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- Quebec ecosocialists analyse the Lac-Mégantic tragedyThe catastrophe at Lac-Mégantic is not an isolated or technical problem. It poses the need for social mobilisation aimed at ecological transition and liberation from unscrupulous big business and its accomplices in the Canadian State.---READ-->>
- The food crisis and agroecology“With agroecology we can produce enough food to feed the world, but if the inequalities and structural forces that cause hunger are not resolved, then hunger will continue, whether or not we produce enough.”---READ-->>
- Just say no to TransCanada’s tar sands pipelineClimate & Capitalism editor challenges mayor to oppose a dangerous and destructive pipeline project in Eastern Ontario---READ-->>
- Lac-Mégantic and the presumed innocence of capitalismThe Lac-Mégantic disaster shows once again that capitalists are self-interested, uncaring, anti-social actors, not worthy of presumptions in their favor.---READ-->>
- US Greens propose steps to economic and ecological sanityA deep green program for saving the world and building better lives: Reduce working hours and ensure that everyone has enough work while no one is overworked, while building safer and healthier communities.---READ-->>
- International manifesto of the women of Via CampesinaWe are fighting for our rights, against neo-liberalism and patriarchy, for food sovereignty with gender justice---READ-->>
- The Lac-Mégantic disaster: Capitalism killsTwo articles identify the root cause of Canada’s worst train disaster: a system that always puts profit before people.---READ-->>
- It's time to take our heads out of the tar sandsQuebec activists: Local tragedies, such as the one in Lac Megantic, must not distract from the global tragedy which threatens us all.---READ-->>
- Video: Why we need an ecosocialist revolutionIan Angus’s talk at at Socialism 2013---READ-->>
- This land is your land, this land is fracking landObama proposes a vast expansion of fracking on public and tribal lands — under rules written by the drilling industry---READ-->>
- Ottawa activists launch anti-pipeline campaignEnvironmentalists aim to build broad movement to block TransCanada’s plan to pipe tar sands bitumen through sensitive ecosystems in Canada’s capital city.---READ-->>
- Why we need an ecosocialist revolutionIan Angus: “It’s not enough to say that socialism is the solution. In the 21st century, fighting capitalist ecocide must be at the heart of our vision, our program and our activity.”---READ-->>
- Feminism and ecosocialism: a necessary allianceBrazilian socialist leader Tárzia Medeiros: Ecosocialist and feminist struggles overlap and stand as the great reference point for our defence of common goods in our country and our continent.---READ-->>
- Obama's climate speech: No cause for celebrationChris Williams: The president’s timid and grudging response to the global emergency shows the need to build a more powerful independent environmental movement---READ-->>
- An avoidable environmental tragedy in IndiaRadhika Krishnan: Massive flooding kills and isolates thousands in Uttarakhand, a predictable disaster caused by the ‘development’ policies of India’s ruling class---READ-->>
- Biggest dead zone ever coming to the Gulf of MexicoFertilizer run-off from the U.S. midwest is forecast to kill most fish in a dead zone the size of New Jersey.---READ-->>
- Pricing carbon: A failed strategy that won't save the climateSimon Butler: “We cannot deal with climate change through crisis-prone markets that subsidise dirty energy firms.”---READ-->>
- Quito declaration on ecosocialism and 'buen vivir'On June 10-12, Ecuador’s National Institute of Advanced Studies (IAEN, Spanish acronym) held an international symposium on Crisis of civilization, ecosocialism and ‘buen vivir’ . (“Buen Vivir” is usually translated as “living well,” but its meaning is closer to “living appropriately.”) Over three days, the participants debated among themselves and discussed issues with the organizers and government representatives, focusing ...---READ-->>
- Climate emergency needs a people's power solutionSocialist candidate: We cannot solve the global climate emergency as long as mining, energy and banking remain in the hands of the billionaires and their corporations.---READ-->>
- Capitalism: A Structural GenocideBook Review: Capitalism is responsible for a class-based genocide that targets the poor, particularly in the global south---READ-->>