A new book by Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore replaces concrete historical analysis with an artificial schema
Book Review
Book Review
Private Oceans: The enclosure and marketisation of the seas
Neoliberal policies boost profits for corporate fishing, encourage overfishing, and squeeze out small fishers whose communities have fished for generations
Essential reading
Paul Burkett on Kohei Saito’s ‘Karl Marx’s Ecosocialism’
The author of Marx and Nature evaluates and introduces an important new book on the deep connections between natural science and political economy in Marx’s work
Food sovereignty
Who will feed a changing world — industrial agriculture or peasant food webs?
Industrial agriculture uses 75% of farm land but delivers only 30% of the world's food. Peasant farmers feed 70% of the world's people using just 25% of the land
Readers' choices
Top ten Climate & Capitalism articles in 2017
The 109 articles we published in Climate & Capitalism in 2017 were read by more people than ever before. These were the most popular ...
Book Review
Ecological science fiction: Two hits and a miss
Three novels by Kim Stanley Robinson: Aurora is monumental and Shaman is a great evocation of the past, but New York 2140 understates both the climate crisis and the solutions needed
Facing the Anthropocene
“An accessible and convincing case for ecosocialism”
"This necessary book details the full spectrum of environmental issues facing us today, demonstrates their scientific and political causes, and delivers a sobering warning"
Interview: JOHN BELLAMY FOSTER
Capitalism, exterminism and the long ecological revolution
C&C begins the new year with an extensive interview with John Bellamy Foster, editor of Monthly Review, about the need to fight for a revolutionary ecosocialist alternative to the profit-driven world capitalist system.
Techno-illusions
Big Bad Fix: The case against climate geoengineering
Technologies that promise a quick fix to the climate crisis actually pose high risks to people, ecosystems and security, and are dangerous distractions from the urgent need for deep emission cuts.
reading, red and green
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, December 2017
Six new books on democratic eco-socialism, war and the environment, genes and intelligence, climate change and the Roman Empire, the little ice age in North America, and views of the Anthropocene
Two views
Debate: Should ecosocialists oppose population growth?
In 'A Redder Shade of Green,' did Ian Angus unfairly criticize people who believe overpopulation is a major environmental problem?
Jena Experiment
Major study shows species loss destroys essential ecosystems
Long term research by German ecologists proves that loss of biodiversity has "direct, unpleasant consequences for mankind."
Biodiversity
Is mass extinction unimportant? (Updated)
A biology professor says the sixth mass extinction is no big deal because other species will evolve to fill in the gaps. History, ecology and ethics say he's dead wrong.
Ecosocialism
Marx’s ecological critique of political economy
Video: John Bellamy Foster on "Marx's 'Capital' and the Earth" — political economy and the materialist understanding of nature
Revolutionary art
“I paint what I see,” said Rivera
Marking the 60th anniversary of the death of one of the greatest artists of the 20th Century.
For a Climate Damages Tax
Make fossil fuel giants pay for climate change destruction!
'It is now time for the industry most responsible to pay for the damage it has caused, and for vulnerable countries worst affected to receive the financial assistance they so urgently need'
The 1% get richer
New reports expose ‘high and rising’ global inequality
Eight years after the great recession supposedly ended, global inequality continues to deepen, exposing claims that "wealth trickles down" and "a rising tide raises all boats" as class-based lies.
Metabolic rifts
Heatwaves can kill 27 ways, and climate change puts 74% of humanity at risk
Two recent studies show how dangerous heatwaves can be, and how global warming will put three-quarters of humanity at risk by 2100. “We are running out of choices.”
Food sovereignty now!
At global climate talks, La Via Campesina calls for peasant agroecology
"Our call for system change is urgent because the damage is growing. Commons, including land, forests and water, must be protected and restored to the people. We need to work together with our allies to be prepared for climate change.”
Paleoclimate
Slightly warmer temperatures caused Atlantic superstorms
A hundred thousand years ago, slightly warmer temperatures and CO2 levels lower than today led to dramatic superstorms and sea-level rise in the western Atlantic Ocean