Ian Angus's Blog, page 8

Deaths at sea: Mass media mourns the rich, ignores the poor

The sinking of a super-yacht gets mass coverage, while thousands of refugees drown in darkness

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Maasai people protest forced evictions and loss of rights

'Like Apartheid.' Tanzanian pastoralists expelled from traditional lands, denied voting rights

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China adopts guidelines to speed green transition

CPC promises 'remarkable results' in all areas of economic and social development by 2030

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Extremely hot days double for half a billion children

Across 100 countries, over half of children experience twice as many heatwaves as 60 years ago

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Laundering Carbon and the New Scramble for Africa

The carbon offset market is an integral part of efforts to prevent effective climate action

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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, August 2024

From Earth's history to global heating to water crises to socialist strategy: Eight new books for radical readers

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Capitalism’s New Age of Plagues, Part 8: Deadly Heat

‘Climate change has already caused mass death on a pandemic-like scale’

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Capitalism’s New Age of Plagues. Part 7: Wildlife farms and wet markets

Commercial farming of wild animals as luxury food for the rich triggered a global pandemic

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Carbon offsets are undermining real climate action

Offsetting allows corporations to increase emissions, while getting credit for pseudo-reductions elsewhere

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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, July 2024

Six new books on neoliberal ideology, oceans in crisis, Michigan's water wars, and the corrupt food industry

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