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Rural activists in Latin America call for socialism
Final declaration of the 6th Congress of countryside organizations affiliated with La Via Campesina, held April 10-16, 2015, in Buenos Aires, Argentina
What strategy for an ecological ‘great transition’?
John Bellamy Foster reviews Johan Rockström's call for a 'Great Transition' that combines the goal of prosperity for all with a stable and resilient planet, based on nine critical planetary boundaries.
Ecosocialist bookshelf, April 2015
Grabbing back ... A world to build … The anthropology of utopia … We make our own history … Red skin, white masks … Dodging extinction … Plebeian power
Stop, Thief! The commons, enclosures, and resistance
Book Review: Peter Linebaugh documents the struggle for the commons, from medieval times to today, replete with tales of heroic resistance and murderous repression
Did early humans wipe out most large mammals?
In 'The Sixth Extinction,' Elizabeth Kolbert accepts the claim that overkill by early humans led to the extinction of many large mammals. That charge is politically motivated and there is little evidence to support it.
The global warming ‘pause’ is politics, not science
The so-called 'pause' in the rate of global warming is false and distracting. It is a politically engineered excuse to avoid taking action on climate change.
Naomi Klein, Jodi Dean and ‘Green Keynesianism’
Leftist critics of Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything need to answer a question she posed: History is knocking at your door: will you answer?
The Sixth Extinction: Are humans the enemy?
Book Review: Elizabeth Kolbert's best-selling account of mass extinctions blames human nature, ignoring the crucial role of capitalism’s relentless search for growth and accumulation.
On ’60 Minutes’, black Africans are invisible and voiceless
Biased 'news' coverage of wildlife and the Ebola crisis illustrates the worst prejudices of modern American journalism on the subject of Africa.