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- The Fight Against Monsanto’s RoundupActivists make the case that this widely used pesticide is wreaking havoc on the earth, killing not just weeds but multiple species, including our own---READ-->>
- What the new IPCC report says about climate change and landSummary of new UN report that documents the impact of climate change on land and agriculture — and how land misuse accelerates climate change.---READ-->>
- Rojava: A practical example of ecosocialism?This article, submitted to C&C by the Make Rojava Green Again campaign, introduces an important attempt to build a democratic, feminist and ecologist society.---READ-->>
- What kind of rebellion will save humanity from extinction?The real power of mass civil disobedience is not its ability to shock the powerful into listening, but rather its potential to draw masses of people into action.---READ-->>
- How fast is the climate changing?Dangerous climate change is not just something that might happen in the future. It is visibly happening now and it is rapidly getting worse.---READ-->>
- The Discovery and Rediscovery of Metabolic RiftIan Angus discusses the scientific developments that led Marx to develop metabolic rift theory in the 1800s, and a new generation to rediscover it the 21st century.---READ-->>
- 20 Essential Books on Marxist Ecology (Updated)As the great American labor organizer and socialist Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones said: “Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts.”---READ-->>
- ‘An important contribution to the fight to stop capitalist destruction’Book review and full video of meeting to launch ‘System Change Not Climate Change: A Revolutionary Response to Environmental Crisis.’---READ-->>
- Fred Magdoff on Climate Change, Capitalism, and SocialismVideo: What would a just and ecologically sustainable society look like? If the current economic system can’t respond, what strategies will advance our struggle?---READ-->>
- Challenging capitalism is the ultimate climate mitigation strategyThere are no easy fixes, but to succeed, climate activists must build a broader movement to challenge and transcend global capitalism---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, July 2019More books for reds and greens. Vanishing Fish … Between Earth and Empire … Making Rojava Green … One Planet, One Health … Why Carbon Trading Fails---READ-->>
- Confronting the rising tide of marine diseaseWarming the climate and polluting the sea is leading to explosive outbreaks of new infectious diseases---READ-->>
- Barry Commoner: The systems we depend on are upside downDecades ago, he showed that environmental, energy and economic crises had a common cause: a system that demands increased profits at all costs---READ-->>
- Gee Whiz! Communism is sure gonna be keen!‘Fully Automated Luxury Communism’ trivializes the global environmental crisis with badly-researched techno-hype and political plans that don’t come close to addressing the world’s problems.---READ-->>
- The ecosocialist views of Karl Marx – An interview with Kohei SaitoThe winner of the 2018 Deutscher Prize discusses Karl Marx’s radical understanding of capitalism’s deadly disruption of the universal metabolism of nature.---READ-->>
- On the future of farming and ecomodernist illusionsSome writers imagine that machines can feed the world. They ignore the damage caused by industrial agriculture, and don’t value the work of people who feed most of humanity today.---READ-->>
- Atmospheric carbon dioxide level hits all-time highSeventh consecutive year of steep increases leads to the highest greenhouse gas concentration recorded in 61 years of observations---READ-->>
- What will it take to win a Green New Deal?Canadian NGOs have launched a “Pact for a Green New Deal.” Will they build the movement that’s needed to win real changes?---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, June 2019Marxist environmental essays … Science and the Anthropocene … Is disaster avoidable? … Capitalism at sea … Beef and class struggle … Climate and the biggest volcano---READ-->>
- Environment, Labor, and Capitalism at SeaA compelling first-hand study shows that fishing is a deadly occupation because capitalism forces workers to take terrible risks in order to survive.---READ-->>