John Bellamy Foster's new book is a call for urgent action and an intervention into the debates about the kind of action needed to win this "race" for the future.
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Green Left to Honour Peterloo Martyrs
This month the English Green Left will meet in Manchester. The meeting is timed to coincide with the 190th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre, one of the most significant events in British radical history. Share: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit...
A Song for Reds and Greens
Robb Johnson kindly allowed me to include the lyrics of his song ‘Red and Green’ in my new book, The Global Fight for Climate Justice. Here is Roy Bailey’s recording of this beautiful piece. (from his CD Coda, which can be purchased here) Share: Click to share on Facebook (Opens...
Capitalism or a habitable planet – you can't have both
We somehow missed this article when it was published over two years ago, but what it says remains absolutely true: the existing system is unsustainable by its very nature. It can’t be fixed. +++++++++++++ by Robert Newman The Guardian, February 2, 2006 There is no meaningful response to...
Global Warming and the Political Ecology of Health
Book Review: Global Warming and the Political Ecology of Health. by Hans Baer & Merrill Singer. Left Coast Press, 2009. 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...
Rich Countries' Carbon Debt: $23 trillion
Developed countries would need to reduce their emissions by 213% by 2050, for developing countries to maintain their current per capita emission level 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...
Climate Wars: A not-so-hot book on global warming
Dyer offers the human nature argument, that it is in our nature to keep expanding our population until we spoiled our own environment. So nobody is “to blame” because we are all to blame.
G8 Inaction Makes Catastrophe More Likely
“There has been no progress on the huge gap between what the science says is needed and what developed countries will commit to” 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...
Climate and Capitalism Seminar Set for London
If you’re in England on September 12, don’t miss the Climate and Capitalism seminar in London, sponsored by Green Left and Socialist Resistance 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...
Infighting Kills Alberta Green Party
A provincial wing of Canada’s ecocapitalist party has imploded in a fight over whether to be somewhat moderate or very moderate. 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...