The cynical thoughts of an ecovandal
We're overpopulated with oil tycoons and coal barons
Simon Butler tells a populationist meeting that the super-rich are the real ecological vandals
Venezuela accelerates land reform
Since the beginning of 2011, over 2.7 million acres have been rescued from large landowners and redistributed to small farmers or turned into cooperatives
What went wrong with 'real socialism'?
An important new book examines what went wrong with 20th Century socialism, why it went wrong, and how we could avoid repeating the same mistakes in the future.
Walmart pumps millions into ocean greenwashing
West Coast fishermen are calling for a boycott of the world's biggest retailer, which in one year put over $71 million into plans to privatize fisheries for the benefit of giant corporations
Canada's deadly auto factories cause breast cancer
Women working in the Canadian automotive plastics industry are almost five times as likely to develop breast cancer as women working elsewhere
AlGoreRhythm
Translating climate science into music
Chevron tries to hide assets from Ecuador judgment
After repeatedly failing to overturn the $19 billion judgment for destroying rain forest, Chevron is now trying to hide its vast wealth in international subsidiaries.
Who defends earth's legacy?
I stand with Alanis Obomsawin, not Joe Oliver
Should Chiapas farmers pay for California's emissions?
To peasants in the Lacandon jungle, the pending carbon offset agreement has all the hallmarks of a land grab. REDD continues the colonial assault on indigenous communities and lifestyles
Oil boom threatens climate catastrophe
If we don’t shut down the Alberta Tar Sands, the world is cooked.
Latin American rural groups urge united action against capital
Peasant communities, indigenous peoples and afro-descendants are today the greatest bastion of rebellion and resistance across the world. Against the looting by capital and empire! For land and sovereignty of our peoples! No socialism without...
Ecuador's president responds to 'leftist' critics
Those who oppose any use of natural resources would condemn our people to perpetual poverty. What's needed is not a ban on development, but a democratic effort to use the country's wealth to benefit the people and the environment
Capitalist democracy, illustrated
Welcome to our level playing field
Poisoning people in Pennsylvania: Business as usual
These nuclear corporations helped to destroy a town and its people. They left behind contaminated land and water and sick and dead residents ... and now they are attacking the victims
Climate change exposes New York's deep class divide
Hurricane Sandy and the suffering it has caused are intimately related to the business that the dark towers of Lower Manhattan symbolize. In the hardest hit areas, Occupy activists are organizing grassroots relief efforts
Why natural disasters are good for capitalism
The perverse logic of capitalism means that Hurricane Sandy will lead to a measurable boost in economic activity
Essential ecosocialist reading in Korean
A Korean edition of "What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism"
Neil Smith on the fight for the unity of nature
"Socialism is neither a utopia nor a guarantee. It is however the place and the time where and when the unity of nature becomes a real possibility."
World's small farmers meet to promote agroecology
La Via Campesina meeting brings together educators and schools to continue their efforts to promote farming methods that protect nature and empower women and peasants around the world