A World of Change – Welcome to the Anthropocene

Jess Spear is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Human beings have radically altered the Earth, adapting nature in the struggle to survive and thrive. The pace of change accelerated rapidly with the development of agriculture and class-based society. It hit breakneck speed in the industrial revolution, and with post-war scientific and technological […]

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US: Fight the Washington State Coal Terminal!

Jess Spear is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. This is the text of a flier Socialist Alternative handed out at a public hearing in Seattle. A consortium of corporations want to build the Gateway Pacific Terminal – North America’s largest coal export terminal north of Seattle in Bellingham, WA. These corporations seek […]

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Arctic Sea Ice Drops to a New Record Low

Jess Spear is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. This past September saw the lowest amount of Arctic summer sea ice recorded in 33 years of measurement. Climate change experts warn that the Arctic could be ice-free as early as 2020, 30 years earlier than the last estimate published in 2007. A complete […]

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