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- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, June 2017Five new books on climate change and human health, ecology and imperialism in the global south, environmental economics, capitalism and universities, and the meaning of hegemony---READ-->>
- Barry Commoner: Radical father of modern environmentalism“The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production—in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation—essential as they are, make people sick and die.”---READ-->>
- Planting trees cannot replace cutting CO2 emissions‘Save the planet: Plant a Tree!’ It sounds good, but scientists say we can’t avoid dangerous climate change without rapid cuts in fossil fuel use, starting now.---READ-->>
- CO2, oceans, and atmosphere: a correctionThanks to positive feedback from a geochemist reader, I can correct my description of the global carbon dioxide cycle.---READ-->>
- Hal Draper on the Marx-versus-Engels mythThe ideologues who try to drive a wedge between Marx and Engels must ignore the simple fact that Marx read and approved of Engels’ most important work.---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, May 2017Five new books on climate change, the Anthropocene, water, and food. Plus: an inspiring account of the Russian Revolution by award-winning science fiction writer China Miéville.---READ-->>
- No one can question the Australian government’s commitment to destroying the planetFor these politicians, it’s a matter of political principle: Earth’s ability to support life must be undermined as quickly and thoroughly as possible.---READ-->>
- The significance of Naomi Klein: An ecosocialist exchangeShould ecosocialists support or distance themselves from the author of This Changes Everything? Richard Smith and John Bellamy Foster discuss the prominent activist’s role.---READ-->>
- I know I shouldn’t brag, but …‘Facing the Anthropocene’ is now in its second printing, and Paul Burkett’s brilliant new article is is essential reading for everyone who is concerned about changing and saving the world.---READ-->>
- Corporate power, militarism, and the tragedy of American scienceTrillions of dollars in resources and scientific talent are devoted to war rather than to ending poverty, disease, and environmental destruction. That is among the greatest tragedies in all human history.---READ-->>
- Ecosocialists debate James Hansen’s climate change exit strategyShould ecosocialists reject a program that includes carbon pricing? Ian Angus and John Bellamy Foster reply to Daniel Tanuro’s criticism of their approach.---READ-->>
- Three Manifestos: Climate Struggles and EcosocialismOn the eve of the Peoples Climate March, we look back at three major statements that have shaped the global ecosocialist movement---READ-->>
- Carl Schorlemmer as a historian of scienceIn addition to his major contributions to the theory and practice of organic chemistry, the Red Chemist authored the first history of the subject, a book written from the standpoint of historical materialism.---READ-->>
- CO2 over 410 for the first time in human historyAs Trump stops climate action and Trudeau promotes tar sands, atmospheric carbon dioxide reaches highest levels in millions of years.---READ-->>
- Letting GoRichard Seymour on the world that is being destroyed and environmental melancholy: ‘We despair, but we do not submit.’---READ-->>
- ‘We need a resistance movement for the planet’The climate movement is central, but we have to fight on all fronts, combining broad defense of human rights and opposition to war and imperialism, with the fight to save Earth as a place of human habitation.---READ-->>
- Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things WereMartin Empson reviews an important book for activists, a frightening examination of the impact of industrial agriculture on the environment, and particularly biodiversity.---READ-->>
- Zapatistas urge scientists to join in building a better worldWith all the damage that the capitalists have done to the people through their misuse of science, can you create a science that is truly human? Can we work collectively to defend life and humanity?---READ-->>
- More on the Red ChemistCarl Shorlemmer’s contributions to chemistry were described in this biographical note, published 99 years ago. And there is a statue of him in Germany.---READ-->>
- Introducing ‘A Redder Shade of Green’Ian Angus’s new book of ‘essential debates at the intersections of socialism and science’ will be available soon. Here’s what some early readers say about it.---READ-->>