Obama proposes a vast expansion of fracking on public and tribal lands -- under rules written by the drilling industry
Ottawa activists launch anti-pipeline campaign
Environmentalists aim to build broad movement to block TransCanada's plan to pipe tar sands bitumen through sensitive ecosystems in Canada's capital city.
Why we need an ecosocialist revolution
Ian Angus: “It’s not enough to say that socialism is the solution. In the 21st century, fighting capitalist ecocide must be at the heart of our vision, our program and our activity.”
Feminism and ecosocialism: a necessary alliance
Brazilian socialist leader Tárzia Medeiros: Ecosocialist and feminist struggles overlap and stand as the great reference point for our defence of common goods in our country and our continent.
Obama's climate speech: No cause for celebration
Chris Williams: The president's timid and grudging response to the global emergency shows the need to build a more powerful independent environmental movement
An avoidable environmental tragedy in India
Radhika Krishnan: Massive flooding kills and isolates thousands in Uttarakhand, a predictable disaster caused by the 'development' policies of India's ruling class
Biggest dead zone ever coming to the Gulf of Mexico
Fertilizer run-off from the U.S. midwest is forecast to kill most fish in a dead zone the size of New Jersey.
Pricing carbon: A failed strategy that won't save the climate
Simon Butler: "We cannot deal with climate change through crisis-prone markets that subsidise dirty energy firms."
Quito declaration on ecosocialism and 'buen vivir'
On June 10-12, Ecuador’s National Institute of Advanced Studies (IAEN, Spanish acronym) held an international symposium on Crisis of civilization, ecosocialism and ‘buen vivir’ . (“Buen Vivir” is usually translated as “living...
Climate emergency needs a people's power solution
Socialist candidate: We cannot solve the global climate emergency as long as mining, energy and banking remain in the hands of the billionaires and their corporations.
Capitalism: A Structural Genocide
Book Review: Capitalism is responsible for a class-based genocide that targets the poor, particularly in the global south
Population and poverty: Against the Gates agenda
Under the guise of women's rights, billionaires are promoting population control in sub-Saharan Africa
Breaking tar sands rules? Regulator says that's okay
No tar sands company has complied with regulations to clean up tailings ponds. No problem, says the regulator. The rules are "overly optimistic"
How capitalism's assault on nature built Chicago
Review: William Cronon's history of Chicago is a brilliant ecological history that puts the development of capitalism at the heart of the story
On the road to change we need music like this
Magnificent music from the struggle in Istanbul
The left needs an ecosocialist vision
Nicholas Davenport: Socialists must go beyond talking about the ecological crisis, and fully integrate it into our analysis of capitalism and the potential for revolution.
The Carbon Capture fallacy, illustrated
Why capturing and burying CO2 won't solve anything
Six new flyers on ecosocialism (Print and post!)
Essential resources for green left organizing
Marx and Engels, radical environmentalists
Phil Gasper: It's a myth that Marx and Engels ignored environmental concerns. Their work was rooted in an ecological vision that can educate and inspire today's activists
Ration consumption or ration production?
Don Fitz: To ensure fairness and sustainability, an ecosocialist society will have to ration scarce resources. The real question is, what should be rationed, and how?