New scientific findings are more than 20 times likely to show that global climate disruption is “worse than previously expected” rather than “not as bad as previously expected” Related posts… (auto-generated) Scientists issue...
Doctors warn: 'Climate change poses an immediate, growing and grave threat to health'
“It will often not be possible to adapt meaningfully to these changes, and the economic cost will be enormous. As in medicine, prevention is the best solution.” Related posts… (auto-generated) ‘Climate change is the single biggest...
How the leading U.S. climate change deniers are poisoning people
Is a Koch Industries factory getting away with murder? While the brothers finance climate change denial and wage war against safety precautions, their factory is dumping millions of gallons of wastewater into streams that flow near a small rural...
Carbon trading: speculation by design
A new report shows why the European Union’s effort to impose rules against fraud in carbon is doomed to fail … again Related posts… (auto-generated) Carbon trading has failed: scrap the ETS now Fraud and scams in Europe's Emissions...
We are the 99.9998%!
Canadian Business magazine has published its annual list of the 100 richest people in Canada. Jim Stanford describes the 0.0002% of Canadians who hold personal wealth over one billion dollars Progressive Economics Forum, October 14, 2011 There are...
Wiebo's War: Documentary opens across Canada
David York’s acclaimed feature film explores one man’s controversial battle against gas development Related posts… (auto-generated) Video: Canadian youth activist opens People's Plenary in Rio Part One – Population Where...
Review: What every environmentalist needs to know about capitalism
Fred Magdoff and John Bellamy Foster. What every environmentalist needs to know about capitalism: A citizen’s guide to capitalism and the environment. New York: Monthly Review Press, 2011 Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says...
International conference focuses on social causes of climate change
Ecosocialists, unionists and activists gather in Melbourne, Australia, to share ideas and experiences on the struggle to save the world from capitalism Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land...
Enough is never enough (for those who have too much)
Socialism can only be built on the basis of abundance, but abundance should not be confused with the infinite growth of commodities. Working people need a real alternative economic strategy, one that recognizes when enough is enough. Related posts…...
New film examines Venezuela’s food revolution
This film premiered at the Climate Change Social Change conference in Melbourne, Australia, last week. Highly recommended. Growing Change: A Journey into Venezuela’s Food Revolution follows filmmaker Simon Cunich‘s journey to understand...
What is to be done?
How to make an ecosocialist revolution
Edited text of keynote presentation by Ian Angus to the Climate Change Social Change conference in Melbourne, Australia, October 2, 2011
Just transition, elections, and the rights of Mother Earth
Video clips from the question period following Ian Angus’s Keynote talk at the Climate Change Social Change conference in Melbourne, Australia, October 1, 2011. Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change...
Ottawa tar-sands protest: reports and impressions
Civil disobedience action was a step forward for the movement, but labor and the climate movement need a clear program and action strategy Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Unions and the...
Trade unions must join the fight against climate change
“If we leave this issue to the bosses, to the corporations and politicians who profit from the existing system, the changes will be inadequate – and they will put the entire burden on working people.” Related posts… (auto-generated) What...
Climate and Capitalism editor on speaking tourAustralia, September 20 – October 3
Readers in Australia are invited to meet and hear C&C’s editor, Ian Angus, at these public meetings, organized by Socialist Alliance, Green Left Weekly, Resistance, and others. Related posts… (auto-generated) Climate & Capitalism...
Review: Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence
A sweeping discourse on the collision between the natural and the social world — the confluence of poverty, violence and climate change Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Andreas Malm:...
Global peasant movement calls for mass climate protests in Durban
“We will build a powerful smallholder farmer and peasant voice to be present with other sectors of civil society at COP-17 in Durban, and at Rio +20 in Brazil, with the message that we oppose false solutions to climate change and demand the...
Derek Wall: 'Ecosocialism is a pragmatic, effective response to the crisis on our planet'
“The commons is collectively-owned property, as opposed to state or privately-owned. To me it is the essence of ecosocialism, involving the democratic ownership of the means of production. “ Related posts… (auto-generated) Derek Wall...
Caution: Do not make connections. These weather events are just coincidences
Video: It’s very important to stay calm. If you got upset about any of this, you might forget how important it is not to disrupt the record profits of our fossil fuel companies. Related posts… (auto-generated) More ‘record-shattering’ heat events...
Exxon Mobil makes a multi-billion dollar bet that climate change is real
The cynical climate-destroyers at Exxon, a major source of funds for climate change deniers, are placing a massive bet that global warming is real and that the Arctic will keep warming … Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC...