Cars and capitalism go together, destroying lives, poisoning the air, and chewing up space, all in the name of profit
Behind the 'Green Economy' – A new drive to commodify nature
Faced with an even more complex and deeper crisis, capitalism is launching a fresh attack that combines the old austerity measures with an offensive to create new sources of profit and growth through the “Green Economy” agenda. ++++++++++++++++++...
Why the fossil fuel industry fights so hard to block action on climate change
The business models at the center of our economy are in the deepest possible conflict with physics and chemistry ++++++++++++++ By Bill McKibben TomDispatch, February 7, 2012 If we could see the world with a particularly illuminating set of...
The agribusiness takeover of pale green NGOs
Many of the biggest conservation NGOs have done deals with international agribusiness. They greenwash industrial commodity agriculture in exchange for vague promises of sustainability and social justice. ++++++++++++++++ by Jonathan Latham...
A multimedia introduction to The Communist Manifesto
“All previous historical movements were movements of minorities, or in the interest of minorities. The proletarian movement is the self-conscious, independent movement of the immense majority, in the interest of the immense majority.”...
Indigenous and climate activists tell EU embassies the truth about Canada's tar sands
“Our government is putting more energy into trying to kill climate change policies in other countries than doing its fair share to fight climate change in Canada.” The Indigenous Environmental Network, the Council of Canadians, and...
Enough is enough! It's time for a maximum wage
US radicals came up with sound proposals for a maximum income a century ago. Isn’t it time to put that idea back on the table? ++++++++++++++++++ by Sam Pizzigati Le Monde Diplomatique The Occupy Wall Street movement hasn’t yet demanded a...
Environmental internationalism: How Cuba can help save the earth
For over 5 decades, Cuban medical brigades have shown what true internationalism and humanism mean in practice. Now the embattled island can lead the global fight against environmental destruction
Without women there is no food sovereignty
La Via Campesina is working with feminist organizations and networks like the World March of Women to promote networking and solidarity among women in North and South Related posts… (auto-generated) International manifesto of the women of Via...
The paradox of Cuban agriculture
Cuban agricultural production expanded 4.2% per year from 1996 to 2005, at a time when the average growth in the region was 0% +++++++++++ by Miguel A. Altieri and Fernando R. Funes-Monzote Monthly Review, January 2012 When Cuba faced the shock of...
Barry Commoner: Pollution, affluence and class
[Quotes and Insights #23] Pioneer socialist ecologist Barry Commoner, author of The Closing Circle, speaking at Harvard University, during the first Earth Day, April 1970…. “The favorite statistic is that the U.S. contains 6 to 7% of the world...
Too Many People? Review by socialist city councillor
"This book should be on the shelf of every active socialist, as well as anyone serious about tackling climate change" - Stephen Jolly
UK governments lied about the need for nuclear
Report endorsed by MPs from four parties says that governments misled Parliament to win support for new nuclear power stations +++++++++++++ by Fiona Harvey Guardian, January 31, 2012 Ministers misled parliament over the need to build a new fleet...
Anti-immigration groups organize against book that exposes population myths
Lacking arguments of their own, anti-immigration groups on three continents have resorted to distributing an article they don’t agree with, by an author who rejects what they stand for – just because it is critical of “Too Many People?” Related...
ExxonMobil pays no federal tax on $41 billion profit; still refuses to pay for Alaska cleanup
Every hour, the world’s largest oil company makes $5 million in profits ++++++++++++++ by Rebecca Leber Climate Progress, January 31, 2012 ExxonMobil had the largest profits of the Big Five oil companies in 2011, raking in $41.1 billion for...
Ian Angus on population and the environment
Audio recording of Ian Angus on WBAI-FM, New York, January 28, 2012 Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Andreas Malm: Revolutionary Strategy in a Warming World Ian Angus: COP21, the climate...
How can the climate change movement move ahead in 2012?
It is important not to underestimate the harm caused by the failure of negotiations in Copenhagen and Durban — but it is equally important not to succumb to pessimism. +++++++++++++ by Elaine Graham-Leigh Counterfire (UK), January 24, 2012 In...
NZ socialist group dissolves to build ecosocialist movement
Resolution adopted by the 2012 convention of the New Zealand group Socialist Workers Organization ++++++++++ The defining event of our times is world capitalism’s historic slide towards collapse under the chaotic, intersecting and escalating...
Secret documents expose Ottawa's tar sands enemies list; Environmentalists seek guarantee of regulator's impartiality
As the Harper government works with oil companies to slander and discredit opponents of tar sands, will the supposedly impartial regulator be trusted? Related posts… (auto-generated) First Nations pull out of tar sands pipeline hearing Bella Bella:...
Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction
Every five seconds, a child under 10 dies of hunger. Thirty-five million people die each year from hunger or its immediate aftermath. One billion people are permanently and severely malnourished and the situation is becoming increasingly...