COP23 is "Useless" According to Dimitri Roussopoulos, Author of 'Political Ecology'

As the COP23 climate summit in Bonn, Germany enters its second and final week, Dimitri Roussopoulos, author of Political Ecology: The Climate Crisis and a New Social Agenda (Black Rose Books, 2017), dismisses the conference as another example of the failure of governments to deal the world's environmental crisis.

"Yet again," Roussopoulos reflects, "the various State representatives sit around a table, debating over technical minutiae while the slow-motion climate Apocalypse continues. The whole exercise is useless. Insignificant progress has been made since the much-lauded Paris Accord in 2015, which even James Hansen lambasted as a 'fraud'. Our governments have failed us."

In Montreal, Jason Prince launches 'Free Public Transport: And Why We Don't Pay to Ride Elevators'!

The new book, Free Public Transport: And Why We Don't Pay to Ride Elevators, is making waves in the Montreal elections! Black Rose Books is pleased to report that an unprecedented 70 or so people attended the Montreal book launch at Paragraph Books on October 4th. Co-editor Jason Prince was joined by Dimitri Roussopoulos (Black Rose Books), Bertrand Schepper (IRIS), and Amir Khadir (Québec Solidaire). 

Climate Pushes Doomsday Clock Close to Midnight [TruthDig Article]

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/climate_pushes_doomsday_clock_close_to_midnight_20150126“In 2015, unchecked climate change, global nuclear weapons modernisations, and outsized nuclear weapons arsenals pose extraordinary and undeniable threat......>

The Kurdish Social Revolution in Rojava - Statement from the Academic Delegation to Rojava

Web Source: http://new-compass.net/articles/statement-academic-delegation-rojavaThe battle over Kobanê, which began in the summer of 2014, has brought to the world’s attention the Kurdish resistance to the brutal forces that call themselves Isl......>

“No. This is a Genuine Revolution”

Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics, activist, anarchist David Graeber had written an article for the Guardian in October, in the first weeks of the ISIS attacks to Kobane (North Syria), and asked why the world was ignoring......>

Impressions of Rojava: a report from the revolution

In early December an international delegation visited Rojava’s Cezire canton where they learned about the ongoing revolution, cooperation and tolerance. From December 1 to 9, I had the privilege of visiting Rojava as part of a delegation of acad......>

Here's What They're Saying About Volume 3 of Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas

The most recent issue of the Bulletin of the Pinelli Archive in Italy, No. 42, contains a very complimentary review of Volume 3 of Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas. Here is a summary of the review, courtesy of Davide Turcato, ......>

How income inequality hurts America - Sep. 25, 2013

Please read --- THE ESSENCE OF CAPITALISM - the origins of the future by Humphrey McQueen http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/25/news/economy/income-inequality/index.html How income inequality hurts America NEW YORK (CNNMoney) It's not just income ine......>

Powerful analysis

Powerful analysis. You can then get the book "World Social Forum - Challenging Empires" by Jai Sen and Peter Waterman, isbn 978-1-55164-308-3, published by Black Rose Books. And if you want action, come to the People's Social Forum, in Ottawa, 21......>

On Why Struggles over Urban Space Matter: An Interview with David Harvey

Why do urban struggles matter in projects of social change? What is the importance of reclaiming public space in social movements? And at this gloomy global moment of extreme urban disparities and social inequalities, how do we re-think what is po......>