Article Author: Ian Angus
An Ecological Civilization Will Have to Be Socialist
January 1, 2025
In this interview with Claudia Antunes of Brazilian magazine Sumaúma, Ian Angus takes stock of our current planetary crisis, from its origins in Marx’s ecological thought and the present debate over its designation to the future of human civilization as we know it. “The key question is,” he concludes, “Are we going to see large number of people moving for change?”
The Meaning of ‘So-Called Primitive Accumulation’
April 1, 2023
Ian Angus is editor of the online journal Climate & Capitalism and author most recently of The War Against the Commons (Monthly Review Press, 2023), where this article appears as… READ MORE
The Fishing Revolution and the Origins of Capitalism
March 1, 2023
Ian Angus is editor of the online ecosocialist journal Climate & Capitalism and a founding member of the Global Ecosocialist Network. He is the author of Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil… READ MORE
Marx and Engels and Russia’s Peasant Communes
October 1, 2022
Ian Angus edits the web journal Climate & Capitalism. His books include A Redder Shade of Green (Monthly Review Press, 2017) and Facing the Anthropocene (Monthly Review Press, 2016) What… READ MORE
Facing the Anthropocene: An Update
November 1, 2020
Ian Angus edits the website Climate and Capitalism. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including A Redder Shade of Green (Monthly Review Press, 2017). This article is… READ MORE
The Trial of Thomas Hardy: A Forgotten Chapter in the Working-Class Fight for Democratic Rights
November 1, 2019
Ian Angus edits the website Climate and Capitalism and is the author, most recently, of A Redder Shade of Green: Intersections of Science and Socialism (Monthly Review Press, 2017). An… READ MORE
Superbugs in the Anthropocene: A Profit-Driven Plague
June 1, 2019
Ian Angus edits the website Climate and Capitalism and is the author, most recently, of A Redder Shade of Green: Intersections of Science and Socialism (Monthly Review Press, 2017). He… READ MORE
Cesspools, Sewage, and Social Murder: Environmental Crisis and Metabolic Rift in Nineteenth-Century London
July 1, 2018
Ian Angus edits the website Climate and Capitalism and is the author, most recently, of A Redder Shade of Green: Intersections of Science and Socialism (Monthly Review Press, 2017). A… READ MORE
Marx and Engels and the ‘Red Chemist’: The Forgotten Legacy of Carl Schorlemmer
March 1, 2017
Ian Angus is the editor of Climate and Capitalism and the author of A Redder Shade of Green: Intersections of Science and Socialism, forthcoming from Monthly Review Press. One basis… READ MORE