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- Seven years after: The 2012 Katrina Pain IndexThe answer to the question “Can capitalism solve global warming?” is “Yes, but you really won’t like the solution!”---READ-->>
- Iraq: Mission accomplished for Big Oil?How the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq paved the way for Big Oil’s rise — and now for its possible fall---READ-->>
- The green economy (not!): Capitalism’s final frontierThe “Green Economy” treats the economy as more important than the ecological system on which the economy depends. Nature is redefined as “natural capital” as a prelude to more intense exploitation.---READ-->>
- Making a killing from hunger21st Century Barbarism is driven by men in suits---READ-->>
- Le mythe de la souveraineté du consommateurThe Swiss ecosocialist journal A l’encontre (La Breche) translates Chapter 11 of ‘Too Many People?’---READ-->>
- Still no cleanup of Mohawk land poisoned by GM and Alcoa“It’s just another form of genocide. When it comes to Indians, they don’t give a shit. All they like to do is take, take, take, and destroy.”---READ-->>
- Leave the tar sand in the ground!“There is no such thing as ‘responsible upgrading’ or ‘sustainable tar sand production.’ We must stop this crime before it ruins more lives and destroys the climate.”---READ-->>
- Neoliberals on bikesUnless Greens come to grips with fundamental economic questions, they will continue to promote policies that are supremely unsuited to their ultimate aim of a more just and sustainable world.---READ-->>
- Toxic spill poisons Peruvian villageOn July 25, 45 tonnes of copper concentrate slurry spilled from a pipeline Santa Rosa de Cajacuy, dousing the village with a witch’s brew of toxic dust and sludge.---READ-->>
- Class struggle from above, illustratedMaking more by paying less---READ-->>
- The Spectre of 21st Century BarbarismOnly mass action can stop barbarism from advancing, and only socialism can definitively defeat it.---READ-->>
- Shell finances violent human rights abusers in NigeriaLeaked documents show that soldiers, militants and mercenaries receive millions from Shell, while impoverished local residents are routinely killed, tortured or expelled.---READ-->>
- Dirty oil and the future of a continentReview: “This is a book that should be read by every Canadian. It should also be read widely everywhere else as the vast majority of us have no idea of the scale of tar sands destruction.”---READ-->>
- Enbridge video hides tanker route dangersVideo exposes Enbridge’s grossly misleading account of the route tankers will take if the Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline is built---READ-->>
- US drought is comparable to 1930s Dust BowlScientists says this is the fifth or sixth worst drought ever recorded in the United States, affecting more area and more intense than any since 1956---READ-->>
- Do revolutionaries control the tar sands pipeline debate?According to the CEO of Enbridge, yes we do!---READ-->>
- James Bay Cree Nation enacts uranium ban“We are determined to protect our way of life against the unique and grave threat posed by uranium mining and waste, today and for thousands of years to come.”---READ-->>
- Manila flood disaster: A political response is neededIn the Philippines, on the front line of climate change, poor people and communities are demonstrating powerful solidarity, while politicians promote their careers and corporations worry only about profits---READ-->>
- China faces massive pollution challengeDespite having the world’s strongest environmental laws, China faces huge increases in air and water pollution, driven by profit-focused industrial growth.---READ-->>
- Swiss ecosocialists translate C&C articles“The Malthus Myth” and “What’s causing the environmental crisis” now online in French---READ-->>