The Ecosocialist Resources column is published at irregular intervals. It features links to new articles, reports, talks and videos that are relevant to Climate & Capitalism’s mission and goals.
Inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement, or that we agree with everything (or even anything!) the item says.
If you read or write an article that might be appropriate for this column, please post your suggestion in the Climate and Capitalism Facebook group.
- Broiler chickens: The defining species of the Anthropocene?Forget jokes about crossing the road. New research identifies chickens as a vivid symbol of the transformation of the biosphere in our time---READ-->>
- Rich countries must pay for cyclone devastation in southern AfricaClimate change, caused by industrialized rich countries, is responsible for the disaster now unfolding in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi---READ-->>
- Help relaunch Science for the People magazine!Climate & Capitalism supports the Kickstarter campaign to re-establish Science for the People as a powerful voice for radical science---READ-->>
- 3-5°C rise now ‘locked-in’ for the ArcticUN report says emission cuts will not stop Arctic devastation or worldwide sea level rise---READ-->>
- Defining a safe operating space for food systems in the AnthropoceneA food system revolution is urgently needed, to provide healthy diets for all while preventing irreversible damage to the Earth System.---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, March 2019Where climate change may lead, the global water crisis, Europe’s Little Ice Age, the human costs of Haiti’s unending catastrophes, against constructing nature---READ-->>
- If capitalism must end, what should replace it?By keeping these simple ideas in mind in all our struggles, we can begin to create a world worthy of our best instincts and desires---READ-->>
- Guiding principles for an Ecosocialist Green New DealBreak the power of capitalists and guarantee a vibrant natural world that is home for humanity and all forms of life, for many generations to come.---READ-->>
- Good intentions won’t bring climate justiceMary Robinson wants change, but her commitment to global elites prevents her from confronting the system that causes and maintains global injustice.---READ-->>
- Illusion or Advance? Ecosocialists debate the ‘Green New Deal’Activists from System Change Not Climate Change discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the Green New Deal proposal, and how the left should respond.---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, February 2019Six new books expose environmentalism’s false friends, analyse the idea of ‘environment’, explain renewable energy, trace the history of oceans, expose Monsanto’s Round-Up, and examine UK science denial---READ-->>
- Support the Trans Mountain protestors defense fund!An appeal from David Suzuki: The activists who are fighting the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion need your help now!---READ-->>
- An outline of ‘Democratic Eco-Socialism as a Real Utopia’How can socialism be rejuvenated to ensure social parity, democratic processes, and environmental sustainability for humanity?---READ-->>
- John Bellamy Foster on the ‘Green New Deal’To bring about meaningful change, the resolution proposed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez must be part of an ecological revolution with a broad social base.---READ-->>
- An open letter to Steven Pinker (and Bill Gates, for that matter) about global povertyDefenders of capitalism claim global poverty is declining. Their arguments are intellectually dishonest and unsupported by facts.---READ-->>
- Why the Anthropocene is not ‘climate change’ — and why that mattersClimate is just one part of the Earth System. If we focus on that alone, we will misunderstand the complexity of the danger posed by unprecedented planetary change.---READ-->>
- Indigenous sovereignty and socialism in CanadaA Marxist perspective on the mass Indigenous movement that is in the vanguard of the fight for climate justice in Canada---READ-->>
- What’s the alternative to factory farms?‘Farming, Food and Nature’ offers a powerful critique of industrial livestock production, but fails to challenge the profit-system that drives it.---READ-->>
- Ecososocialist Bookshelf, January 2019Start the new year with these new books for reds and greens. End of the Megafauna. Brave New Arctic. The Big Heat. The End of Ice. Socialist Register 2019.---READ-->>
- Scientists: Climate change causing heatwaves, droughts and floodsNew report shows that recent extreme weather could not have happened without warming caused by human-induced climate change.---READ-->>