'Capitalism, a global system that puts profits before people, has brought us to the brink of a climate-induced catastrophe that can destroy humanity.'
Philippines socialists:
Farmers: ‘Climate Smart Agriculture’ is a dangerous hoax
La Via Campesina says the UN proposal will increase the vulnerability of peasants and small producers, pushing them further into debt and dependency.
If you aren’t worried about climate change, you aren’t paying attention
The normally-conservative IPCC gives us eight reasons to make action against climate change a top priority.
Why U.N. climate talks continue to fail
The science is definitive. The dangers are real and increasingly obvious. So why is there so little action to stop catastrophic climate change?
Only system change can stop climate change
The largest climate justice march ever is set for Sept. 21 in New York. Ecosocialist Chris Williams discusses how the climate movement can succeed.
Petrolify. Is this medicine right for you?
It's made from all natural ingredients, but watch for side effects ...
Can we save the planet by shopping less?
Many greens blame consumer choices and lifestyles for the global crisis. This blames the victims, while ignoring the real environmental criminals.
Greenhouse gas emissions hit record high
In 2013 carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased at the fastest rate for nearly 30 years, reaching 142% of the pre-industrial era.
The global burden of industrial livestock
‘The Ecological Footprint’ shows that industrial meat production increases inequality, overuses land and water, and contributes massively to global warming. Tony Weis The Ecological Hoofprint: The global burden of industrial livestock...
The great ‘poverty reduction’ hoax
Global poverty is much worse than the UN's spin doctored story. The global poverty headcount has increased, and the triumphalist narrative is a lie.
Louisiana is drowning, quickly
One of the greatest environmental and economic disasters in U.S. history is rushing toward a catastrophic conclusion. Louisiana is sinking, fast.
Pacific climate warriors: ‘We are not drowning, we are fighting!’
Koreti Mavaega Tiumalu: "We don’t see ourselves as victims. We are warriors. We will stand up peacefully from the Pacific to the adversary, which is the fossil fuel industry.”
21st century socialism requires a new culture on the left
Marta Harnecker: We need a pluralist and tolerant culture that puts first what unites us and leaves as secondary what divides us; that promotes a unity based on solidarity, humanism, respect for differences, defense of nature, and rejection of...
The climate movement must stand with Ferguson
"I can’t stress enough how important it is for me, as a black climate justice advocate, as well as for my people, to see the climate movement show solidarity right now with the people of Ferguson and with black communities around the country...
Localism? I don’t buy it
Stan Cox argues that localist movements fail because they treat a symptom of capitalism, the crippling of local communities, as if it's the disease.
Responding to capitalist disaster, in 1914 and today
World War I began 100 years ago. Today's ecosocialist movement has much to learn from the revolutionaries who campaigned to stop that catastrophe.
Bolivian reality versus the ‘extractivism’ debate
Some left critics of progressive governments in South America point to differences between 'pro-extractivists' and 'anti-extractivists.' Federico Fuentes says that framework hinders real understanding of the issues.
Chiapas residents: Stop the San Cristóbal-Palenque highway
Indigenous communities in Chiapas, Mexico, oppose government plans to drive a tourism highway through their lands
In Ohio, don’t drink the water!
Nearly half a million people have been told that their tap water is unsafe to drink, poisoned by industrial farming, sewage, storm water runoff and industrial pollution.
The Freetown Declaration on land grabbing in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone has experienced a mass influx of foreign investors acquiring large tracts of arable and forest land for agriculture and mining