Capitalism

10/10/23
Author: 
Claudia Haydt - THE LEFT BERLIN
Die Linke rally with flag. - Photo: PantheraLeo1359531. CC4.0

Oct. 7, 2023

The interests of people must be foregrounded in leftist peace policy. Solidarity with victims of war, violence, and those in need motivates our stance. Nonetheless, supporting imperialist violence in the name of leftist values is not a solution.The interests of people must be foregrounded in leftist peace policy. Solidarity with victims of war, violence, and those in need motivates our stance. Nonetheless, supporting imperialist violence in the name of leftist values is not a solution.

08/10/23
Author: 
Mitchell Beer
Stock photo by August de Richelieu/Pexels

Oct. 8, 2023

Now that science is naming names and calling polluters to account, how much longer can banks and pension funds hold fossil companies close?

A news story earlier this year assigning responsibility for Western Canadian and U.S. wildfires may not have looked like a real and present threat to the investments and social licence that keep the oil and gas industry operating, extracting, and polluting.

08/10/23
Author: 
Pollon, Christopher
Super Pit gold mine at Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, 2005

Oct. 7, 2023

The world must minimize the environmental and social costs of mining.  Gold is a good place to start

Christopher Pollon is the author of Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places, from which this essay has been adapted.

At Barrick Gold Corp.’s 2021 annual general meeting, I was waiting in an online queue with a few other journalists when my turn came to ask a question of chief executive Mark Bristow, who at that moment presided over the second-biggest gold mining company on Earth.

07/10/23
Author: 
Katrina Miller
While Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre claims to be standing up for the working class, his anti-tax policies are likely to do them more harm. Photo by Taymaz Valley/Flickr (CC BY 2.0 DEED)

Oct. 4, 2023

Conservative politicians and right-wing organizations have crafted a traditional scapegoat for Canada’s affordability crisis — taxes.

After the prime minister recently announced that grocery chains making record profits could face new tax measures if they don’t get prices under control, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre came out swinging against the idea.

02/10/23
Author: 
Chris Lang
Greenwash cartoon

Oct. 1, 2023

It’s been clear from the beginning that the market for 'emissions offsets' is based on lies.

REDD-Monitor, September 30, 2023

 

01/10/23
Author: 
Vipal Monga
Flying over the Hudson Bay Lowlands to the Ring of Fire in Northern Ontario.

Sept. 28, 2023

$67 Billion of Rare Minerals Is Buried Under One of the World’s Biggest Carbon Sinks

A fight is brewing in Canada about how, or whether, to dig out materials essential for EV batteries that lie deep beneath vast peat bogs

The pace of the global transition to electric vehicles depends on the future of a remote region in Canada known as the Ring of Fire.

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