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It's time to get real about climate change
There is a growing gap between what scientists say is needed and what politicians and big green NGOs are actually trying to do. People must be told the truth … that we must go on a war footing to meet this global emergency Related posts… (auto...
A vital international conference for ecosocialists
If you are in Australia, this is a meeting you simply must not miss. If you are elsewhere, and can find a way to get to Australia, it will be worth every effort you make … Related posts… (auto-generated) After the floods, Pakistan needs...
1252 arrested at White House pipeline protest
Arrested activists include top climate scientists, former Obama supporters, First Nations leaders from Canada, and individuals including Bill McKibben,Gus Speth, Dr. James Hansen, Daryl Hannah,Josh Fox, and Naomi Klein. Related posts… (auto...
First Nations and American Indian leaders arrested at White House pipeline protest
“If Obama approves this pipeline, it would only lead to more of our people needlessly dying.” Related posts… (auto-generated) Lakotas launch hunger strike against tar sands pipelines Indigenous Environmental Network on pipeline decision:We won...
The left cannot afford disunity
Division is a luxury that cannot be indulged if we are serious about the vital necessity of political change Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Andreas Malm: Revolutionary Strategy in a...
Land privatization = More hunger
The growing wave of privatization of land in Africa has made its precarious agricultural and food system even more vulnerable Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land From 'common goods'...
Foundations of an ecosocialist strategy
This article by a leading European ecosocialist, Daniel Tanuro, was written for the latest issue of the Montréal-based journal Nouveaux Cahiers du Socialisme (NCS), which features a number of articles on what is commonly referred to as the...
Canadian groups tell ambassador: 'Stop lobbying for the Keystone XL pipeline'
We can’t let the tar sands be Canada’s greatest legacy of the 21st century. The devastation already visited by tar sands development should be proof enough of what a shortsighted plan it is. Related posts… (auto-generated) EnergyEast tar...
The Great Distraction: ‘Overpopulation’ Is Back in Town
by Betsy Hartmann CommonDreams.org, August 30, 2011 What’s next to hit New York after Hurricane Irene? If you’re in the heart of Times Square during the month of September, you’ll get the chance to see a scary video about overpopulation playing...
Europe's third try at emissions trading: another failure
Europe’s carbon trading plan has produced windfall profits for major polluters, while undermining efforts to reduce pollution Related posts… (auto-generated) Carbon trading is an obstacle to effective climate action Carbon trading has...
Ten propositions on the climate crisis
Canadian Dimension editor Cy Gonick identifies key challenges facing the climate emergency movement
Population book misdiagnoses Australia's environmental crisis
Dick Smith’s Population Crisis: The Dangers of Unsustainable Growth for Australia. Allen & Unwin, Sydney Australia, 2011. ISBN 978-1-74237-657-8 reviewed by Simon Butler Green Left Weekly, August 28, 2011 Those who say today’s big social and...
Native American and Canadian First Nations join civil disobedience to stop tar sands pipeline
The Indigenous Day of Action, September 2, 2011, at the White House will express the solidarity of Native Nations, to protect Mother Earth and demand Obama respect the treaty rights and survival of Native Nations of the US and Canada Related posts…...
‘Capitalism cannot respond to climate change’
Noted Marxist economist and ecologist John Bellamy Foster is a feature guest speaker at the World at a Crossroads: Climate Change Social Change conference, which will take place in Melbourne Australia, September 30 to October 3. He was interviewed...
Canadians call for civil disobedience to stop tar sands
Call urges “one of the largest acts of civil disobedience on the climate issue that Canada has ever seen” in Ottawa, September 26 Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and land Ottawa tar...
Interview: Fred Magdoff on What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know about Capitalism
“It appears inconceivable to most of the people I spoke with that somehow there might be a future economic system that wasn’t capitalist.” Related posts… (auto-generated) Video: Fred Magdoff on the global climate emergency...
Deforestation is worse in 'protected areas' than in community-managed forests
“When done properly, the benefits of community-based management can be seen over the long term, leading to greater conservation participation, reduced poverty, increased economic productivity and the protection of many forest species” ...
South African food sovereignty campaigners expand land occupations
“The land reform has failed us. The municipality has failed us. We will not fail ourselves. We are occupying this land. We will not be removed. Ever!” Related posts… (auto-generated) What the new IPCC report says about climate change and...
Anti-capitalism and environmentalism as a political alternative
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