Category: Environment
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Damage Control: Oil Train Derailment in Alberta and Gas Fracking Protest in New Brunswick
Another oil train derailment and explosion in Canada has sent nearby residents fleeing from their homes in the middle of the night. It happened at 1 a.m. on Saturday, October … Keep reading »
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Agrarian Sovereignty and the Agrarian Question
As activists and scholar-practitioners from around the world gathered in New Haven, Connecticut last weekend at the Food Sovereignty conference to debate the future of the world food system, it … Keep reading »
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How Tar Sands Threaten Our Communities
Toronto — 25 August 2013. Concern is growing. Word is getting out about Enbridge Corp.’s plan to convert an aging cross-Toronto pipeline (Line 9) to transport a toxic mixture of … Watch video »
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Lac-Mégantic: A Social and Ecological Tragedy
Québec has just experienced the most brutal ecological catastrophe of its history. On July 6, 2013, a train loaded with 72 cars carrying crude oil derailed during the night. It … Keep reading »
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How Much Change on Climate Change?
The vast majority of people own no significant amount of stocks or other financial assets. Every single person breathes air. Every single person depends on the growing of food and … Keep reading »
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Reportback from Ecosocialism Conference 2013
Toronto — 4 May 2013. Taking place at New York’s Barnard College, the Ecosocialist Conference drew some two hundred activists around the slogan “System Change not Climate Change.” It was … Watch video »
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All Signs Point to Deepening Opposition to the Fossil Fuel Industry Assault in British Columbia
The outcome of the May 14 election in British Columbia was a setback to progressive forces in the province and across Canada. The incumbent Liberal Party won a fourth straight … Keep reading »
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Foundations for the Consolidation and Action of an Ecosocialist Network
The following is my translation of the founding statement of principles of the Quebec-based Réseau écosocialiste, the Ecosocialist Network. The text, as amended by the founding meeting of the network, … Keep reading »
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Change the System, Not the Climate
To Reclaim Our Future, We Must Change the Present.Our Proposal for Changing the System and not the Climate Climate Space, World Social Forum 2013 The capitalist system has exploited and abused nature, … Keep reading »
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No Tar Sands in Toronto! Stop Line 9
Toronto — 7 April 2013. Moderated by Bryan Dale and Emma Cane. Presentations by three activists talking about the struggle against tar sands pipeline: Sabrina Bowman is climate campaign coordinator … Watch video »
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A Return to Marx’s Ecological Critique
Do oil spills make good economic sense? A witness called by Canadian firm Enbridge Inc. – which wants approval to build a $6.5-billion pipeline linking Alberta’s tar sands with the … Keep reading »
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Pipeline Politics: Can Popular Protest Stop the Tar Sands Leviathan?
Petroleum giant Enbridge Inc. has taken huge strides in recent weeks to complete its plan to transport tar sands oil to eastern Canada and from there to foreign markets. Already … Keep reading »