Ecosocialism

03/01/20
Author: 
Trade Unions for Energy Democracy
Bernie’s Green New Deal

January 3, 2020 

Bernie’s Green New Deal is the real deal. It is very different from the Green New Deal proposals of other leading Democratic presidential hopefuls.

02/01/20
Author: 
Steve Paikin
The Socialist Manifesto - Bhaskar Sunkara

TV Ontario           Nov 25, 2019


Socialism for the 21st Century

The Agenda with Steve Paikin


Episode: 21st Century Socialism; Naomi Klein; Organ Donation

 

31/12/19
Author: 
Ryan Pollock
Construction workers are seen as they work with steel rebar during the construction of a building on May 17, 2019 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle / Getty

12.30.2019

Editor: This article is about how to get building trade unions in California and Texas to back a resolution supporting a Green New Deal or similar policy package.  Be sure to check out other articles linked within to read about what other strategies union organizers have pursued to this end. This will be of interest for how such tactics or strategies could be adapted in Canada.

27/12/19
Author: 
Glen Ford
Jo No Malarkey

 

The outcome of the early primaries may erase Joe Biden’s “electability” luster and plunge the Lords of Capital into a panic in which all bets are off on what’s left of democratic liberties.

The catastrophic defeat of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party in last week’s elections does, indeed, foreshadow what’s in store for Bernie Sanders if the U.S. ruling class believes the self-styled socialist has a real chance of winning the Democratic presidential nomination.

21/12/19
Author: 
Matt Huber
Motorists navigate a flooded highway during the onslaught of Typhoon Kammuri on December 3, 2019 in Lipa town, Batangas province, Philippines. (Ezra Acayan / Getty Images)

To build the power to take on climate change, we can’t simply validate individual movements or assume single-issue struggles will add up to something greater than the sum of their parts. We need class politics to connect the dots of our many struggles — and to save the planet.

Review of On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal, by Naomi Klein (Simon & Schuster, 2019).

21/12/19
Author: 
Joël Foramitti, Marula Tsagkari, Christos Zografos
Moss Graffiti | Image: Kulturlabor Trial&Error, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

A reduction of economic activity is necessary and just – and can lead to human flourishing.

To sustain the natural basis of our life, we must slow down. We have to reduce the amount of extraction, pollution, and waste throughout our economy. This implies less production, less consumption, and probably also less work.
07/12/19
Author: 
Geoff Berner
Vancouver protest march fall 2019 - Chris Yakimov

Canada’s newest political party describes itself as greener than the greens and more left than the NDP

Dec. 3, 2019

Vancouver writer and musician Geoff Berner is a board member of Canada’s newest electoral political party, the BC Ecosocialists. The following is an abridged version of a presentation he made on behalf of the board at the party’s official launch, held Oct. 28 in Vancouver.

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