Austerity
Politico – Greece’s aging power grid blamed for catastrophic wildfires
This is the consequences of the EU destroying a country’s public infrastructure through austerity. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis
Terina Hine – Climate breakdown is a class issue
It should be obvious that it is the working class who will suffer most from climate breakdown, but sometimes the obvious must be pointed out again and again. Cross-posted from Counterfire Blue skies, blistering sun, […]
Climate Crisis
John Bellamy Foster, Lynn Fries – Challenges to the unsustainable exploitation of human beings and the earth converged across civilizations
In this third segment of a series on ecology and materialism, John Bellamy Foster concludes that across different societies starting from ancient China, the Hellenistic world and India, there is a parallelism of class struggles. […]
Climate Crisis
Bill McKibben – Europe’s extreme summer shows the climate can’t be hushed
Wildfires have brought the issue of climate action back into the public debate, just as politicians had thought they were safe to dump it for good. Bill McKibben is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury […]
Climate Crisis
Matt Huber – The Class Divide Haunting Climate Politics
Workers are favourable to pro-climate policies that speak directly to their everyday material concerns. In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Chris Bambery – Spain is struggling to cope with climate breakdown
Whether it is wildfires, floods or droughts, Spain’s climate has become increasingly extreme and the southern European country is moving from one ecological crisis to the next. Chris Bambery is an author, political activist and […]
Climate Crisis
BBC: Rhine drought strands ships and forces German production shutdowns
As Europe lives through a long, hot summer, one of the continent’s major rivers is getting drier – posing major problems for the people and businesses that rely on it. Read Article HERE A BBC […]
Climate Crisis
Abby Martin, Chris Hedges – Why the U.S. Military is ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy’
In Abby Martin’s new film, ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy,’ she exposes how the US military has unleashed death, devastation and more pollution than any other institution in the world on the global populace. In their most […]
Climate Crisis
John Bellamy Foster, Lynn Fries – A socialist transformation cannot ignore the transformation of human relations with nature
In Part 2, John Bellamy Foster debunks the misconception that socialism and materialism had no role in the development of ecological analysis. His research shows that socialist transformation involves the transformation of human relations with […]
Climate Crisis
Al Jazeera – France and Spain brace for heatwave that could worsen raging wildfires
We are well beyond the point of predicting how climate crises will compound and multiply one another: it is happening in Europe now. Read the article HERE.