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China and the Prospects for a Global Ecological Civilization
As the world leader in renewable energy capacity and production, China has the potential to open up a path for global ecosocialist transition, if ...
Capitalism versus the Global Carbon Cycle
Carbon cycles regulate the Earth’s temperature and provide essential elements of life. Capitalist industry and agriculture are disrupting those vital life support systems
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, September 2019
Five books for reds and greens .... Waste ... Solar Power ... Sustainable Food Systems ... Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society ... America’s Overripe Economy.
Again: Does Anthropocene Science Blame All Humanity?
New scientific papers explode the myth that refuses to die.
Warming oceans will ‘unleash misery on a global scale’
Special Report will detail anticipated declines in fish stocks as well as increases in damage by superstorms and mass displacement due to rising seas
Should progressives support restricting immigration?
A pseudo-progressive argument for closed borders uses false logic and dubious statistics, and blames migrants for the conditions that force them to move.
Marx’s notebooks and the origins of Marxist ecology
Finally published in full, Marx's notebooks from the 1860s provide important insights into his views on ecology and capital's destruction of nature.
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, August 2019
New books for reds and greens. How the Richest Drive Climate Change; Planning from Below; The Scottish Clearances; Slime; Here Comes the Sun; Eco-Socialism and Practical Utopias
As climate crisis grows, temperatures set global records
Grim reading from US government scientists. For five years, every July has set a worldwide temperature record — and this year was the worst of all