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Ian Angus: COP21, the climate crisis, and ecosocialism
Interview with Climate & Capitalism editor: The environmental question is the most important problem that we face in the 21st century: If we don't recognize its centrality, our politics will be irrelevant.
The tragedy of the commons, the Pope, and the system
Michael Lebowitz: "The tragedy of our commons is that our finite world is being destroyed by the relentless drive for profit, by the system we must name—capitalism."
Naomi Klein’s: Capitalism versus Climate
In 'This Changes Everything,' Naomi Klein shows that industry interests are opposed to those of ordinary people, a point climate activists have had trouble communicating and been reluctant to embrace
Anthropocene: What’s in a name?
Objections to the word 'Anthropocene' are misguided.
Climate change: It’s going to take a revolution
A new video by Suhail Ilyas: The growing strength of the climate movement around the world gives us great hope, but only a revolution can save the world for future generations.
How will we get to an ecological civilization?
Capitalism's infrastructure, which is designed to dominate nature, cannot simply be taken over and used for an ecological transformation. Only a complete, root-and-branch change will do the job.
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, October 2015
Five new books for green-lefts and left-greens ... two on capitalism and environmental destruction, and three on the Anthropocene
‘Atmosphere of Hope’ bets on ‘geo-engineering lite’
Book review: Tim Flannery's 'third way' proposes techno-fixes for climate change that suppress some symptoms while leaving the disease alone.
Marxism, ecology, and the great transition
An important new essay by John Bellamy Foster initiates a public discussion on Marxism's role in preventing a global environmental catastrophe