David Rhoades is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. 2023 demonstrated harshly and clearly what life would be like if we surpass the 1.5-degree Celsius threshold. Europe saw record-setting temperatures yet again, after heatwaves contributed to 61,000 deaths in 2022. Wildfires in Canada, Greece, and Hawaii covered a significant portion of the world […]
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Jonathon Diebold is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). From luxury yachts and private jets, to trips to space that can release 200 – 300 tonnes of carbon into the upper atmosphere in a single go, it’s no secret that the super wealthy are also super polluters. A recent Oxfam report put […]
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Arne Johansson is a member of Socialistiskt Alternativ (ISA in Sweden). “I cannot emphasise enough that time is running out. Irreversible climate tipping points are alarmingly close. We can either save our world or condemn humanity to a hellish future”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has summarised the scientific message ahead of the 28th UN Climate […]
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For a Socialist Plan for Jobs and a Healthy Planet In October, many of Canada’s forests are full of red, orange and yellow leaves. The air is cool, and the rains have returned. All a welcome relief from the summer of hell. Then, the woods were a blaze of reds, oranges and yellow — but […]
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Back in 1953, the first oil traveled through the Trans Mountain (TMX) pipeline from Edmonton to Burnaby. The initial capacity was 150,000 barrels of oil per day. The most recent expansion, approved in 2019, will increase daily capacity to 890,000 barrels. The operation of the expanded pipeline will produce an estimated 400,000 tonnes of greenhouse […]
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Workers Rising! Youth demand Socialism Alberta Toronto Rent Strikes Manitoba Election Fighting Caste Oppression Life of a Student What Makes Me Angry Women’s Safety Chile 1970 – 73, Revolution and Reaction US: Workers Strike Back Capitalism’s New Cold War BC Solidarity 1983: A Near Revolution Housing Emergency Capitalism’s Highway to Hell … and more from […]
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Oisen Hill is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). “The ocean is hotter than ever, what happens next?”begins a news article published in May of this year by Nature, the world’s leading scientific journal. 2023 has seen the ocean’s surface temperature rise to its highest since records began, leading to marine heatwaves […]
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It’s been two long years. On June 30, 2021, the lives of people in Lytton, BC were changed forever, when fire swept through their community, devastating the entire village: city hall, the police station, the fire hall, two museums and the entire seven blocks of the commercial district. Almost every house was destroyed. Less than […]
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Chris Stewart is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). A new book by Japanese Marxist Kohei Saito has been an unlikely bestseller in Japan, selling more than half a million copies since its 2020 release. Saito’s unambiguous message that capitalism is to blame for the environmental crisis and that we must overthrow […]
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Connor Rosoman is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). Philip Chmel is a member of Sozialistische LinksPartei (ISA in Austria). What Way Forward in the Fight Capitalism’s Climate Destruction In the light of exacerbating climate crisis and absolute inaction of capitalist governments, the climate movement is testing out and adapting its tactics […]
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