"Socialists cannot ignore a change of this magnitude, or treat it as just one aspect of our program. In our time, understanding and responding to the Anthropocene must be at the top of the socialist agenda."
Naomi Klein: Capitalism and the Climate
Video: The author of 'This Changes Everything' speaking at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney, Australia, September 5, 2015
Greenhouse gas emission promises don’t even come close
Under the latest greenhouse gas emission targets, it will be impossible to keep warming under 2°. The worst offenders include Australia, Canada, Japan, and Russia.
Anthropocene heat, part 1: The new (deadly) normal
A temperature increase of less than one degree has already disrupted the global climate system, and this is only the beginning. Will the Anthropocene bring a totally new climate regime?
Ecosocialist bookshelf, September 2015
Six new books for greens and lefts: Gender equality and sustainable development; Diet of austerity; Disaster profiteers; Climate change and poverty; Ecological economics for Anthropocene; The 1% and the rest of us
‘Buen vivir’ and the dilemmas of the Latin American left
Atilio Boron: "What has emerged in Latin American politics is more than a debate over development, growth or the environment; it is a profound controversy over the course of civilization itself."
Katrina, militarization and climate change
Militarized and profit-making approaches to climate emergencies and other crises pose a serious threat to environmental justice, civil rights and democracy
Manifesto: Act to Stop Climate Crimes!
A call for mass action in Paris to declare our determination to stop crimate climes and keep fossil fuels in the ground.
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, August 2015
Three new books by ecosocialist Derek Wall ... The commons in history … The sustainable economics of Elinor Ostrom … Economics after capitalism
Mrs Engels: Good novel, bad history
Well-written, but totally false, this fictional account of Lizzie Burns's life with Friedrich Engels thoroughly misrepresents their revolutionary partnership.
Foodies and farmworkers: Allies or enemies?
Fred Magdoff reviews Labor and the Locavore. Can the 'buy local food' movement support both sustainable farming and justice for farmworkers?
Climate scientists: Obama’s emission rules are too little, too late
A year ago, two of the UK's top climate scientists reviewed the regulations that Obama has now promised to impose. They weren't impressed ...
There’s no such thing as cheap fossil fuel
Australia's coal industry is propped up by huge government subsidies, despite the downturn in the global coal trade and a divestment campaign.
Why are critics and media silent on Bolivia’s green gains?
Opponents of the Morales government deliberately misrepresent its strong environmental track record, to advance their own political goals
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, July 2015
The socialist imperative … Debriefing Elsipitog … The Mayan forest garden … Lifeblood … Endgame … Waking the giant … We have never been neoliberal
James Hansen: Sea level disaster ahead, but when?
It’s time to stop waffling and say that the evidence is pretty strong … multi-meter sea level rise is an issue for today, not for the next millennium
The Hurricane Katrina Pain Index: 10 Years Later
A decade after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, despite billions of dollars in 'aid,' the poor and people of color are still paying the price
Green consumerism is no solution
The entire premise that justice and sustainability can be purchased in the marketplace is patently absurd.
Follow-up: Did early humans cause extinction of mammoths?
New research identifies periods of short, rapid warming as a key factor in the Ice Age extinction of megafauna.
Ecological crisis and the tragedy of the commodity
Forget the 'tragedy of the commons.' The real cause of environmental crises is a system that commodifies nature and values profit above life itself