What does it take to stop a transnational corporate giant in its tracks when it threatens workers, farmers and communities? The people of Arequipa, Peru have an answer.
Swiss newspaper reviews French edition of ‘Too Many People?’
Largest French daily in Switzerland praises ‘Une planète trop peuplée’ by Ian Angus and Simon Butler
Ernest Mandel on productivism, limits to growth, and socialist human development
A forgotten comment by a noted Marxist, on our collective responsibility to preserve natural wealth so that future generations can survive and flower.
Global warming: the ‘slowdown’ that never happened
New scientific analysis shows that the rate of global warming has continued without pause. The 'hiatus' simply didn't happen.
How to trivialize the new epoch
Clive Hamilton sums up four misinterpretations that minimize the threat that the Anthropocene poses to humanity and the Earth
Does Anthropocene science blame all humanity?
Ian Angus says the charge that Anthropocene scholars blame all of humanity for the actions of a small minority simply doesn’t hold water.
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Trade unions organize for Paris climate talks
"Strong social forces with the ability to change the course of society do not suddenly erupt at the global level. They have to be built from below."
Hijacking the Anthropocene
How the anti-green 'Breakthrough Institute' misrepresents science to advance a technocratic agenda and undermine grassroots environmentalism
Govts give fossil fuel companies $10 Million a minute
So much for "private enterprise" - the IMF says energy companies receive $5.3 trillion a year in subsidies from governments worldwide
ITUC calls global union climate summit
200 trade unionists from around the world will meet in Paris in September to plan action against climate change
Naomi Klein: To fight climate change we must fight capitalism
Interview with the author of This Changes Everything: "If you can marry an economic justice agenda with climate action, people will fight for that future"
400 ppm – an eco-political music video
From Canadian musician/activist Bill Carroll, a very blue song and video that explains climate crisis and climate justice in three minutes.
Corporate greenwashing on Earth Day in New York
Once again, corporate environment-killers presented a festival of greenwashing, where shopping was promoted as a painless way to save the world.
Rural activists in Latin America call for socialism
Final declaration of the 6th Congress of countryside organizations affiliated with La Via Campesina, held April 10-16, 2015, in Buenos Aires, Argentina
What strategy for an ecological ‘great transition’?
John Bellamy Foster reviews Johan Rockström's call for a 'Great Transition' that combines the goal of prosperity for all with a stable and resilient planet, based on nine critical planetary boundaries.
Ecosocialist bookshelf, April 2015
Grabbing back ... A world to build … The anthropology of utopia … We make our own history … Red skin, white masks … Dodging extinction … Plebeian power
Stop, Thief! The commons, enclosures, and resistance
Book Review: Peter Linebaugh documents the struggle for the commons, from medieval times to today, replete with tales of heroic resistance and murderous repression
Did early humans wipe out most large mammals?
In 'The Sixth Extinction,' Elizabeth Kolbert accepts the claim that overkill by early humans led to the extinction of many large mammals. That charge is politically motivated and there is little evidence to support it.
The global warming ‘pause’ is politics, not science
The so-called 'pause' in the rate of global warming is false and distracting. It is a politically engineered excuse to avoid taking action on climate change.