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- 1% own 43% of global wealth, while billions have no wealth at allNew research shows inequality remains stark, between rich and poor countries, and between households within countries---READ-->>
- 12 Major Impacts of Global Climate Change in 2020The World Meteorological Organization’s draft report on global climate change in 2020 describes continued deterioration on all fronts---READ-->>
- Facing the Anthropocene: An UpdateRecent scientific work strengthens and extends the arguments in Ian Angus’s pathbreaking book on fossil capitalism and the crisis of the Earth System---READ-->>
- Greenhouse gases set new record, despite Covid-19 lockdownTop meteorologist: only a complete transformation of our industrial, energy and transport systems can stop climate change---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, November 2020Seven new books and four book reviews. Engels at 200; Capitalist Crime; Eleanor Marx on England; Wheat’s Biography; Early Capitalist Farming; Renewable Energy; Sinking Middle Class---READ-->>
- Tyson managers laid bets on how many workers would get Covid-19Lawsuit says Tyson Foods ordered sick workers to stay on the line, while bosses ran a pool on how many would contract the virus---READ-->>
- The Return of Nature: Socialism and EcologyJohn Bellamy Foster’s brilliant recovery of a century of ecological and socialist thought will inform, enable, and inspire a new generation of reds and greens---READ-->>
- A People’s Guide to CapitalismIt’s not easy to explain Marx’s economics in a clear, straightforward and entertaining way, but Hadas Thier succeeds brilliantly. Nobody has done it better.---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, October 2020Five book announcements and three book reviews. Origin of Covid-19; History of pollutions; Collapse of US farming; Capital today; Social justice and the environment---READ-->>
- The Heat of 3.6 Billion Atom BombsContinuing Ian Angus’s examination of the ‘deadly trio’ of CO2-driven assaults on ocean life. Part three: ocean warming and permanent heatwaves---READ-->>
- There is no shortcut to an ecosocialist futureVoting for liberals won’t work. Nor will isolated actions by small groups. Building mass movements is hard work, but it is the only way to win---READ-->>
- Earth just had its hottest September on recordUnprecedented global temperatures made last month the hottest September since 1880. 2020 will likely be one of the three warmest years on record.---READ-->>
- Review: ‘China’s Engine of Environmental Collapse’China’s reckless mode of development has savaged its environment and ecology. Is a new revolution the only way to prevent disaster?---READ-->>
- Ecosocialism and/or Degrowth?Should the ecological left aim to reduce all consumption, or to radically transform the prevalent type of consumption?---READ-->>
- Capitalism – not ‘humanity’ – is killing the world’s wildlifeThe new Living Planet report grimly documents global environmental destruction, but lets the responsible systems and institutions off the hook---READ-->>
- Book Review: Corona, Climate, Chronic EmergencyGradual reforms can’t do the job: only profoundly radical measures can ensure human survival in an epoch of global sickening.---READ-->>
- For an egalitarian, cooperative road to ecosocialism!Australian ecosocialists call for a new mass movement to stop capitalism from destroying our common future.---READ-->>
- Running Low on OxygenContinuing Ian Angus’s examination of the ‘deadly trio’ of CO2-driven assaults on ocean life. Part two: The ocean is losing its breath.---READ-->>
- Nature and Society, from Karl Marx to Rachel CarsonIn ‘The Return of Nature,’ John Bellamy Foster documents the chain of people and ideas that connects Marx and Engels to the 20th century’s greatest ecological thinkers---READ-->>
- Corrosive SeasScientists call them a ‘deadly trio.’ If acidification, oxygen loss, and overheating are not ended soon, a massive die-off of ocean life may be unstoppable.---READ-->>