Learning to live in the anthropocene

The Anthropocene epoch requires us to rage against the few anthropods who are making a killing off of the extraction and burning of fossil fuels at the expense of the human race.

Haiyan, capitalism and the climate

Typhoon Haiyan shows once again the urgency of replacing capitalism with a society based on the rational, democratic use of resources in the interest of people and planet.

Socialists debate nuclear, 2: Still no nukes!

Michael Friedman says our primary task is not to offer technological solutions to capitalist ills, but to offer social solutions that incorporate the technologies most amenable to our social goals. Nuclear doesn't fit the bill.

‘Growth imperative’ versus ‘climate imperative’

Attempts to use capitalist markets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ignore the fact that fossil fuels are the lifeblood of the capitalist economy, and the strongest forces in the market are fossil fuel producers

In defense of Murray Bookchin

Ian Angus reviews 'Recovering Bookchin' -- An important book on the anarchist environmentalist that redeems his reputation and provides an invaluable overview of the political project he called social ecology.

Did McGill University whitewash asbestos?

Industry-funded research at one of Canada's largest universities has been used to cover up the overwhelming scientific evidence that asbestos is deadly