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People Land Truth: A free anniversary ebook by Intercontinental Cry

Essential reading on Indigenous Peoples' front-line struggles for the defense of Mother Earth

A reader reviews “Too Many People?”

Journalist Laura Kaminker posts an independent summary of our arguments against populationism

Recommended reading, 1

A continuing and highly selective guide to articles, reports, and books for green lefts and left greens

Peter Kent and Enbridge, illustrated

How Canada's Environment Minister earns his $230,000 salary

The return of the population bombers

Overpopulation ideology undermined the environmental movement in the 1970s, diverting social protest into harmless channels. To prevent a similar setback today, we must understand populationism's conservative role, and why it is attractive to a growing number of green activists.

By Light Alone. What if capitalism eliminated hunger?

A brilliant new science fiction novel explores the social consequences of introducing a technological fix for hunger into a world where profit makes the rules.

Israel’s environmental colonialism and eco-apartheid

By greenwashing the occupation, Israel hides its apartheid behind an environmentalist mirage, and distracts public attention not only from its brutal oppression of the Palestinian people, but from its large-scale degradation of the earth upon which these tragedies unfold.

Rio+20 proves capitalism won’t save the planet

While the world's governments refused to act, 50,000 thousands trade unionists, rural workers, landless peasants and indigenous peoples demonstrated outside. They are the real hope for a mass anti-capitalist movement movement to stop environmental disaster.

China Miéville on art and politics

A Marxist science fiction writer on how we feel about the art we like or dislike, and how that relates to politics

Bolivia resolves to nationalize Canadian mining company

Despite attempts by the Canadian company to divide indigenous communities, a new agreement will ensure that Bolivia's resources are used to benefit the country's people.