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The Overpopulation Myth
The return of the population bombers
Overpopulation ideology undermined the environmental movement in the 1970s, diverting social protest into harmless channels. To prevent a similar setback today, we must understand populationism's conservative role, and why it is attractive to a...
By Light Alone. What if capitalism eliminated hunger?
A brilliant new science fiction novel explores the social consequences of introducing a technological fix for hunger into a world where profit makes the rules.
Israel’s environmental colonialism and eco-apartheid
By greenwashing the occupation, Israel hides its apartheid behind an environmentalist mirage, and distracts public attention not only from its brutal oppression of the Palestinian people, but from its large-scale degradation of the earth upon which...
Rio+20 proves capitalism won't save the planet
While the world's governments refused to act, 50,000 thousands trade unionists, rural workers, landless peasants and indigenous peoples demonstrated outside. They are the real hope for a mass anti-capitalist movement movement to stop environmental...
China Miéville on art and politics
A Marxist science fiction writer on how we feel about the art we like or dislike, and how that relates to politics
Bolivia resolves to nationalize Canadian mining company
Despite attempts by the Canadian company to divide indigenous communities, a new agreement will ensure that Bolivia's resources are used to benefit the country's people.
Another view of Veblen
Michael Perelman says Thorstein Veblen has become more relevant than ever.
Fukushima: A disaster manufactured in the imperial boardrooms of capital
Chris Williams:Conscious actions by the ruling elite, not natural causes, led directly to the triple nuclear meltdowns. The decisions they made were dictated by the prime directive of capitalism: there is no higher power than the God of Profit.
WPD: Gates to coercive contraception
Betsy Hartmann: On World Population Day, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation hosts an international meeting that blames poor women for the social ills caused by the rich and powerful. Human rights activists fear this heralds a serious backslide...