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New Ecosocialist Party in Switzerland

‘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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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...

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Ecosocialism

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...

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Climate Change

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...

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Capitalism

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...

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Food and Farming

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...

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Carbon Pricing

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...

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Climate Justice UN Meetings

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...

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