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- Monocrop farming doubles flood areas in South American plainsWater cycle disrupted as massive soy and corn plantations replace small farms and native vegetation---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, July 2023Wildfires, deadly heat, climate strategy, sensing the world, anti-science, mining resistance. Six important new books for reds and greens---READ-->>
- Hugo Blanco, peasant leader and ecosocialist, 1934-2023Continue his legacy of indigenous solidarity, ecosocialism and focused revolutionary struggle!---READ-->>
- Critical comments on Kohei Saito’s view of ‘degrowth communism’Schwartzman: It is essential to distinguish good growth from bad growth---READ-->>
- Degrowth communism: Marx’s last breakthroughKohei Saito argues that Marx saw reduced ecological footprint as vital for building socialism---READ-->>
- Ecomodernist reforms or revolutionary ecosocialism?Despite its title, ‘Climate Change as Class War’ fails to confront the reality of capitalist ecocide---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, June 2023From peasant farms to world history to cities in crisis, six important new books for greens and reds---READ-->>
- Latest data reveals ‘unprecedented’ increase in global warmingUpdate to IPCC report shows record jump in emissions and temperatures---READ-->>
- Industrial farming has killed billions of birdsScientists: Saving birds requires rapid transformative change, especially agricultural reform---READ-->>
- Coverup: Industry hid dangers of ‘forever chemicals’Secret documents show 3M and Dupont suppressed knowledge of PFAS toxicity---READ-->>
- The ‘net zero’ hoax: Chevron’s fraudulent climate plan exposedMost ‘offsets’ are worthless; 90% of emissions aren’t included.---READ-->>
- Ecological ruin or ecological revolution?‘Capitalism in the Anthropocene’ provides essential knowledge and insight for today’s ecosocialist movements---READ-->>
- Global heat will hit new records in next five yearsWMO says global temperature will surge 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by 2027---READ-->>
- Has the ocean heat bomb been ignited?For the first time, sea surface temperatures that have always receded from annual peaks are staying high---READ-->>
- Capital’s long war to dispossess the poorCapitalism’s wealth and power rests on centuries of expropriation, colonialism and slavery---READ-->>
- Indigenous fighters resist forest destruction in PeruAmazon communities organize to stop illegal fishing, logging, and coca growing---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist Bookshelf, May 2023Seven books to help reds and greens understand and change the world---READ-->>
- Land, sea and air: Climate change driving planetary crisesScientists document rising heat, shrinking glaciers, rising oceans and widespread human suffering in 2022---READ-->>
- Insect Apocalypse in the Anthropocene, Part 4How genetic engineering and weed killers accelerate capitalism’s assault on insect life---READ-->>
- Environment, class, and the fate of civilizationsBook Review: A truly global history, marred by an oversimplified view of capitalism---READ-->>