10 new books for reds and greens. To change the world we must understand it. To understand, we must read.
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'Grave violation'
Anti-Anthropocene vote is ‘null and void’
Commission chairs say organizers of ballot violated statutes and ignored scientific evidence
VIRUS ATTACK
Capitalism’s New Age of Plagues, Part 1: An Existential Threat
In our time, pandemics will occur more often, spread more rapidly, and kill more people
Capitalism Kills
Global heating endangers US prisoners
1.8 million US prisoners are exposed to dangerous combinations of heat and humidity
A giant has passed
Remembering Paul Burkett
John Bellamy Foster reflects on the life and thought of the foremost exponent of Marxist ecology
Universal Metabolism
Nature’s Heartbeat, Visualized
A stunning animation displays the pulse of the Earth System's metabolism
Opinion
Slowing Atlantic current could trigger sudden climate shift
Will ocean changes transform climate in this century? How will the ruling class respond?
UN Report
Populations decline for nearly half of migratory species
Overexploitation and habitat loss pose extinction threats for migratory fish, birds and others, worldwide
Earth's Thermostat
700 million years ago, the Earth froze. Now we know why.
All-time low CO2 levels produced the longest and coldest ice age in in Earth's history
OPINION
The COP Delusion: Decades of empty words and no action
'Business as usual' overrides action to protect humanity's future
Reading Matters
Ecosocialist Bookshelf: February 2024
Important reading for reds and greens, including four new books on capitalism and the pandemic
Block those myths!
50 updated replies to climate science deniers
Skeptical Science refutes rampant misinformation about global warming
War Against the Commons
Tanzania escalates violence to evict indigenous people
Tens of thousands are being driven off their land to make 'conservation parks' for tourists
Opinion
Left critics denounce COP28, but offer no alternative
Alan Thornett says abstaining from UN climate process is empty posturing: we can't win if we aren't involved
Social Murder
Air pollution from Alberta tar sands is 6300% higher than reported
Organic carbon emissions equal all other Canadian sources combined
Water Crisis
Alpine glaciers certain to shrink at least a third by 2050
But if present trends continue, the ice volume will fall nearly 50%
Inequality Kills
Davos and the melting world economy
As billionnaires meet in luxury, Oxfam publishes a staggering condemnation of capital's failure to meet humanity's needs
Capital Kills
‘Developing countries’ are trapped in a new debt crisis
Wealth flowing from poorest nations to the richest. World Bank and IMF must go!
New Year Reading
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, January 2024
From killer insects to trash to degrowth, six new books for understanding and changing the world
Deadly Narratives
Do capitalists want to kill humanity … and themselves?
What mad ideas lie behind capitalism's drive towards planetary catastrophe?