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- Carrying capacity, technology, and ecomodernist confusionA radical biologist replies to an ecomodernist who ignores the social roots of environmental crises---READ-->>
- Ecomodernism and nuclear power: No solution for climate changeIn ‘Energy: A Human History,’ Richard Rhodes trivializes the dangers of nuclear power and plunges into the abyss of ecomodernist technobabble.---READ-->>
- ‘There is still time for an ecological revolution to prevent Hothouse Earth’We need hundreds of millions of people to mobilize in an independent, revolutionary campaign to reconstitute global production and consumption.---READ-->>
- Arundhati Roy: The deadly flood in Kerala may be only a gentle warning‘Unbridled greed, denuding of forest land, illegal construction, destruction of natural water systems, and mismanagement of dams, have all played a huge part.’---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, August 2018Six new books for reds & greens. Marxist History of Capitalism. Superbugs. Rising Oceans. Capitalism in Critical Theory. Food Bank Nations. American Oligarchy---READ-->>
- An ecosocialist reply to a defender of ‘green capitalism’People running big corporations—indeed, those running businesses of all sizes—seek to maximize profits not because they are misguided, but because that’s their job in a capitalist economy.---READ-->>
- The fires this time: Implications for ecosocialist strategyA call for public discussion of the role of deindustrialization in building an alternative to the catastrophic course of 21st century capitalism.---READ-->>
- An unstoppable drive to Hothouse Earth?Can the global climate be stabilized before runaway change creates conditions that are too hot for human civilization and deadly for most species?---READ-->>
- Australia: Worst drought ever, but don’t mention climate change!“At the federal level there is a climate information vacuum of truth and at the state level there is no action.”---READ-->>
- Eternity, nature, society and the absurd fantasies of the richThe wealthier they are, the more they fear that others will try to take their wealth. No wonder the super-rich are building bunkers to escape the apocalypse.---READ-->>
- Packed NYC meeting celebrates relaunch of Science for the PeopleReborn organization and magazine will combine writing on scientific issues, building a network of radical scientists, and acting for social justice---READ-->>
- State of the Climate Report: It’s hot and getting hotterIt’s official: 2017 was the third-warmest year on record, and the hottest non-El Niño year. Greenhouse gases hit record highs and sea levels kept on rising---READ-->>
- Invasive species and ‘rewilding’ – Is doing nothing a solution?In ‘The New Wild,’ Fred Pearce argues nature will restore itself if we just leave it alone. Is passive acceptance really the best response to biodiversity loss?---READ-->>
- An engineer, an economist, and an ecomodernist walk into a bar and order a free lunch . . .Stan Cox says ecomodernists are far better at inventing technological fantasies than at finding ways to solve environmental crises---READ-->>
- Scientists urge immediate action to prevent global biodiversity collapse“Fifty years ago biologists expected to be the first to find a species, now they hope not to be the last.”---READ-->>
- Barry Commoner’s Science for the PeopleIn honor of the relaunch of Science for the People, Climate & Capitalism is proud to co-publish this profile of a great scientific fighter for radical social change.---READ-->>
- Red-Green Revolution: The politics and technology of ecosocialismVictor Wallis’s new book is an important contribution to the growing ecosocialist movement, a passionate call to organize and act against capitalist ecocide---READ-->>
- ‘Kill All the Gentlemen’ — seven centuries of class struggle in rural EnglandIn his insightful history of rural rebellion, Martin Empson shows how farmers and farm-workers across England have repeatedly risen against the rich and powerful---READ-->>
- The Belem Ecosocialist Declaration: An historic documentTen years ago, more than 400 activists from 37 countries endorsed this statement of ecosocialist principles and goals.---READ-->>
- Science for the People relaunches with special issue on geoengineeringRadical science magazine returns with an important volume on climate engineering, a documentary on SftP’s history and rebirth, and a renewed commitment to activism.---READ-->>