Category: Environment
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Climate Meetings are Conferences of Polluters
From Copenhagen and Cancun to Bonn and Durban Judging by what transpired at the global climate negotiations in the former West German capital, Bonn, it appears certain that in just over … Keep reading »
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Montreal Conference Rallies Support for Rights of Nature
Bolivia marked Earth Day (April 22) this year by formulating the Law of Mother Earth, which – when adopted – will establish eleven new rights for nature, including the rights … Keep reading »
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From Cairo to Dakar to Durban, Another World Actually Is Possible!
Last week’s World Social Forum (WSF) in Dakar, Senegal, ended up riotously happy thanks to the eviction of a universally-hated Egyptian Pharoah, after near-debilitating logistical disasters at the event’s outset. … Keep reading »
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‘Climate Capitalism’ Won At Cancun – Everyone Else Loses
The December 11 closure of the 16th Conference of the Parties – the global climate summit – in balmy Cancun, Mexico was portrayed by most participants and mainstream journalists as … Keep reading »
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Climate Inaction Conference
“If Cancún delivers nothing, or not much, then the UN process is in danger.” So said Connie Hedegaard, the European commissioner for climate action, ahead of the UN-sponsored climate change … Keep reading »
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Do We Pull the Monster Down?
William Carroll, Department of Sociology, University of Victoria (wcarroll@uvic.ca) — September 19, 2010. Lyrics Everybody’s making plans to move to higher ground There’s panic in the marketplace yet no one … Watch video »
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So Said Tony Hayward
A music video featuring imagery dredged from the internet, based on a song I wrote in July 2010. It’s a tango about the BP oil spill and its disastrous impacts on the environment. Watch video »
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Whatever It Takes: Protecting the Tar Sands, Protecting Capitalism
Something is rotten in the province of Alberta! And it’s not just the tar sands. It’s the way political and corporate elites do whatever it takes to extinguish potential threats … Keep reading »
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From Water Wars to the Fight for Climate Justice
Bolivia’s UN ambassador, Pablo Solón, gave this talk to the Shout Out for Global Justice, sponsored by the Council of Canadians and attended by nearly 3,000 people on June 25 … Keep reading »
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The Malthus Myth: Population, Poverty and Climate Change
Toronto, May 22, 2010. Ian Angus, editor of Climate and Capitalism, author of The Global Fight for Climate Justice, Anti-capitalist Responses to Global Warming and Environmental Destruction. Ian is also … Watch video »
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Cochabamba Eyewitness: A Great Boost to Ecosocialism
I attended the alternative Climate Conference in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba as part of an eight-person Quebec activist delegation. I came back convinced that we witnessed a turning point … Keep reading »
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Cochabamba: Climate Justice Has a New Program and New Hope for Victory
On April 22, a mass international assembly in Cochabamba, Bolivia, adopted a charter for action to protect our planet from ecological devastation. Following the failed climate negotiations in Copenhagen in … Keep reading »