The coronavirus, bats, and deforestation
What is a coronavirus? Where does the latest one come from? Why do we now face, about once every decade, an epidemic of some ‘new’ disease? In this article I answer these questions and demonstrate the link between COVID-19 and what might appear an unrelated issue — deforestation.
Including a response from Comrade Paddy Shannon and a counter-response from the author.
Anton Pannekoek. The destruction of nature
A recently rediscovered essay by an early 20th century socialist theorist demonstrates that ecological thinking has always been part of the socialist worldview.
