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- Radical scientist reviews ‘A Redder Shade of Green’Writing in ‘Science & Society,’ noted biogeochemist and ecosocialist David Schwartzman says Ian Angus’s new book provides invaluable insights on the intersections of science and socialism.---READ-->>
- Online now: Cesspools, Sewage, and Social MurderIan Angus examines how the 19th century metabolic rift in agriculture that so concerned Karl Marx triggered a pollution crisis in the world’s largest city---READ-->>
- Studying the health impacts of global environmental changePlanetary Health, a new field of scientific research, focuses on the human health impacts of the growing disruption of Earth’s metabolic systems---READ-->>
- To feed the world, support small farms and restore healthy soilExposing three myths that hinder the agricultural revolution that can restore degraded soils and feed the world using fewer agrochemicals.---READ-->>
- Why the food movement needs to understand capitalismTo fully appreciate the challenges we face in transforming our food system we need to explore the economic and political context in which food is grown, sold and consumed in the world today---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, July 2018Essential summer reading for green-lefts and left-greens. Ecosocialist essays on metabolic rifts. James Connolly Reader. A Nation Unmade by War. Formerly Known as Food. Nourished Planet.---READ-->>
- Beginning to end hunger: Belo Horizonte shows the wayA Brazilian city’s food program feeds the hungry and supports local farmers. It succeeds by empowering communities and challenging inequality.---READ-->>
- Socialist magazine explores capital’s metabolic riftsSpecial issue features new articles by John Bellamy Foster, Hannah Holleman, Ian Angus, Michael Friedman, Brett Clark, Stefano Longo, and Justus von Liebig---READ-->>
- Poisoned City: How Flint fought backAnna Clark’s new book shows how working people in Michigan organized and fought back when neoliberal austerity policies poisoned their drinking water.---READ-->>
- Energy and Climate Change: No progress in 20 yearsBP statistics show we are far from meeting the emission reduction targets adopted in the Paris Agreement. In 2017, we took a step backwards.---READ-->>
- Why avoiding meat and dairy won’t save the planetAnti-meat campaigns ignore the essential role that grazing animals play in genuinely sustainable agriculture. Livestock production must be reformed, but eliminating it would do more harm than good.---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, June 2018, Part 2Five new books: Ecological Crisis and Capital … El Niño in World History … Plate Tectonics … Marxist Essays … Origins of Agriculture and the State---READ-->>
- Agroecology and the fight against deadly capitalist agricultureAgroecology can free farmers from dependency, manipulated commodity markets, unfair subsidies and inherent food insecurity. It is resisted by giant corporations that profit from the status quo.---READ-->>
- What the Monsanto Papers tell us about corporate scienceInternal documents released in a lawsuit by cancer victims show how the chemical giant actively subverts science to promote its products and profits.---READ-->>
- Vladimir Vernadsky and the Disruption of the BiosphereVirtually unknown in the west, the great Russian geologist and geochemist pioneered scientific study of life’s impact on the Earth.---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, June 2018New Books! Red-Green Revolution. Rural Class Struggle. Climate Anthropology. Will Big Business Destroy the Planet? A Climate Justice Comic. Plundering Africa. Global Inequality.---READ-->>
- Remembering Joel Kovel, a towering pioneer of ecosocialismMichael Löwy reflects on the life and contributions of our friend and comrade Joel Kovel, who died on April 30.---READ-->>
- Are tropical cyclones getting wetter and stronger?Climate scientists: A global increase in the most intense tropical storms due to global warming is not just predicted by models but is already happening.---READ-->>
- Ecosocialism and the recovery of Marx’s ecological legacyAn ecology that truly seeks to confront today’s challenges requires Marx’s remarkable analysis of the destructive logic inherent in the unlimited accumulation of capital.---READ-->>
- The Magical Thinking of EcomodernismEcomodernists claim material growth can continue indefinitely without environmental damage. Degrowth advocate Jason Hickel says their arguments ignore both evidence and logic.---READ-->>