Los Angles Wildfires

No Disaster Profiteering — Force Big Business to Rebuild Los Angeles A historic windstorm ignited several wildfires in Los Angeles last week, encompassing over 40,000 acres — nearly triple the size of Manhattan. At least 25 have died, and thousands lost their homes to unprecedented fires, even in a region that has grown accustomed to […]

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Alarm Spreads at Carbon Sinks Crisis

This autumn’s devastating torrential rains in Spain, hurricanes in the Caribbean Sea and typhoons in Southeast Asia are a warning of the apocalyptic future that looms unless the world can quickly halt global warming. The devastation is a direct consequence of 2023 and 2024 being the hottest years on record, with global temperatures peaking at […]

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COP29 — Nothing but False Solutions and Empty Promises

UN climate summit an expected failure The main purpose of COP29, the twenty-ninth UN climate summit — this time held in the oil dictatorship of Azerbaijan — is said to have been to devise a plan for how rich countries can support poor countries’ financing of climate adaptation and transition. COP29 was instead a manifestation […]

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Whose Streets? Towards People-Friendly Cities

Cities are the world remade by society. So why are they so inhospitable? The high cost of living, air and noise pollution, the many barriers to accessibility, the scarcity of communal gathering places and green space, the high rate of traffic accidents, washrooms and drinking water for customers only, narrow or no sidewalks — all […]

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The Working Class can Stop Climate Disaster

The world seems to be heading to a climate apocalypse. Many people feel desperation and despair. But humanity is not doomed. Climate change is driven by a small minority of humanity, the capitalist class and the super-rich. They make the decisions about what to produce and how. It is in company boardrooms that plans for […]

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A Socialist Solution to Capitalist Disaster

Many of us struggle to make sense of the world. We are on the precipice of a climate cataclysm, which will have catastrophic consequences for thousands of species, including our own. Humanity faces water shortages, hunger, desertification, agricultural collapse and other capitalism-caused climate calamities. Headlines blare at us about imperialism’s never-ending military build-up and wars. […]

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New Issue of Magazine

Socialist Alternative #30 This is a bumper 20-page issue! Contents include: Subscribe to Socialist Alternative! You can now subscribe to Socialist Alternative’s magazine for a modest $2 a month or $24 a year and receive each printed issue delivered to your mailbox. With an additional donation, you can become a sustainer of our magazine and […]

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Economic Reconciliation 

“Economic reconciliation” is the latest buzzword being used by governments, central banks, chambers of commerce and political parties. The 2023 federal budget pledged $65 million toward “advancing economic reconciliation by unlocking the potential of First Nations lands.” This strategy claims to bring economic prosperity to First Nations by encouraging them to participate and invest in […]

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LNG Isn’t Clean

Renewable Energy Needed for Jobs and Climate BC’s NDP government enthusiastically supports the extraction and export of Liquid Natural Gas (LNG). It claims LNG is a “cleaner” alternative to coal, and burning it is part of a “transition” away from fossil fuels. The reality is that LNG is actually worse than coal for global emissions. […]

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Capitalism Burns Jasper

The town of Jasper has been consumed by fire, with 30 percent of its buildings (homes, hotels, and businesses) destroyed. Parts of this majestic park are now ash. The conditions were terrifying. A wall of flames up to 100 metres high ripped through the town. Emergency responders without breathing apparatus had to withdraw as the […]

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