Category: Environment
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Climate Vandalism: The Earth is Burning
Phil Hearse investigates the latest stage of climate disaster, which threatens to unleash a cascade of unstoppable weather changes. Keep reading »
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“Fatalities are Part of Life” in a Capitalist Climate Emergency
Avoidable deaths of capitalism. Lives ended prematurely through policy or the pursuit of profit. In his wide-ranging analysis of working class life in Victorian England, The Condition of the Working … Keep reading »
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Glasgow COP26 and Beyond: Climate Justice Advocacy in the Glasgow Agreement
The Paris Climate Agreement and subsequent United Nations follow-up conferences have not taken seriously the ecological crisis now unfolding. Not only does prominent scientist James Hanson describe its tokenistic measures … Keep reading »
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Resisting Water Privatization in Europe: Key Reasons for Success
In the wake of the global financial crisis, water services have come under renewed neoliberal assault across Europe. At the same time, the struggle against water privatization has continued to … Keep reading »
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Does the USA Really Need Another Oil Pipeline? Enbridge and Line 3
Native American communities living alongside the route of the Line 3 pipeline project in northern Minnesota are asking all activists to join them in solidarity this June. Keep reading »
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Two Eco-Socialist Reports: The Struggle Over Old Growth Forests in B.C.
Fairy Creek: A New War in the Woods Since last August, activists have set up numerous blockades in protest of old growth logging in the Fairy Creek watershed. The self-named Rainforest … Keep reading »
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Ecosocialist Alliance Statement on G7 Conference
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US (and the EU) have a great part of the immense wealth of the richest countries in the world in 2021. … Keep reading »
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Everyday Life and the Ecological Crisis of Capitalism
When it was first published in German in 2017, Ulrich Brand’s and Markus Wissen’s book The Imperial Mode of Living attracted widespread attention and was discussed in mainstream media, while, … Keep reading »
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When Women Become Allies to Save Watersheds and Wildlife
The word “Minnesota” derives from one of two Dakota words, either Mni Sóta meaning clear blue water or Mnissota meaning cloudy water. Just one letter can change the entire meaning. … Keep reading »
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Green Economy, Green Capitalism? The Case Against The Case for Climate Capitalism
Even now, with a ten-year timeframe left for action, it’s rare for the climate crisis to be treated as the emergency it is. So, credit where due to Tom Rand. … Keep reading »
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Greenwashing with Bolsonaro: Heineken and Carrefour privatize the Amazon
The history of alliances between big capital and fascism has many different chapters and they continue to be written, but there has rarely been an uglier or more despicable example … Keep reading »
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The People’s Climate Commitment: The Glasgow Agreement
The purpose of the Glasgow Agreement is to reclaim the initiative from governments and international institutions and create an alternative tool for action and collaboration, for the climate justice movement. … Keep reading »