Homes
Cuba is poor in energy and other resources, but it is rich in social commitment, and that provides a powerful framework for the ecological rebuilding of hurricane damaged homes. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on...
Bolivia Rejects U.S. Blackmail on Copenhagen Accord
The Washington Post and the Guardian reported on April 9 that the U.S. is withholding promised climate change adaptation funds from Bolivia and Ecuador, because those countries refused to endorse Obama’s fraudulent Copenhagen Accord. Here’s Bolivia’s response, as reported by the...