Trillions of dollars in resources and scientific talent are devoted to war rather than to ending poverty, disease, and environmental destruction. That is among the greatest tragedies in all human history.
Ecosocialist resources, May 2017
Seven essential essays and reports for activists who aim to change the world and save the world
Ecosocialists debate James Hansen’s climate change exit strategy
Should ecosocialists reject a program that includes carbon pricing? Ian Angus and John Bellamy Foster reply to Daniel Tanuro’s criticism of their approach.
Three Manifestos: Climate Struggles and Ecosocialism
On the eve of the Peoples Climate March, we look back at three major statements that have shaped the global ecosocialist movement
Carl Schorlemmer as a historian of science
In addition to his major contributions to the theory and practice of organic chemistry, the Red Chemist authored the first history of the subject, a book written from the standpoint of historical materialism.
CO2 over 410 for the first time in human history
As Trump stops climate action and Trudeau promotes tar sands, atmospheric carbon dioxide reaches highest levels in millions of years.
Letting Go
Richard Seymour on the world that is being destroyed and environmental melancholy: ‘We despair, but we do not submit.’
John Bellamy Foster: ‘We need a resistance movement for the planet’
The climate movement is central, but we have to fight on all fronts, combining broad defense of human rights and opposition to war and imperialism, with the fight to save Earth as a place of human habitation.
Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were
Martin Empson reviews an important book for activists, a frightening examination of the impact of industrial agriculture on the environment, and particularly biodiversity.
Zapatistas urge scientists to join in building a better world
With all the damage that the capitalists have done to the people through their misuse of science, can you create a science that is truly human? Can we work collectively to defend life and humanity?
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Carl Shorlemmer’s contributions to chemistry were described in this biographical note, published 99 years ago. And there is a statue of him in Germany.