Stan Cox says ecomodernists are far better at inventing technological fantasies than at finding ways to solve environmental crises
Pseudo-Solutions
Time is running out
Scientists urge immediate action to prevent global biodiversity collapse
“Fifty years ago biologists expected to be the first to find a species, now they hope not to be the last.”
Profile
Barry Commoner’s Science for the People
In honor of the relaunch of Science for the People, Climate & Capitalism is proud to co-publish this profile of a great scientific fighter for radical social change.
Book Review
Red-Green Revolution: The politics and technology of ecosocialism
Victor Wallis's new book is an important contribution to the growing ecosocialist movement, a passionate call to organize and act against capitalist ecocide
Book Review
‘Kill All the Gentlemen’ — seven centuries of class struggle in rural England
In his insightful history of rural rebellion, Martin Empson shows how farmers and farm-workers across England have repeatedly risen against the rich and powerful
tenth anniversary
The Belem Ecosocialist Declaration: An historic document
Ten years ago, more than 400 activists from 37 countries endorsed this statement of ecosocialist principles and goals.
NYC July 28
Science for the People relaunches with special issue on geoengineering
Radical science magazine returns with an important volume on climate engineering, a documentary on SftP's history and rebirth, and a renewed commitment to activism.
Book Review
Radical scientist reviews ‘A Redder Shade of Green’
Writing in 'Science & Society,' noted biogeochemist and ecosocialist David Schwartzman says Ian Angus's new book provides invaluable insights on the intersections of science and socialism.
Metabolic rift
Online now: Cesspools, Sewage, and Social Murder
Ian Angus examines how the 19th century metabolic rift in agriculture that so concerned Karl Marx triggered a pollution crisis in the world's largest city
Science
Studying the health impacts of global environmental change
Planetary Health, a new field of scientific research, focuses on the human health impacts of the growing disruption of Earth’s metabolic systems
Ending hunger
To feed the world, support small farms and restore healthy soil
Exposing three myths that hinder the agricultural revolution that can restore degraded soils and feed the world using fewer agrochemicals.
Book Excerpt
Why the food movement needs to understand capitalism
To fully appreciate the challenges we face in transforming our food system we need to explore the economic and political context in which food is grown, sold and consumed in the world today
Not beach books, but ...
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, July 2018
Essential summer reading for green-lefts and left-greens. Ecosocialist essays on metabolic rifts. James Connolly Reader. A Nation Unmade by War. Formerly Known as Food. Nourished Planet.
Book Review
Beginning to end hunger: Belo Horizonte shows the way
A Brazilian city’s food program feeds the hungry and supports local farmers. It succeeds by empowering communities and challenging inequality.
Essential reading for Ecosocialists
Socialist magazine explores capital’s metabolic rifts
Special issue features new articles by John Bellamy Foster, Hannah Holleman, Ian Angus, Michael Friedman, Brett Clark, Stefano Longo, and Justus von Liebig
Book review
Poisoned City: How Flint fought back
Anna Clark's new book shows how working people in Michigan organized and fought back when neoliberal austerity policies poisoned their drinking water.
Emissions rising
Energy and Climate Change: No progress in 20 years
BP statistics show we are far from meeting the emission reduction targets adopted in the Paris Agreement. In 2017, we took a step backwards.
Sustainable farming needs livestock
Why avoiding meat and dairy won’t save the planet
Anti-meat campaigns ignore the essential role that grazing animals play in genuinely sustainable agriculture. Livestock production must be reformed, but eliminating it would do more harm than good.
Reading from the left
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, June 2018, Part 2
Five new books: Ecological Crisis and Capital ... El Niño in World History ... Plate Tectonics ... Marxist Essays ... Origins of Agriculture and the State
Agroecology and the fight against deadly capitalist agriculture
Agroecology can free farmers from dependency, manipulated commodity markets, unfair subsidies and inherent food insecurity. It is resisted by giant corporations that profit from the status quo.