Article Subjects and Geography: Climate Change
Nine Theses on Ecosocialist Degrowth
July 1, 2023
In nine theses, Michael Löwy elaborates on the central themes of ecosocialist degrowth. "The ecological crisis," he begins, "is already the most important social and political question of the twenty-first century.… The future of the planet, and thus of humanity, will be decided in the coming decades."
Half-Earth Socialism and the Path Beyond Capital
February 1, 2023
The Half-Earth movement calls for rewilidng half the earth as a means of combating the planetary crisis. Brian Napoletano explores the implications of the Half-Earth approach as outlined Vettese and Pendergrass's Half-Earth Socialism.
Notes from the Editors, January 2023
January 1, 2023
This month's "Notes from the Editors" marks the 30-year anniversary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The abject failure of this framework to enact meaningful progress on the planetary crisis continued to be on full display in 2022, including at November's COP27 in Egypt.
Anthropocene, Capitalocene, and Other “-Cenes”: Why a Correct Understanding of Marx’s Theory of Value Is Necessary to Leave the Planetary Crisis
November 1, 2022
The perception that we are living in a critical historical period regarding the conditions of habitability on Earth—not only for humans but for many other living organisms too—is gaining more and more adepts among common people, academics, politicians, and social movements. This critical period has been typified as the planetary crisis of the Anthropocene Epoch and studies undertaken in the present century show that habitability on Earth is progressively deteriorating.
Socialism and Ecological Survival: An Introduction
July 1, 2022
Time is running out for humanity to avoid a catastrophic planetary tipping point. Widespread mass mobilizations of populations worldwide must fight to bring about revolutionary societal changes and dismantle neoliberal monopoly capitalism, with its reliance on extractive exploitation of our planet's resources and communities.
Surviving Through Community Building in Catastrophic Times
July 1, 2022
Over the last twenty years, China has gained recognition for its efforts to reduce pollution and remediate the effects of industrialization within its borders. To mitigate the adverse effects of this reality, communities are returning to grassroots projects that present an alternative to unchecked globalization.
Climate Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century
July 1, 2022
Climate imperialism has emerged as a new—and potentially even the most lethal—form of imperialism in the world economy today. Confronting it requires recognizing and dealing with all its different aspects. But it also requires addressing the monopolies of knowledge created by the global regime of intellectual property rights that has been instituted and cemented by hegemonic world powers.
We Only Have One PlanetÑDefending It Will Require Collective Measures
July 1, 2022
As climate change and the deforestation of the Amazon alters conditions of life across Latin America, it is clear that planetary defense will require an organized mass movement of all working people against the levers of global capital.
Measures to Defend Life on Planet Earth and Improve Living Conditions
July 1, 2022
Out of the dissatisfaction with the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Brazilian popular movements came together to propose measures to defend life on Earth.