Extraction of raw materials could rise 60% by 2060 – and making mining ‘greener’ won’t stop the damage
Gareth Dale debunks the notion that mass extraction of minerals is necessary for an ecologically sustainable society.
The politics of degrowth – technology, ideology, and the fight for eco-socialism
What does Marxism bring to degrowth, or what does degrowth bring to Marxism?
Capitalism cannot save us from the climate crisis
The pursuit of profit and economic growth is pushing us beyond safe limits of global heating, biodiversity loss and ocean acidification.
We only want the earth: a new pamphlet from rs21
rs21 has published a new pamphlet by Gus Woody ‘We only want the earth: Anti-capitalism against the climate crisis’
Jet Zero: a one way ticket to climate hell
The package of plans to make the aviation industry ‘green’ is a charade driven by considerations of profit, economic growth and aviation’s corporate consumers.
Reaching for the emergency brake at Endgames? Capitalism and the climate emergency
On 26 October, rs21 hosted a day of discussions in London about capitalism and the climate emergency. In this roundtable discussion, participants examined currently existing left programmes for decarbonisation.
Socialism with a bit of greenwash can’t save the planet either
In his polemic, Mike Haynes argues that if socialists of the Global North are to address the climate crisis, they must also adjust their expectations of what a world with prosperity for all will look like.
Review: Green Growth
Stephen Graham reviews Green growth: Ideology, Political Economy and the Alternatives