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Archive | Marxist Ecology
John Bellamy Foster answers three questions on Marxism and ecology
In the present planetary epoch, the concept of sustainable human development, as a way of conceiving of socialism, represents Marx’s most valuable legacy. No other ecological analysis has such breadth and power.
How will we get to an ecological civilization?
Capitalism’s infrastructure, which is designed to dominate nature, cannot simply be taken over and used for an ecological transformation. Only a complete, root-and-branch change will do the job.
Marxism, ecology, and the great transition
An important new essay by John Bellamy Foster initiates a public discussion on Marxism’s role in preventing a global environmental catastrophe
Ecosocialist resources, October 2015
Method in Ecological Marxism; Naomi Klein interview; Shell in the Arctic; Oil-Sands Glut; Human impact on forests; Finance and the biosphere; Honeybees
Harry Magdoff on the environment capitalism makes
Before the word ‘ecosocialism’ existed, the co-editor of Monthly Review was discussing ecosocialist ideas.
When did the Anthropocene begin, and why does it matter?
Ian Angus: “Socialists cannot ignore a change of this magnitude, or treat it as just one aspect of our program. In our time, understanding and responding to the Anthropocene must be at the top of the socialist agenda.”
Ecological crisis and the tragedy of the commodity
Forget the ‘tragedy of the commons.’ The real cause of environmental crises is a system that commodifies nature and values profit above life itself
Green capitalism: the god that failed
Book review: “Economic expansion is unavoidable under capitalism, and destruction of the planet is the inexorable result.”
Karl Marx: The first ecological sociologist?
Participants in this graduate seminar “were united in expressing surprise at just how prescient Marx’s observations regarding human-environment relations were.”
Ernest Mandel on productivism, limits to growth, and socialist human development
A forgotten comment by a noted Marxist, on our collective responsibility to preserve natural wealth so that future generations can survive and flower.
Unsustainable growth can’t be wished away
When it comes to explaining destructive growth, many green writers confuse cause and effect
Forces, relations, and 21st century ecosocialism
Paul Street: A shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy is technically achievable. The barriers are economic, social and political.
An absurd attack on Naomi Klein and John Bellamy Foster
Are the authors of ‘This Changes Everything’ and ‘Marx’s Ecology’ undermining the fight for radical social and environmental change?
The rise and fall of environmentalism in the early Soviet Union
In the 1920s, the Soviet Union led the world in environmental protection and ecological science. That experience, and its tragic reversal, has important lessons for ecosocialists today.
Ecosocialist resources, 60
The problem is capitalism; New York Climate Summit; America’s ridiculously rich; Education in Cuba; Fracking to disaster; Marx and modern agriculture
Barry Commoner and the Great Acceleration
Long before today’s scientists accepted the idea, socialist-ecologist Barry Commoner argued that there had been a qualitative change in humanity’s relationship with nature in the years following World War II … and explained why it happened and what it means for our future.
Conference to examine capital and climate change
Call For Papers: Climate change stream at the Eleventh London Historical Materialism Conference, November 2014
Marxism and ecological economics
Book Review: Marxist class analysis can answer many of the questions raised by ecological economists, and ecological economics can enrich Marxism
Haymarket has good news for ecosocialists
Finally! One of the two most important books on Marxism and ecology is coming soon in paperback