On Naomi Klein’s Climate Change Battle
Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times So far, I’ve just dipped into This Changes Everything, but the introduction alone is a compelling read. I made my way through Shock Doctrine several…
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We Need System Change to Stop Climate Change
Photo by Joisey Showaa Viking I landed on Mars, the Ramones released their first album, the Soweto Uprising began in South Africa, North and South Vietnam reunified to become the…
A Debate on Capitalism, Environmentalism, and “Environmental Catastrophism”
Photo by Codo Once Again on “Environmental Catastrophism”: A Reply to Sam Gindin by Ian Angus Last year in Monthly Review, I debated Eddie Yuen, an anarchist who believes it…
RCMP Warning Of Oil and Gas Attacks
.@DavidMcLA @mikedesouza Remember, the RCMP are experts at critical energy infrastructure terrorism. http://t.co/6MhPHIS97R #Oil — Saskboy K. (@saskboy) September 15, 2014 The RCMP would know. @DavidMcLA does it tie into…
People’s Climate March Update
“If you don’t fight for what you want, then you deserve what you get.” – Disruption The People’s Climate March is in one week. The 50-minute film, Disruption, is a…
The Last Gasp of Climate Change Liberals
Photo by Neil Palmer The climate change march in New York on Sept. 21, expected to draw as many as 200,000 people, is one of the last gasps of conventional…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Rick Smith discusses the growing public appetite to fight back against burgeoning inequality – along with the need to make inequality a basic…
Freegan Food Activist Exposes Grocery Industry Waste
You’ve got to hear about Rob. He’s an interesting guy, doing what I did last Summer except on a much larger and more successful scale.
Ozone Layer is Recovering
Many years ago a bunch of countries decided to take action to stop damaging the ozone layer in the hopes that it will eventually recover. It’s great to see that…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Andrew Jackson examines the effect of a federal minimum wage – and how it would benefit both workers and employers. – Dylan…
A Rebel Architect in Vietnam Creates Green Space
Al Jazeera has a series on rebel architects who are improving the world around them. In the documentary they released today they look at award-winning architect Vo Trong Nghia’s work…
Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading. – Andrew Jackson writes that public investment is needed as part of a healthy economy, particularly when it’s clear that the private sector…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jordan Brennan examines the close links between strong organized labour and improved wages for all types of workers: U.S. scholars have found that…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ethan Corey and Jessica Corbett offer five lessons for progressives from Naomi Klein’s forthcoming This Changes Everything. – Following up on this…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Eve-Lyne Couturier discusses the rot in the state of Canadian labour negotiations, as workers outside of the 1% are being systematically denied any…
TreeCanada Maps Its Impact
TreeCanada has planted around 80 million trees! They do this because trees make the world a better, healthier place for everybody. They also plant trees to rejuvenate school yards (ones…
Nova Scotia is not ready for fracking
An independent panel commissioned by the government of Nova Scotia to examine the impact of hydraulic fracturing has concluded that Nova Scotia is not read for fracking. The post Nova…
The Elf on the #ReThink Tour
I met “Sustainable Joe” (Stephen) at Hillside this year, and barraged him with questions about his ride. I want one! And, at $5,000, I could probably make it happen. But…
On the Titanic and Tolstoy
I’ve heard this before somewhere, but I can’t find it to give due credit: Coping with climate change is like coping with being a passenger on the Titanic. Some won’t…