Important reading for reds and greens, including four new books on capitalism and the pandemic
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Block those myths!
50 updated replies to climate science deniers
Skeptical Science refutes rampant misinformation about global warming
War Against the Commons
Tanzania escalates violence to evict indigenous people
Tens of thousands are being driven off their land to make 'conservation parks' for tourists
Opinion
Left critics denounce COP28, but offer no alternative
Alan Thornett says abstaining from UN climate process is empty posturing: we can't win if we aren't involved
Social Murder
Air pollution from Alberta tar sands is 6300% higher than reported
Organic carbon emissions equal all other Canadian sources combined
Water Crisis
Alpine glaciers certain to shrink at least a third by 2050
But if present trends continue, the ice volume will fall nearly 50%
Inequality Kills
Davos and the melting world economy
As billionnaires meet in luxury, Oxfam publishes a staggering condemnation of capital's failure to meet humanity's needs
Capital Kills
‘Developing countries’ are trapped in a new debt crisis
Wealth flowing from poorest nations to the richest. World Bank and IMF must go!
New Year Reading
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, January 2024
From killer insects to trash to degrowth, six new books for understanding and changing the world
Deadly Narratives
Do capitalists want to kill humanity … and themselves?
What mad ideas lie behind capitalism's drive towards planetary catastrophe?