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...
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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) Facebook Click to share on Reddit...
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) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window)...
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) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit...
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...
U.S. Activists Call for 'Alliance for Class and Climate Justice'
Labor militants in midwestern states propose labor-green alliance around the twin crises of climate change and lost jobs Share: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to email...
Video Interview: Ian Angus in Lisbon
The editor of Climate and Capitalism was interviewed by Esquerda.net during the conference O Clima Farto de Nos? (Is the climate sick of us?), held in Lisbon, March 26-27. Share: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to...
Canadian Drilling Threatens Ecuador Reserve
Designated as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1997, the threatened park consists of 930,000 hectares of primary tropical and Andean forest and an immense amount of biodiversity. Share: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit...
Meet Canada's Fossil Fools …
(from It’s Getting Hot in Here) People for Climate Justice, a national coalition of concerned residents in Canada wish to announce the Fossil Fools of the Year, but who is it going to be? Vote for your choice. People for CJ have nominated several tar sands supporters, all worthy of the...
Anticapitalism and Climate Justice
The current crisis raises the urgent need to change the world from below and do so from an anticapitalist and radical eco-socialist perspective. Anticapitalism and climate justice are two struggles which must be closely linked. Share: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click...

