FOSSIL FUELS MUST STAY IN THE GROUND! DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES! AN ECO-SOCIALIST LEFT FRONT MEETING: 9TH JUNE AT 7 PM BST. As the G7 meets in the UK, you are invited to a meeting at 7pm on June 9th 2021 to discuss how eco-socialists from different organisations and traditions can challenge G7 on issues from the vaccine to fossil fuels, climate crisis, … [Read more...]
BRAZIL: THE FIGHT AGAINST BOLSONARO AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION
Among the most ferocious regimes of recent times is that of Bolsonaro in Brazil. And now, at its first electoral test since he won the presidency in 2018, his party has suffered a humiliating defeat in local elections. In Sao Paolo and in Recife, it came fourth; in Manaus, fifth; and in Belo Horizonte, it won less than10% of the vote. This is against a background where Brazil’s currency has … [Read more...]
Covid-19 and the Environmental Crisis
By Ed Bober This pandemic is an early warning of what the climate crisis will bring to humanity: a greatly reduced inability to travel, scarcity including the risk of starvation, the collapse and overwhelming of services to protect the population. All politicians will face new levels of criticism and scrutiny by the mass of the people. In terms of political responses, there are some … [Read more...]
AMAZON: THE FIRE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
By David Hemson Pictures of black tree lines outlined by the red background of a fire, of thousands of blazing fires mapped along the Amazon, have commanded the attention of every thinking person. As in a horror movie, our planet appears to turn to flame and burn to ash as runaway fires stream across the TV screen. Astonishingly, the firing of the Amazon is not the only incendiary tragedy of … [Read more...]
Amazon: The Fire of Climate Change
Article by David Hemson Pictures of black tree lines outlined by the red background of a fire, of thousands of blazing fires mapped along the Amazon, have commanded the attention of every thinking person. As in a horror movie, our planet appears to turn to flame and burn to ash as runaway fires stream across the TV screen. Astonishingly, the firing of the Amazon is not the only incendiary … [Read more...]