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There is still time for an ecological revolution to prevent hothouse earth
The only thing that could alter this dire situation, all over the world, is the rise of another power in society. We need not millions but hundreds of millions of people, necessarily predominantly working class, in the street day in and day out.
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Is nuclear power a solution to the climate crisis?
Faith that environmental catastrophe can best be avoided by technological gadgetry rather than a change in social relationships received a big shot in the arm with the May 2018 publication of Energy: A Human History by prolific author Richard Rhodes. Rhodes profoundly misses the connection between technology and class relationships when he presents nuclear power […]
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The imperialism of finance capital and ‘trade wars’
Trump wants to resolve the crisis for America, caused by neo-liberalism, within the basic confines of neo-liberalism itself, i.e. without violating its core characteristic, which is free global mobility of finance.
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Climate change in the Anthropocene: an unstoppable drive to Hothouse Earth?
Leading Earth System scientists warn: “The Earth System may be approaching a planetary threshold that could lock in a continuing rapid pathway toward much hotter conditions.… Incremental linear changes to the present socioeconomic system are not enough to stabilize the Earth System.”
- The mind of the mass media August 28, 2018
- Modern slavery: the labor history behind the new nationwide prison strike August 28, 2018
- 18 theses on Marxism and animal liberation August 28, 2018
- In battling floods, Kerala is also forced to fight the hostility of the Indian government August 27, 2018
- Utopia and materialist critique August 27, 2018
- Boots Riley’s critique of Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” August 27, 2018
- There is still time for an ecological revolution to prevent hothouse earth August 27, 2018
- Invitation to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the 1968 Miss America protest August 25, 2018
- Geoengineering and environmental capitalism August 25, 2018
- Is climate the worst casualty? August 25, 2018
- Is nuclear power a solution to the climate crisis? August 24, 2018
- Neoliberal fascism and the echoes of history August 24, 2018
- Sanctions, sanctions, sanctions–the final demise of the dollar hegemony? August 24, 2018
- Interview with Angel Prado (Part II): “The commune holds the solution to the crisis” August 24, 2018
- U.S. military presence in Latin America & the Caribbean August 23, 2018
- It is imperative to reconstruct the Internationale of workers and peoples August 23, 2018
- The 21st Century has been hard on U.S. households August 23, 2018
- New York State Parole Board: Failures in staffing and performance August 22, 2018
- From Boston to Ferguson to Charlottesville: the evolution of a Police State lockdown August 22, 2018
- Interview with Angel Prado (Part I): “The commune holds the solution to the crisis” August 21, 2018
- What is behind Facebook deleting teleSUR English’s page? August 21, 2018
- Colonialism 2.0 in Latin America and the Caribbean August 21, 2018
- Rise in extreme weather events in India raises concerns over climate change impact August 20, 2018
- What’s Left in Nicaragua after Ortega August 20, 2018