Christmas in the radiation zone
In Fukushima people discuss radiation levels and how their land has become polluted with an invisible, enduring danger–and how they have become fearful as the government tries to convince them that it is now safe.
Stop the mine company invasion of Indigenous lands in Ontario
Climate and Capitalism urges all supporters of Indigenous rights and opponents of environmental destruction to support the KI Nation in northwest Ontario against the occupation of their land.
End poverty, overcome inequality, save the Earth:
Inextricably linked objectives in 2012
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development will take place in Brazil, June 20-22, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the 1992 World Summit held in Rio de Janeiro. Bolivia has submitted following statement for adoption by the conference.
Barry Commoner: Ecology and Social Action
Once we recognize that human beings are not bound to single ecological solutions, but can choose among several, liberating and democratic social action can follow. But if we elevate ecology from a biological science to a principal of social governance, the political consequences are invariably repressive.
We must pull the emergency brake
before the 1 per cent drive us off the cliff
The Durban fiasco shows clearly that we need a revolution. We need to summon an unprecedented collective will to take back the public sphere. We have to re-imagine our democracy, our cities, our societies, and our daily lives.
Indigenous peoples’ struggles 2011:
Another year of censored and under-reported news
Fifteen of the hundreds of stories of Indigenous struggles against corporate expansion and exploitation, struggles for human rights, land and dignity, that weren’t published in your daily paper
To protect energy profits, Capital gambles with humanity’s future
The forces ultimately behind the wheeling and dealing at Durban are engaging all of us in an inhuman gamble with dangers that are largely unknown.
Durban climate deal: Evil on a scale that is hard to grasp
“I have lost track of the number of times people from NGOs and official parties have said to me, ‘We cannot wait for the revolution to do something about climate change.’ But now I feel that if we wait for their system to stop climate change, we will wait forever.” -Jonathan Neale
Friends of the Earth International:
Disastrous Durban deal will accellerate climate catastrophe
Governments cannot do the job. The only hope for solutions to the climate crisis lies outside the negotiating halls, in the growing movement of workers, women, farmers, students, Indigenous Peoples, and others affected by this greedy economic system
Big land grabs accelerate dispossession of poor farmers
The poorest people in the global South are losing access to essential land and resources as a result of giant land deals, most of which are for biofuel production, not food.
Australian socialists debate ecosocialism
Should ecologically concerned socialists call themselves ecosocialists? Members of the Socialist Alliance conduct a public policy debate
How to not tackle climate change and call it a success
The Durban agreement doesn’t do what it should. And what it it does do, it shouldn’t
Will the right turn green?
Conservatives can’t deny climate change forever: a right-wing ‘green’ offensive against the working class and against democracy is a real possibility. Ecosocialists need to prepare now.
Indigenous peoples demand a halt to UN forest trading plan
“REDD+ threatens the survival of Indigenous Peoples and forest-dependent communities and could result in the biggest land grab of all time.”
The richest nations have cynically created a new regime of climate apartheid
Decisions resulting from the UN COP17 climate summit in Durban constitute a crime against humanity, says Climate Justice Now! a broad coalition of social movements and civil society
Global carbon emissions reach 10 billion tonnes
Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have increased by 49 per cent in the last two decades, according to the latest figures. If this continues, catastrophic climate change is inevitable
A vicious attack on the poor
Instead of confronting the system that creates poverty and causes environmental degradation, the population controllers aim to eliminate the poor.
Declaration of the indigenous peoples of the world to COP17
Statement to the United Nations climate change meeting (COP17), adopted by the International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC), December 3, 2011, Durban, South Africa
“I paint what I see,” said Rivera
Celebrating the 125th anniversary of the birth of the great Mexican muralist and revolutionary socialist, Diego Rivera.
Pablo Solon: Durban = ‘The Great Escape III’
Durban will be worse than Copenhagen and Cancun. Everyone knows that this is a catastrophe. But instead of becoming outraged, they attempt to sweeten the poison.