Ian Angus's Blog, page 159

Capitalist democracy, illustrated

Welcome to our level playing field

Poisoning people in Pennsylvania: Business as usual

These nuclear corporations helped to destroy a town and its people. They left behind contaminated land and water and sick and dead residents ... and now they are attacking the victims

Weekend reading, 13

Is this democracy? ... Wilderness myths ... Water racket ... Beyond food miles ... Open letter to Obama ... Water crisis infographic

Climate change exposes New York’s deep class divide

Hurricane Sandy and the suffering it has caused are intimately related to the business that the dark towers of Lower Manhattan symbolize. In the hardest hit areas, Occupy activists are organizing grassroots relief efforts

Essential ecosocialist reading in Korean

A Korean edition of "What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism"

Why natural disasters are good for capitalism

The perverse logic of capitalism means that Hurricane Sandy will lead to a measurable boost in economic activity

Neil Smith on the fight for the unity of nature

"Socialism is neither a utopia nor a guarantee. It is however the place and the time where and when the unity of nature becomes a real possibility."

World’s small farmers meet to promote agroecology

La Via Campesina meeting brings together educators and schools to continue their efforts to promote farming methods that protect nature and empower women and peasants around the world

Toronto conference: Stop Ontario’s tar sands pipeline!

Join us at a day-long grass-roots education and organizing meeting, Saturday Nov. 17

Sandy, climate change, and media hot air

While BusinessWeek points at global warming, the usual crowd of deniers and pseudo-skeptics is once again promoting doubt.