Disease from megafarms has killed millions of wild birds and mammals
Bird Flu
Indicators Report
Temperature rise ‘unprecedented in the instrumental record’
1.3°C jump in 2023; emissions budget shrinking fast
READING FOR REDS & GREENS
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, June 2024
Unequal epidemics, biotech in Africa, capitalist greed, climate history, fracking, and corporate crime
WHO REPORT
COVID wiped out 10 years of life expectancy gains
Global life expectancy falls back to 2012 level; Americas and SE Asia hit hardest
Review
Mythmaking 101: What went wrong with capitalism?
Did big government, monopoly power, and easy money end competitive capitalism's golden age?
Big Oil Reality Check
Oil and gas giants promise climate action, but double down on drilling
All announced energy transition policies are 'insufficient' or 'grossly insufficient'
For the Commons
Global people’s movements are leading the fight for our planet
A conversation with Ashley Dawson, author of Environmentalism from Below
Corporate Killers
Capitalism’s New Age of Plagues. Part 5: The Pandemic Machines
New zoonotic diseases are inextricably connected to the industrialization of poultry, pigs and cattle
Defending the Indefensible
Can capitalism solve the ecological crisis?
Two new books argue that green capitalism will save us. Neither is convincing.
Reading Matters
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, May 2024
Attn. Reds & Greens: Eight recent books for people who want to change the world
Book Review
Marcuse’s revolutionary ecology: A breath of fresh air
Laying the groundwork for the 99% to build a new ecosocialist world system
Book Review
What are you eating?
The ubiquitous chemicals in our food are making us sick
Deforestation Disease
Capitalism’s New Age of Plagues, Part 4: Deforestation and Spillover
Agribusiness assaults on tropical forests are driving the emergence of new diseases and epidemics
Global Heating
Greenhouse gas emissions spiked again in 2023
Atmospheric CO2 is now more than 50% higher than pre-industrial levels
Read!
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, April 2024
Seven important new books on slavery, capitalism, rebellion and ecological revolution
Opinion
The left, the far-right and climate chaos
Electoral politics and compromises won't save the climate or stop the far right
Virus Attack
Capitalism’s New Age of Plagues, Part 3: Systematically Unprepared
Covid-19 was the least unexpected pandemic in history. Why were governments not prepared?
IUGS Statement
Top geology body denies appeal, rejects Anthropocene proposal
Ruling ends formal discussion in official geological organization
Virus Attack
Capitalism’s New Age of Plagues, Part 2: Relentless Viral Evolution
Relentless evolution creates ‘resilient, dangerous foes’ in the Anthropocene
DEBATE
The Anthropocene’s critics are missing the point
The new epoch is real, evidence based, and represents unprecedented Earth System change