Ecology 鈥 together with democratic confederalism and women鈥檚 liberation 鈥 is an essential pillar of the Rojava Revolution. What is happening in Rojava is about more than just protecting nature by limiting damage to it; it is about reestablishing the balance between people and nature.
Ecosocialism
The climate emergency听is already impacting all our lives. As it gets worse, we will be affected by more听catastrophic听floods and storms, bushfires and droughts. Globally there will be less clean water and farmland available. It is a result of an economic system 鈥 capitalism 鈥 in which private companies鈥 profit-making is privileged over the real needs of communities and their environments.
There are no easy fixes, but to succeed, climate activists must build a broader movement to challenge and transcend global capitalism, writes Hans Baer.
editor Ian Angus looks at six new books for ecosocialists. Inclusion doesn鈥檛 not imply endorsement.
John Bellamy Foster听is editor of Marxist journal Monthly Review, whose books include 惭补谤虫鈥檚 Ecology (2002) and The Ecological Revolution (2009). He spoke to听Fiona Ferguson, a听Belfast-based听activist in听People Before Profit. The interview below is posted the Irish socialist website听.
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Victor Wallis
Political Animal Press 2018
Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus takes a look at a series of new books of interest for ecosocialists.
Ian Angus, editor of Climate and Capitalism, takes a look at six new books of interest to ecosocialists 鈥 听from pro-corporate 鈥渆nvironmentalism鈥 to the struggle of indigenous peoples in Latin America and the scramble for Africa鈥檚 natural resources.
editor Ian Angus looks at six new books for reds and greens covering climate change and disease鈥 capitalist power and the planet鈥檚 future鈥 brain, body, and environment鈥 听oceanic art and science鈥 essential fungi and life, and the political economy of water.
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By Mary Beth Pfeiffer
Island Press, 2018
Ian Angus,听editor of Climate and Capitalism, compiles a new list of essential readings for ecosocialists.
Two decades ago, barely anyone called themselves an ecosocialist. Yet today the term is widespread on the left.
This comes from an awareness that any viable alternative to capitalism must do away with the current destructive relationship between human society and the wider natural world. It also stems from a recognition that too many socialists in the 20th century failed to take environmental issues seriously.
Over the past three decades, US-based Marxist journal听Monthly Review听has stood out as a major source of ecosocialist analysis. This has been especially evident in recent months, with the publication by Monthly Review Press of three pathbreaking books:
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