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- Green Fascism and the Greening of HatePopulation control — the ideology of the green right Related reading: Population Control and Climate Change, Part One: Too Many People? Population Control and Climate Change, Part Two: The Socialist Alternative “We’re not left or right, we’re green.” That phrase has been repeated ad nauseum by green politicos who think they are being clever, but constant repetition doesn’t make ...---READ-->>
- Climate Change and the Fight Against Neoliberalismby Daniel Tanuro Daniel Tanuro is an activist in Climat et Justice Sociale in Belgium. This article is based on the talk he gave at the International Climate Forum organised by the Campaign Against Climate Change, in London on June 15. Dear friends, dear comrades, Thank you for the invitation to talk at this international event. I’m glad to ...---READ-->>
- Hansen accuses energy execs of crimes against humanity and natureTop climate scientist to Congress: Act fast before time runs out The director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, one of the world’s top experts on climate change, told a congressional briefing yesterday that delays by business and politicians have “used up all slack in the schedule for actions needed to defuse the global warming ...---READ-->>
- Thirteen Science Academies Urge Fundamental Social ChangeJoint Statement from 13 national science academies to the forthcoming G8 meeting in Japan, July 7-9 (Editor’s note: This is obviously not an ecosocialist statement, but ecosocialists should nonetheless note and publicize the fact that the top scientific organizations in 13 countries have agreed on need for “fundamental changes in all sectors and levels of ...---READ-->>
- Statistics, Damned Lies, and the Financial PostFinancial Post editor Terence Corcoran, a fervent defender of “free markets” and an equally fervent climate-change denier, argues in today’s paper that climate change has nothing to do with the devastating floods in the U.S. Midwest. “A focus on climate change, which cannot be accurately singled out as the cause, can do no good.” The floods ...---READ-->>
- 'Accelerated climate change' destroying Australia's food bowlCANBERRA, June 18 (Reuters) – Parts of Australia’s key Murray-Darling river food bowl may be beyond recovery unless a prolonged dry spell and political wrangling over water use ends by October, a leaked scientific report warned on Wednesday. “There has been 10 years at least that people have said you have got to restore the ...---READ-->>
- Essential information on carbon tradingThe very best source of analysis and comment on global carbon trading is The Corner House, based in Britain. These are just some of the documents, presentations and videos available on their website. Highly recommended. (1) Carbon Trading: Solution or Obstacle? More and more commentators now recognize that carbon markets are not helping to address the ...---READ-->>
- Nationalize big oil, enemy of people and planetBy Dick Nichols Dick Nichols is the national coordinator of Australia’s Socialist Alliance. The latest surge in the spot price of crude oil (to $US139 a barrel — 87.4 cents a litre) dramatizes the urgent need for society to wean itself off “black gold.” The longer we remain hooked the greater the devastation both to our environment ...---READ-->>
- Should ecosocialists try to live green?This weekend’s conference of the British Campaign Against Climate Change featured a session on Ecosocialism, with panelists Jonathan Neale (Socialist Workers Party), Derek Wall (Green Party) and Alan Thornett (Socialist Resistance). Liam Mac Uaid, who attended the session, says it included a worthwhile discussion on issues related to labels (should we call ourselves ‘eco’ socialists?) and ...---READ-->>
- Comments on the Second Ecosocialist Manifesto… and on some key issues facing ecosocialists today by Ian Angus Canada’s Society for Socialist Studies met in Vancouver June 4-7. Cy Gonick, publisher of Canadian Dimension, invited me to speak on the Second Ecosocialist Manifesto at a session on ecosocialism, which I was eager to do. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend, and Greg Albo ...---READ-->>
- June 15: Wat Tyler DayWe´ll shoot the cutty wren … June 15. On this day in 1215, King John signed the Magna Carta, putting legal limits on the monarch’s powers, and granting legal rights to the very rich. It was over seven centuries before the rest of the population had won those rights. June 15. On this day in 1381, ...---READ-->>
- The Ecological Crisis and its Consequences for SocialistsIntroduction All ecosocialists agree that the ecological crises facing the world today are caused by capitalism, and the only real solution is socialism. But that is only a starting point — as Marx wrote, while many people have explained the world, the real task is to change it. To do that we have to build an ...---READ-->>
- Racism in the Tar Sands: exploiting foreign workers and poisoning indigenous peopleBy Macdonald Stainsby The giant corporations that are determined to exploit the Alberta tar sands face a major problem — a serious shortage of local labour to do the actual work. So the Canadian and Albertan governments have a plan, ideal in their eyes, to solve the crunch. Currently, employers desperate to find needed hands, backs and ...---READ-->>
- The three decisive social forces that can stop climate changeTasks for ecosocialists in building a global movement against ecological destruction This Editorial will appear in the Summer 2008 issue of Socialist Resistance. In Britain, a 5-issue subscription to this journal is £10 — send a cheque to Socialist Resistance, PO Box 1109, London N4 2UU. For international subscription rates, email contact@socialistresistance.net The protest against the proposed ...---READ-->>
- Venezuela: The capitalist system has brought humanity to the biggest food crisis knownLatin American countries condemn the World Food Summit for ignoring the real causes of rising food prices by Kiraz Janicke Caracas — Venezuela, along with Argentina, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Bolivia, criticized the final declaration of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Summit in Rome on Thursday, arguing that the document failed to ...---READ-->>
- Cuba: The Rich and Powerful Impede Solutions to Hunger“Cuba will not remain silent and become an accomplice to the demagogy and opportunism, or to the inaction and omission in meeting the responsibilities outlined to save the life and dignity of 862 million people suffering from hunger and malnutrition.” By Elson Concepcion Perez, Granma, June 6, 2008 ROME, June 5.— The summit on food security, the effects ...---READ-->>
- Ottawa Overturns Pro-Environment Court Decision in Record TimeOn May 14, a federal judge ruled that Imperial Oil (Exxon Canada) could not proceed with draining muskeg at Kearl in northern Alberta in preparation for a new Tar Sands extraction project, even though it had a permit from the federal government, because the government had not conducted a full environmental review. On June 5 — ...---READ-->>
- Terra Preta Forum Demands Justice for Victims of the Food EmergencyDeclaration of the Terra Preta Forum on the Food Crisis, Climate Change, Agrofuels and Food Sovereignty Terra Preta (“black soil” in Portuguese) is the incredibly fertile soil created by Indigenous Peoples in central Amazonia. The Terra Preta Forum was organized by IPC — the International NGO/CSO Planning Committee — as a civil society alternative to the ...---READ-->>
- Solidarity with Écosociété! Stop Barrick's Lawsuit!Freedom of expression under attack: Québec ecological publisher sued by Barrick Gold to force them into bankruptcy A Solidarity concert in support of Écosociété will be held in Montreal on Thursday June 12 at the Kola Note, 5240, Parc Avenue, at 8:30 pm. Featured artists include Les Zapartistes, Tomás Jensen, Ève Cournoyer, Jérôme Minière, Ivy, Jean-François ...---READ-->>
- Cuba: The Food Crisis is Systemic and StructuralAddress by José Ramón Machado Ventura, vice president of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, to the high-level conference on World Food Security: The Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy (English translation by Climate and Capitalism, from Juventud Rebelde, June 4, 2008) Mr. Chairman: Two years ago, in this very hall, the international community agreed to eradicate world ...---READ-->>