[Quotes and Insights #3] The January 2008 issue of Monthly Review includes a short memoir by Richard Levins, co-author with Richard Lewontin of the wonderful book The Dialectical Biologist. In the MR piece, Levins discusses the long arc of his career as a scientist who was also a dedicated activist...
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Eco-socialist Network Formed in Adelaide, Australia
By Leslie Richmond From Green Left Weekly, 26 January 2008 In October 2007, with the federal election looming, and global warming generating a lot of tepid air in parliaments around the country, a diverse group of people in Adelaide established the Eco-socialist Network to attempt to generate more...
How to Avoid Action on Climate Change
The following is the text of Ian Angus’s keynote speech at “Smells Like Green Spirit,” a conference sponsored by the University of British Columbia Student Environment Centre, on January 19, 2008. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
Tar Sands Crimes
On Sunday, January 20, I was one of two speakers at a public meeting entitled “Can We Stop Global Warming,” sponsored by the Vancouver Socialist Forum. My talk will be broadcast in Vancouver this week as part of “a special look at climate and the capitalist malaise” on Alex...
Climate Change – Social Change Conference, Australia, April 11-13
Climate change – Social 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 friend (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share on Pocket (Opens in new...
Options for Ecosocialists in 2008
(The general line of document below was endorsed by a meeting of the Green Left (a group within the Green Party of England and Wales) at their meeting this month. 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...
“More Forest, Less Bank!” Protecting the World’s Forests Will Take More than Money
Media reports on last month’s Bali conference focused almost exclusively on what happened inside the conference hall and in negotiating sessions. But while politicians and bureaucrats haggled over the details of their toothless “Action Plan,” something quite different was happening outside...
New Publication: Confronting the Climate Change Crisis
Available now: A new anthology of 10 frequently downloaded articles by Ian Angus, editor of Climate and Capitalism. 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...
From False to Real Solutions for Climate Change
by Patrick Bond 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 new window)Click to share on Pinterest...
Ethanol and the Gulf Dead Zone: More Echoes of Engels
I previously quoted Friedrich Engels in regard to the impact of the U.S. ethanol boom on Brazilian rainforests. Here’s the quote again: 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...