The ideologues who try to drive a wedge between Marx and Engels must ignore the simple fact that Marx read and approved of Engels' most important work.
Ecosocialist Notebook
Reading for reds and greens
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, May 2017
Five new books on climate change, the Anthropocene, water, and food. Plus: an inspiring account of the Russian Revolution by award-winning science fiction writer China Miéville.
Coal promoters in office
No one can question the Australian government’s commitment to destroying the planet
For these politicians, it's a matter of political principle: Earth's ability to support life must be undermined as quickly and thoroughly as possible.
Debate
The significance of Naomi Klein: An ecosocialist exchange
Should ecosocialists support or distance themselves from the author of This Changes Everything? Richard Smith and John Bellamy Foster discuss the prominent activist’s role.
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I know I shouldn’t brag, but …
'Facing the Anthropocene' is now in its second printing, and Paul Burkett's brilliant new article is is essential reading for everyone who is concerned about changing and saving the world.
21st century barbarism
Corporate power, militarism, and the tragedy of American science
Trillions of dollars in resources and scientific talent are devoted to war rather than to ending poverty, disease, and environmental destruction. That is among the greatest tragedies in all human history.
Movement Building
Ecosocialists debate James Hansen’s climate change exit strategy
Should ecosocialists reject a program that includes carbon pricing? Ian Angus and John Bellamy Foster reply to Daniel Tanuro's criticism of their approach.
Movement Building
Three Manifestos: Climate Struggles and Ecosocialism
On the eve of the Peoples Climate March, we look back at three major statements that have shaped the global ecosocialist movement
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Carl Schorlemmer as a historian of science
In addition to his major contributions to the theory and practice of organic chemistry, the Red Chemist authored the first history of the subject, a book written from the standpoint of historical materialism.
Build Peoples Climate March!
CO2 over 410 for the first time in human history
As Trump stops climate action and Trudeau promotes tar sands, atmospheric carbon dioxide reaches highest levels in millions of years.
Sadness and resistance
Letting Go
Richard Seymour on the world that is being destroyed and environmental melancholy: 'We despair, but we do not submit.'
Interview
‘We need a resistance movement for the planet’
The climate movement is central, but we have to fight on all fronts, combining broad defense of human rights and opposition to war and imperialism, with the fight to save Earth as a place of human habitation.
Book Review
Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were
Martin Empson reviews an important book for activists, a frightening examination of the impact of industrial agriculture on the environment, and particularly biodiversity.
Chiapas Conference issues a challenge
Zapatistas urge scientists to join in building a better world
With all the damage that the capitalists have done to the people through their misuse of science, can you create a science that is truly human? Can we work collectively to defend life and humanity?
Carl Schorlemmer
More on the Red Chemist
Carl Shorlemmer's contributions to chemistry were described in this biographical note, published 99 years ago. And there is a statue of him in Germany.
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Introducing ‘A Redder Shade of Green’
Ian Angus's new book of 'essential debates at the intersections of socialism and science' will be available soon. Here's what some early readers say about it.
Essential Debates
John Bellamy Foster answers five questions about Marxism and ecology
Can Marxism strengthen our understanding of ecological crises? The author of Marx's Ecology replies to a critic on metabolic rift, sustainable human development, degrowth, population growth, and industrialism.
WMO Report
Global climate broke multiple records in 2016; Extreme conditions continue in 2017
World Meteorological Organization says 2016 made history, with a record global temperature, exceptionally low sea ice, and unabated sea level rise and ocean heat. Extreme weather and climate conditions continue in 2017.
The Forgotten Legacy of Carl Schorlemmer
Marx and Engels and the Red Chemist
Accounts of Marx and Engels’s lives ignore Carl Schorlemmer's influence on their studies of the natural sciences. It is time to acknowledge his rightful place in the socialist tradition.
emissions crisis
Carbon dioxide levels now rising at record speed
CO2 growth rate sets new record in 2015-16. Increase in the past ten years is 100 to 200 times as fast as the increase that ended the last ice age