Category: Environment
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What Do Mine Tailings Dam Disasters Teach Us?
Brazilian mining activists invited Judith Marshall to participate in their November 5th commemorations of the anniversary of the tailings dam collapse at the Vale/BHP iron mine in Mariana, Brazil. Marshall … Keep reading »
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Ecosocialism: The Strategic Debate
Those of us who inhabit planet Earth in the 21st century face a huge problem. Our own species, homo sapiens (modern humans), are trashing the planet at an ever increasing … Keep reading »
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Eco-Socialist Futures /w Dimitri Lascaris
We speak with Dimitri Lascaris about his experience running for leader of the Green Party of Canada as an eco-socialist. We also delve into eco-socialism’s intersections with internationalist foreign policy, the COVID-19 health crisis, and the future of the Canadian left. Listen to audio »
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For an Egalitarian, Cooperative Road to an Ecosocialist Future
This important Ecosocialist Manifesto, published by the Green Left emerges out of Australia in preparation for the forthcoming conference, Ecosocialism 2020: From rebellion to revolution, supported by the Socialist Alliance. … Keep reading »
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Community Fridges and Mutual Aid Amid the Pandemic
The COVID-19 global pandemic has revealed many things about the structural social inequalities of capitalism – from the class and global inequalities of access to public healthcare and pharmaceuticals. Keep reading »
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Internationalism or Extinction
Returning to the major crises we face at this historic moment, all are international, and two internationals are forming to confront them. One is opening today: the Progressive International. The … Keep reading »
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A New Lucas Plan for Post-Pandemic Socially Useful Jobs?
Online forum on how worker-led industrial conversion can deal with the coronavirus pandemic as a model for the future. Watch video »
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Workers’ Power + Renewable Electrification of the Whole Economy
A Red-Green New Deal in Transport The transport sector represents one of the most serious challenges when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, which are increasing faster than from any other … Keep reading »
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Ecological and Social Planning and Transition
The need for economic planning in any serious and radical process of socio-ecological transition is winning greater acceptance, in contrast to the traditional positions of the Green parties, favorable to … Keep reading »
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Are Climate and Disaster Victims Violent?
Klare’s Paean to the American Military Michael T. Klare’s new book, All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon’s Perspective on Climate Change, is an uncritical paean to the American military. He credits … Keep reading »
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Green New Deals: Climate Movements and Labour Unions
Author and labor organizer Jane McAlevey is interviewed by Alleen Brown, on why winning on climate in the 2020 election means changing how we talk about the clean economy. Keep reading »
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Covid-19, the Climate Crisis and Lockdown
With the coronavirus, we are really trying to mitigate the revenge blow from nature. It’s a moment to be humble and realise our finitude in a wondrous and infinite natural order. Keep reading »