Books we're reading this month … The Life of V. Gordon Childe; The Tragedy of US Science; Four Billion Years of Life; Marx and Climate Crisis; Tell the Bosses We’re Coming; Essays on Red Rosa
Latest Posts
Deadly combinations of heat and humidity increasing worldwide
'Previous studies projected that this would happen several decades from now, but this shows it’s happening right now'
Pandemic: ‘This is a time for bold programs from the left’
Covid-19 exposes capitalism's gross inability to meet human needs. We must demand immediate measures to help people survive and recover.
3.5 billion people may face ‘unlivable’ heat in 50 years
Every degree of global warming will push a billion people out of the human survival zone
Capitalist Pigs: Pigs, pork, and power in America
How pigs became commodities and key elements of the interlocked social, economic and political institutions of US capitalism.
First meeting of Global Ecosocialist Network issues Covid-19 statement
Activists from four continents plan activity, elect steering committee, and call for solidarity with the workers who are risking their lives for us all
Highest level of plastics found on seafloor
Ocean currents create 'microplastic hotspots' with up to 1.9 million pieces per square metre
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, April 2020
Six important new books: The Return of Nature … Deaths of Despair … Rebel Cinderella … August Bebel … The Green New Deal and Beyond … The Triumph of Doubt
Covid-19 disrupts food systems; global hunger crisis looms
Global food price increases could be worse than in the 2008 crisis, causing major shortages and increased malnutrition in the global south.
Five proposals for a better world after the pandemic
170 Dutch academics sign manifesto for sustainable, equal and diverse societies based on international solidarity