‘The Left’ aims to challenge Social Democrats and Greens 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...
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Socialists, the Environment and Ecosocialism: A View from South Africa
From a paper presented by Trevor Ngwane to the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation conference on “The Global Crisis and Africa: Struggles for Alternatives,” Randburg, South Africa, November 19, 2009. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
Naomi Klein on Climate Debt and Climate Rage
Why rich countries should pay reparations to poor countries for the climate crisis 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...
The Dark History of Population Control
The future must be both pro-life and pro-choice, combining forces to oppose population control of any kind
Socialism, Democracy and Movement-Building
Editor’s note: Beyond discussing the causes and implications of ecological destruction, ecosocialists need to consider what kind of movement is needed to transform society. This article, by a leading member of the British group Socialist Resistance, offers some trenchant criticisms of the...
World on Course for Catastrophic 6° Rise
Fast-rising carbon emissions mean that worst-case predictions for climate change are coming true 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...
Friedman Fantasizes about Green Capitalism
The mentality that “natural capitalism” can save the world will lead to a the “Fortress World” scenario, the rich, walled in enclaves, periodically breached by the world’s poor (Courtesy of Jewbonics, November 15, 2009) Climate change is class war, extended to future...
Food Summit Fails Before It Starts
Despite record-high harvests, the number of hungry people continues to rise – and the world’s rulers do nothing 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...
Carbon Trading: A Spectacular Failure
Free-market ideologues still trumpet the virtues of carbon trading, but a host of NGOs, businesspeople and even government bodies now admit that we got it badly wrong. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter...
Most Vulnerable Nations Seek Climate Justice
Final Draft of declaration issued November 11 in the Maldives, by the Climate Vulnerable Forum, comprising the 11 countries considered most vulnerable to climate change: Maldives, Kiribati, Bangladesh, Nepal, Vietnam, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Barbados and Bhutan. Share:Click to share on Facebook...