Capitalism's wealth and power rests on centuries of expropriation, colonialism and slavery
Book Review
This Land Is Our Life!
Indigenous fighters resist forest destruction in Peru
Amazon communities organize to stop illegal fishing, logging, and coca growing
Reading Matter That Matters
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, May 2023
Seven books to help reds and greens understand and change the world
WMO Report
Land, sea and air: Climate change driving planetary crises
Scientists document rising heat, shrinking glaciers, rising oceans and widespread human suffering in 2022
Metabolic Rifts
Insect Apocalypse in the Anthropocene, Part 4
How genetic engineering and weed killers accelerate capitalism's assault on insect life
Reading Matters
Environment, class, and the fate of civilizations
Book Review: A truly global history, marred by an oversimplified view of capitalism
Reading for a change
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, April 2023
Our monthly selection of new books for people who want to protect the world and transform society
Smoke & Mirrors
IPCC report fails on equity and urgency
Catastrophic climate change can't be prevented without fundamental economic and social changes
AGU Report
Greenland ice sheet nears point of no return
“Once we start sliding, we will fall off this cliff and cannot climb back up”
Earth4All Report
In a more equal world, population could peak by 2040
Report explodes myth that population growth is driving global environmental crisis
Read Read Read
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, March 2023
Eight new books on science, society and socialism. Important reading for reds and greens
Metabolic Rift
Insect Apocalypse in the Anthropocene, Part 3
A new generation of superkillers is destroying billions of essential insects worldwide
Reading matters
Greta Thunberg’s Climate Book
In review: A go-to source for understanding these different, closely interconnected crises.
Metabolic Rift
Insect Apocalypse in the Anthropocene, Part 2
The world’s insects are among the principal victims of capitalist agricultural concentration
30 years of stagnation
Nuclear flatlines while renewables soar
Only acceleration of China’s program save the global nuclear power industry
The first factories
A Neglected Chapter in the History of Capitalism
Uncovering an early industry that employed more workers than any field other than farming
Gross Inequality
Top 1% emit over 1,000 times more CO2 than bottom 1%
To stop climate change, target the rich
Heat Kills
Climate change increases infectious diseases worldwide
Global warming has already worsened more than 200 infectious diseases
Metabolic Rift
Insect Apocalypse in the Anthropocene, Part 1
The rapid decline of Earth’s most numerous animals is a major threat to the biosphere
From the people of the south
Manifesto for an Ecosocial Energy Transition
An appeal to leaders, institutions, and our brothers and sisters, from the Ecosocial and Intercultural Pact of the South.