Ecosocialism

Alyssa Battistoni teaches political theory at Barnard College. She is the co-author of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal (Verso 2019) and is currently writing a book titled Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. Phil Gasper spoke with Alyssa on behalf of the New Politics editorial board on November 4, 2022.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Why Social Democracy Isn't Good Enough

14/01/23

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Second Thought

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You Tube

124,417 views Jan 13, 2023

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Public transit for people, not profit

11/01/23

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Vancouver Ecosocialist Group

Jan. 11, 2023

Everyone conscious of the problem of global warming understands that we must have fewer private cars on our streets. By lowering the cost of public transit (and ultimately to make it free) and increasing its accessibility, more riders will be attracted to it. Why can’t we have more buses and trains coming to more stops in neighbourhoods? Why can’t we make transit more affordable for people of lower income? Providing more public transit for less would be a step toward climate rationality and justice.

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The Ecosocialist Project: Climate Changes Everything

15/12/22

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Jonathan Neale

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System Change not Climate Change

Nov. 28, 2022

Ecosocialism in the age of climate change needs to stop being a niche, an abstract ideological program, and turn into a concrete, practical, non-dogmatic plan for the future.

We need to make some serious changes in the ecosocialist project.

It’s good that we have the idea of ecosocialism. Because the words stand for a basic idea that ecology and socialism go together. Linked, they are the hope of the world.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Luisa Cáceres: Commune-Building in Urban Venezuela

12/12/22

Author:

Chris Gilbert

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Monthly Review

Luisa Cáceres communards assembled beside communal mural. (Photo: Gerardo Rojas/Voces Urgentes)

Dec 01, 2022

Chris Gilbert is a professor of political science at the Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela, and the creator and co-host of the Marxist educational television program Escuela de Cuadros. This article is adapted from his upcoming book, Commune or Nothing!: Venezuela’s Communal Movement and Its Socialist Project (Monthly Review Press, 2023).

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Virtual launch of David Camfield's Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change.

06/12/22

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McNally Robinson Online Events

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You Tube

Virtual launch of David Camfield's Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change.

Streamed live on Oct 22, 2022

The virtual Canadian launch of Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change by David Camfield. This event moderated by Fiona Jeffries and includes conversation and words from Sara Birrell, James Hutt, and Saima Desai. This event is co-hosted by McNally Robinson Booksellers and Fernwood Publishing.

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A critique of degrowth

29/11/22

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David Schwartzman

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Climate and Capitalism

Ecosocialist responses to “degrowth” analysis and proposals have ranged from full support to total rejection. The author of the following critical commentary is an emeritus professor of biology at Howard University, and co-author of The Earth is Not for Sale (World Scientific, 2019). We encourage respectful responses in the comments, and hope to publish other views in future.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Who Holds Up Half the Earth? - Book Review of 'Half-Earth Socialism'

14/11/22

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Alex James and Neil Johnson

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Cosmonaut

Promotional graphic for ‘Half-Earth Socialism.’

Though the text being reviewed here is being negatively evaluated, I find it useful to see the list of categories being used by the reviewers. Not being much of a consumer of theoretical and scholastic writings, I had no such list before reading this. Perhaps others might find this useful. Gene McGuckin

Oct. 28, 2022

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Climate Crisis Speeds Up, Revolution Only Solution

14/11/22

Author:

Daniel Tanuro

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The Bullet

Nov. 11, 2022

November 11, 2022

Global warming, extreme severity of drought in Europe, heatwaves, snowball effect (or cascading reactions) among all these crisis factors… Risk of sudden changes in ocean circulation with incalculable consequences… This article addresses three points: the explanation of this incontestable observation, the possible evolution, and the policies to be implemented.

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Ecosocialism

An Interview with Alyssa Battistoni

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRq3pl17C8M

Ecosocialism in the age of climate change needs to stop being a niche, an abstract ideological program, and turn into a concrete, practical, non-dogmatic plan for the future.

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