Category: Environment
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COP 30: Entrenching the Crisis of Climate Politics
As the dust settles after COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the scale of the failure becomes impossible to ignore. The world is on a path toward catastrophic warming, ecological systems are … Keep reading »
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Working-Class Priorities as the Principle for Climate Action
The global climate emergency is no longer a distant warning – it is an unfolding catastrophe. Longer heatwaves, recurring cyclones, changing rainfall patterns, and rising sea levels are already reshaping … Keep reading »
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Climate Change and Labour Precarity: A Worker-Centred Agenda
Just as the COP30 meeting in Belen, Brazil, has ended, the last week of November is Canada Climate Week Xchange. We could hope this is good news, but instead of … Keep reading »
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Labour’s Climate Fight Requires Public Ownership
Green politics won’t succeed if they can’t simultaneously speak to questions of affordability. And green affordability will require expanded public ownership. Keep reading »
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Three Dimensions of Militarism in the Climate Crisis
War, famously, is the pursuit of politics by other means. Cliche though it may be, the impacts of war and militarism are often overlooked by social movements focusing on formal … Keep reading »
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Climate Destruction – The Irresponsibility of Capitalist Societies
Within a historically short period, capitalist society has generated enormous wealth but also caused profound ecological degradation and threats to survival. Yet the capitalist market economy is incapable of resolving … Keep reading »
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The Intertwined Food and Climate Emergency: Heeding Science
This is an astonishing world. Blame for current disasters cannot be offloaded to ‘human nature’. All who take care of children know that children can learn to live within limits … Keep reading »
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Unions in Tunisia Win a Victory for Public Energy and Worker Rights
Over the past few days, there have been a series of power outages across Tunisia. During Tunisia’s sweltering summer months, electricity demand often surges to record-breaking levels as air conditioning … Keep reading »
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Wildfires Fuel the Climate Crisis
Even in the early stages of Canada’s wildfire season, it was already clear that this year would be the second worst wildfire in Canadian history, surpassed only by the horrific … Keep reading »
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For an Eco-Communist Alternative to Degrowth and ‘Luxury’ Communism
In his new book, Rojo fuego. Reflexiones comunistas frente a la crisis ecológica (Fiery red: Communist reflections on the ecological crisis), Argentine Marxist Esteban Mercatante takes aim at capitalism as … Keep reading »
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Public Schools, Climate Disasters, Workers’ Control
One of the most unaddressed problems in coping with climate catastrophes is who will make decisions concerning what to do. There is a widespread assumption that the shots should be … Keep reading »
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Atmospheric Colonisation and Ecological Imperialism in the World System
One of the most damaging myths about the global ecological crisis is that humans as such are responsible for it. In reality, the crisis is being driven by our particular … Keep reading »