Capitalism

From Oregon in the United States, to Antalya and Bodrum in Turkey, to some of the coldest areas of Siberia, in the last month wildfires have been devastating thousands of acres amidst temperatures above 40°C. The flip side of this has been simultaneously catastrophic floods in Germany and China. As this article was being prepared, wildfires threatened to ignited huge coal stocks at the Milas power station in Turkey.

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Capitalism

Canada’s oil and gas sector filled up on federal COVID emergency cash

13/08/21

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

August 13th 2021

At a time when climate science demands a rapid transition off fossil fuels, Ottawa approved more than $1.3 billion for oil and gas companies through the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS).

According to a January 2021 meeting note Canada’s National Observer received through a federal access-to-information request, “over $1.3B has been approved for the petroleum sector companies” as of Oct. 29, 2020 through CEWS.

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To Save Ourselves, We’ll Need This Very Different Economy

12/08/21

Author:

William E. Rees

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The Tyee

‘Ecological overshoot’ is causing climate change, the pandemic and more. Is our political system capable of doing what’s needed? Photo by Paddy O Sullivan.

10 Aug 2021

What would ‘getting serious’ about the survival of civilization look like?

The pandemic is a big problem. Climate change is an even bigger problem. But the meta-problem is ecological overshoot.

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“The End of Neoliberalism”: Rep. Ro Khanna Hails “Historic” $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan

12/08/21

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Democracy Now

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Democracy Now

“The End of Neoliberalism”: Rep. Ro Khanna Hails “Historic” $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan

Aug. 11, 2021

Transcript [Watch video at link]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.

AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González.

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Rebuked for Funding False Climate Solutions

11/08/21

Author:

Brett Wilkins

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Common Dreams

Demonstrators from the Sierra Club, Workers For Progress, Our Revolution, and the Chesapeake Climate Action Network picket in front of the office of U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as part of the Thrive National Day of Action on June 3, 2021 in Morgantown, West Virginia. (Photo: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network)

Aug. 10, 2021

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The Solutions to the Climate Crisis No One is Talking About

11/08/21

Author:

Robert Reich

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Common Dreams

The Solutions to the Climate Crisis No One is Talking About

April 25, 2020

Make no mistake: the simultaneous crisis of inequality and climate is no fluke. Both are the result of decades of deliberate choices made, and policies enacted, by ultra-wealthy and powerful corporations.

Both our economy and the environment are in crisis. Wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few while the majority of Americans struggle to get by. The climate crisis is worsening inequality, as those who are most economically vulnerable bear the brunt of flooding, fires, and disruptions of supplies of food, water, and power.

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Robbing the soil, 1: Commons and classes before capitalism

08/08/21

Author:

Ian Angus

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Climate and Capitalism

August 1, 2021

“All progress in capitalist agriculture is a progress in the art, not only of robbing the worker, but of robbing the soil.” (Karl Marx)

Robbing the Soil is a new series of articles on capitalist agriculture, part of my continuing project on metabolic rifts. Your constructive comments, suggestions, and corrections will help me get it right. -IA

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Power, Workers, and the Fight for Climate Justice

08/08/21

Author:

Tara Olivetree (Ehrcke)

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Midnight Sun

7. 12. 2021

Power

Who has more power than Shell Oil? This is one of the first questions a climate activist should ask themselves, because without finding an answer, we can’t win.

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The Transformative Cities People’s Choice Award and the Atlas Of Utopias

08/08/21

Author:

Sol Trumbo Vila, originally published by Transnational Institute

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Resilience

View of Old Town from the Olaf Tower, Vyborg, Leningrad oblast, Russia

A wealth of material here, along with some complex thinking and complex assumptions. Not at all sure what can be used in the increasingly urgent situations confronting us, or even whether cities are, in fact, the right theatres-of-action to concentrate on--Canadian cities being especially hamstrung by their lack of taxing power and, therefore, their lack of power to choose and implement policies. BUT these folks are thinking about strategies and tactics, not just desirable goals, so I'll be going back over this a few times.

Solidarity,

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Capitalism

The root economic causes of the climate crisis appear nowhere in the report, but must be at the centre of movements’ efforts

What would ‘getting serious’ about the survival of civilization look like?

Make no mistake: the simultaneous crisis of inequality and climate is no fluke. Both are the result of decades of deliberate choices made, and policies enacted, by ultra-wealthy and powerful corporations.

“All progress in capitalist agriculture is a progress in the art, not only of robbing the worker, but of robbing the soil.” (Karl Marx)

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