Towards an ecosocialist network

New Zealand socialist argues: The left organizations born out of the sixties made great contributions, but they are no longer capable of taking Marxism forward today, in the terminal phase of capitalist development. For that, we need an Ecosocialist...

Why 'living simply' isn't the answer

The worst environmental problems can't possibly be solved by individual consumer choices. Collective problems require collective solutions

Rio+20: An opportunity to rekindle the movement

The official meetings in Rio will avoid concrete action ... but outside those sessions, this is an important opportunity to forge essential unity between the left and serious environmentalists.

Another massive oil spill

Why we can't trust capitalism with the fate of the earth ... 22,000 barrels spilled into sensitive muskeg, and the pipeline company didn't notice!

India exports food while millions starve

Profits before people ... while 320 million of its people go hungry every night, India has become the world's largest rice exporter, and is considering exporting 'excess' wheat as well.

G8 food alliance won't help farmers or end hunger

The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, launched at the G8 summit, is just cover for more land grabbing by Northern corporations. The business-driven initiative won't tackle hunger or support food producers in Africa.

The Royal Society's tunnel vision on population and poverty

The Royal Society's People and the Planet report is rich in numbers but sadly lacking in social analysis or understanding. It doesn't explain poverty or the environmental crisis ... but it does expose the narrowness of populationist thought.

The petroleum-powered propaganda machine

The corporate-funded propaganda campaign designed to hoodwink the public and prevent any concerted public action on climate change has been remarkably successful.

We will not let this pipeline cross our land!

Wet'suwet'en people in British Columbia condemn the proposed Pacific Trail natural gas pipeline. "We will stop them at our traditional boundary lines and prevent them from proceeding with plans on our territories."

Australia: 7,000 march against fracking

Video: 7,000 people took to the streets in Lismore, New South Wales, on May 12 in a colorful and outspoken action against Coal Seam Gas Mining in the Northern Rivers region.

Capitalism's destructive quest for extreme energy

To keep the fuel flowing, oil companies are radically increasing the potential for environmental catastrophe. The fight against extreme energy is also a fight against the very soul of an irrational system.

Gateway pipeline threatens our way of life

From a First Nations perspective, it doesn't matter whether we stand on the coast of B.C. or in the heart of the oilsands - our struggle is largely one and the same. We don't want our lands, our rights, or our people to be sidelined and destroyed by...

Peoples of the world against the commodification of nature

At the United Nations RIO+20 Conference, only the interests of the large corporations will be considered so La Via Campesina calls on all the peasant organizations of the world and their allies to organize actions in June .