Capitalism

British anticapitalist group calls for broad ecosocialist movement

24/08/23
Author: 
Anticapitalist Resistance
Link: 
Climate and Capitalism
Ecosocialism 2023

Aug. 23, 2023

Appeal proposes conference to discuss strategy and turn theory into action

This appeal was published on August 23 by the British group Anticapitalist Resistance. This is an important initiative, but its success will depend whether it involves a wide range of ecosocialist currents in launching a non-sectarian and action-oriented coalition. 

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Category: 
Capitalism
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Ecosocialism
Global
Protest - Revolt
Social
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The Dangerous Contrivance of “Climate Change”

24/08/23
Author: 
Kirkpatrick Sale
Link: 
Counterpunch
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair

Aug. 24, 2023

It’s time to put an end to this whole “climate change” contrivance.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Capitalism
Climate Change
Climate Science
Coal
Ecology/Environment
Energy
Global
Industry Spin
Social
Transportation
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Even the Super-Rich Can't Escape the Heat

16/08/23
Author: 
Stan Cox, originally published by City Lights
Link: 
Resilience
“You could fry an egg in the Sun Belt” by Priti Gulati Cox

Aug. 16, 2023

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Capitalism
Climate Change
Global
Social
USA
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The politics of degrowth Technology, ideology, and the fight for eco-socialism

16/08/23
Author: 
Paul Fleckenstein and Gareth Dale
Link: 
Tempest
 rawpixel - fire and figure walking in front
Aug. 16, 2023
 

Degrowth identifies and critiques growth as fundamental to the capitalist system. Growth enriches property owners and the wealthy, leaving the rest of humanity behind with devastating environmental consequences. Tempest member Paul Fleckenstein interviews Gareth Dale on the politics of degrowth and the critique of the ideology of growth in capitalist society.

 
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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Agriculture
Capitalism
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Ecosocialism
Forestry
Global
Industry Spin
Labour - Unions
Social
War/military
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Climate change: Why action on the crisis is all hot air

16/08/23
Author: 
Jonathan Cook
Link: 
Middle East Eye
A firefighter tackles a wildfire in the Mojave National Preserve, California, on 30 July 2023 (AFP)

Aug. 11, 2023

Neoliberalism's relentless cheerleaders are largely unchallenged in their dangerous belief that capitalism's growth paradigm can be squared with sustainability. It may cost us the Earth

The debate about the climate crisis should have been settled in the early 1990s. And yet, three decades later, the extent, imminence and even existence of a looming catastrophe are still hotly disputed. That is not by accident.

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Capitalism
Climate Change
Coal
Global
Green New Deal/LEAP
Industry Spin
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
Social
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B.C.’s dirty little secret: it is ramping up thermal coal exports

14/08/23
Author: 
Derrick O'Keefe
Link: 
Ricochet Media
Photo - Flickr - coal mining

Aug. 14, 2023

As wildfires rage around the world, Canadian billionaire Jim Pattison is doubling down on the dirtiest fossil fuel

British Columbia continues to expand its exports of the dirtiest fossil fuel on Earth. And even though Canada’s federal government has promised to end thermal coal exports by 2030, B.C.’s richest person keeps increasing his investment in Canada’s busiest coal export terminal.

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British Columbia
Capitalism
Climate Change
Coal
Global
Indigenous Peoples
Social
USA
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How Labor Exploitation and Climate Change Intersect

12/08/23
Author: 
Sonali Kolhatkar
Link: 
LA Progressive
Delivery - Photo by Aaron Doucett on Unsplash

Aug. 11, 2023

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Capitalism
Climate Change
Labour - Unions
Protest - Revolt
Social
USA
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Challenging the Corporate-Driven Food Reset

11/08/23
Author: 
Colin Todhunter, Dissident Voice.
Link: 
Popular Resistance
photo: Graphic from the International Panel of Expert on Sustainable Food System (IPES-Food).

Aug. 8, 2023

The prevailing globalised agrifood model is built on unjust trade policies, the leveraging of sovereign debt, population displacement and land dispossession. It fuels commodity monocropping and food insecurity as well as soil and environmental degradation.

It is responsible for increasing rates of illness, nutrient-deficient diets, a narrowing of the range of food crops, water shortages, chemical runoffs, increasing levels of farmer indebtedness, the undermining and destruction of local communities and the eradication of biodiversity.

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Category: 
Agriculture
Capitalism
Global
Industry Spin
Social
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Running Amoc - Despite grave new warnings about the depth of the climate crisis, plutocrats are fighting to keep their profits

09/08/23
Author: 
George Monbiot
Link: 
The Guardian
‘More oil and gas licences are justified on the grounds that one day someone might be able to capture and bury the CO2 they produce.’ Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Aug. 1, 2023

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Capitalism
Climate Change
Global
Social
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When a Canadian gas company was under fire for environmental destruction, Global Affairs jumped in to help

09/08/23
Author: 
John Woodside
Link: 
National Observer
Bob Rae - Illustration by Ata Ojani/Canada's National Observer

Aug. 9, 2023

Weeks after a Canadian company was publicly accused of ignoring concerns about its oil and gas drilling near a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the company’s most senior leadership turned to Global Affairs Canada for help.

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Category: 
Canada
Capitalism
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Global
Indigenous Peoples
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
Social
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