Despite recent indigenous victories, the Peruvian government’s war continues and could possibly intensify into open battle, as happened the last time the government provoked the indigenous to protest Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in...
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The Global Fight for Climate Justice
“At last, an absolutely indispensable guide to the debate on climate change, a sourcebook that makes the case for anti-capitalist action as the only effective way to stop global warming. ” —Joel Kovel, author of The Enemy of Nature and founding...
Obama's Cap and Trade Carbon Emissions Bill – A Stealth Scheme to License Pollution and Fraud
Bill does nothing to address environmental issues, lets corporate polluters reap huge windfall profits, and paves the way for a new bubble through carbon trading derivatives speculation. Polluters love it. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in...
Mainstream Economists versus the Earth
[From “Notes from the Editors,” Monthly Review, July-August 2009. Posted by permission.] A new book by economist Frank Ackerman, Can We Afford the Future?: The Economics of a Warming World (Zed, 2009), presents an important and startling...
Millions Face Hunger as Seasons Disappear
Oxfam: Without a serious effort to reduce warming, and in the absence of international funds for adaptation, the food, water, health and livelihoods of millions of people will be at risk Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to...
Corporate profits = global hunger
A handful of companies stand between millions of small farmers and millions of consumers in the food cycle Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
Canada's Climate Change Report Card: Total Failure
“Nowhere else on Earth do fewer people steward more resources, yet Canada now stands dead last among the G8 Nations in protecting our shared home from the threat of dangerous climate change” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
The Burning Season: Can carbon trading save our forests?
In review: The Burning Season. Screened in 2008 by ABC (Australia), BBC (UK), and CBC (Canada). Distributed worldwide by National Geographic International. Now showing in theatres in Australia Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
Urban Agriculture and Food Sovereignty in Cuba
The following is the text of a talk given by Jorge Soberon, Cuba’s Consul General in Toronto, Canada, to a meeting of food sovereignty sponsored by the Venezuela We Are With You Coalition (CVEC). Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
Australian ecosocialist at climate rally: 'Yes we can!'
John Rice, a member of the Climate Emergency Action Network (CLEAN) in South Australia and a founder of the Adelaide Ecosocialist Network, spoke at the June 13 Climate Emergency Rally in Adelaide. This article is based on his speech. Share:Click to...