Category: Environment
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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 »
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Ontario’s Costly Nuclear Folly
The last time the nuclear industry got its way in the province, Ontario Hydro spent over two decades building 20 nuclear reactors. It was a mash-up of missed deadlines, cost … Keep reading »
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Reverse the Theft of Public Goods and Take Back Control: A Green Way to Challenge Austerity and Reform UK
Millions of people have been suffering the effects of UK neoliberal policies, especially post-2010 austerity, which aggravated the damage from the 1980s-1990s austerity programme. They have endured greater hardship and … Keep reading »
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Iberian Blackout: Shutdown Private Profit to Promote an Ecosocialist Transition
The Anticapitalistas, a socialist project in the Spanish state, issued the following statement in the wake of the giant blackout throughout the Iberian peninsula last week. I think this is … Keep reading »
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Booklaunch: Against the Crisis
The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is honoured to welcome Ståle Holgersen to Toronto for the launch of his new book Against the Crisis: Economy and Ecology in a … Watch video »
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Building a Worker-led EV Transition, for People not Profit
The EV transition is currently led by corporations under for-profit and market logic. From shop floor battery fires to factory shutdowns, this transition is creating a constant state of crisis … Watch video »
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Climate Finance and the Limits of Market Fundamentalism
On December 18, 2024, we spoke with Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood, a senior researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), a research institute that contributes to the debates across Canada … Keep reading »
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Book launch: Climate Change is a Class Issue /w Sarah Glynn and John Clarke
The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is honoured to host Sarah Glynn and John Clarke to launch their book Climate Change is a Class Issue. The capitalist system, which … Watch video »