A news release issued August 7 by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization: Climate change is likely to undermine food production in the developing world, while industrialized countries could gain in production potential, FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said today in a speech...
This article was submitted this as a comment on Joel Kovel’s article Why Ecosocialism Today? I am publishing it as a separate article because it raises important questions that ecosocialists need to consider carefully. by Jeff White Re: Joel Kovel’s “Why Ecosocialism Today?”...
When George Bush arrives in Australia for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in September, he’ll be welcomed by demonstrations in several cities, including a mass rally in the main conference city, Sydney. Below, the “Call to Action” issued by the Stop Bush Coalition, and an article by Mel...
by William Bowles From Investigating New Imperialism, August 7, 2007 I’m torn, really torn between trying to keep up with the deceptions the corporate press keep feeding us and wanting to ignore the entire sorry mess completely, but well you know how it is, almost without exception, everyday...
In the Summer 2007 issue of From the Left, John Bellamy Foster argues that the 1990s, often viewed only as a time of decline and retreat for Marxism, were also the beginning of a new period of popular struggle against imperialism (especially in Latin America) and exciting new developments in...
Some socialists say that climate change is only an issue in rich countries. On the contrary — as Larry Lohman writes, the most intense front line fights against greenhouse gas emissions are being conducted in the Third World.Larry Lohman’s article originally appeared in Red Pepper. The summary of...
George Bush has invited Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and South Korea to send representatives to Washington in September. From Global Warming Watch President Bush is organising a September conference and inviting the world’s major...
It’s well known in Public Relations circles that the best way to avoid media coverage of unpleasant or controversial information is to release it on Friday afternoon, after the reporters have gone home. The Bush administration did just that last week, issuing the 19-months-late US Climate Action...
I came across this wonderful song on the website of the Alliance for Green Socialism. The artist, well-known British folksinger Roy Bailey, has very kindly granted permission to post it on Climate and Capitalism. “Red and Green” was written by Robb Johnson. Roy Bailey recorded it on his CD...
The following are excerpts from the “Conclusions and Recommendations” section of Beyond Stern: From the Climate Change Programme Review to the Draft Climate Change Bill, published on July 30 by the the Environmental Audit Committee of the U.K. House of Commons. The language is parliamentary and...
