Carbon trading has failed: scrap the ETS now

Europe’s experience shows emissions trading is a disaster: it doesn’t reduce greenhouse gases, subsidizes the worst polluters, and locks in the fossil fuel economy.

Why ecosocialism?

“Green capitalism” is an oxymoron, because ecological destruction is built into the nature and logic of our present system of production and distribution.

How can the divided left move forward?

A good starting point would be to learn to 'fail better.' There are no predetermined solutions and we have to be open to the possibility of being wrong.

Is a united and effective climate movement possible?

Science says that climate change ‘tipping points’ are coming fast. With pessimism of the intellect growing ever more intense, how can we avoid despair and unite in an effective movement based on optimism of the will?

End rural slavery in South Africa!

La Via Campesina: South African commercial farming is the most powerful on the continent; it flourishes at the expense of the oppression and exploitation of agricultural workers.