Society & Culture > Ecology
To save the planet, fight for a red world
03 Dec 2009
Capitalism is showing itself to be totally incapable of cutting back on carbon emissions, writes Eddie Ford
Drill, baby, drill!
14 Nov 2024
Trump wants to both max out oil production and pull out of the Paris Accords, writes Eddie Ford - bad news for a planet already experiencing record-high temperatures
Crunch time for real
31 Oct 2024
Latest UN report shows that we are on course to massively overshoot climate targets. Reaching between 1.9°C and 3.8°C threatens catastrophic consequences for human civilisation, writes Eddie Ford
Can we meet the challenge?
17 Oct 2024
Milton and Sahara flooding are extreme weather events triggered by human-induced global warming, writes Eddie Ford. The danger is that they will become the norm
No illusions in greens
03 Oct 2024
Under the leadership of Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay, the Green Party has moved considerably to the right. Despite that there are some on the left who want to sign up. Carla Roberts is unconvinced
Tipping into the unknown
11 Apr 2024
Staggering temperature rises in the Antarctic should serve as an urgent warning, writes Eddie Ford
Spirit lives on still
21 Mar 2024
There was something approaching panic when George Galloway announced he was attending. David Douglass reports on this month’s commemoration in Doncaster marking the 40th anniversary of the Great Strike
Climate socialism and climate breakdown
15 Feb 2024
Despite global warming, the slowing down of the Amoc system would paradoxically see Britain much colder and wetter. But any solution to the climate crisis, writes Eddie Ford, must lie outside of capitalism
Record-breaking in the wrong way
04 Jan 2024
Storms, floods, drought and fire on an almost biblical scale presage social breakdown. It is socialism or barbarism, says Eddie Ford
Blowtorching the planet
07 Dec 2023
Despite carbon emissions hitting record highs, Cop28 has been yet another talking shop, writes Eddie Ford
Sahm recession to downturn
16 Nov 2023
There is a slowdown in productivity and world trade, and increased geopolitical rivalry, So, writes Michael Roberts, don’t expect increased growth
A living nightmare
27 Jul 2023
Frequent, intense and deadly wildfires are the inevitable result of record temperatures. But this is not simply down to us humans: the climate crisis is driven by capitalism, writes Eddie Ford
Death and the cabin
15 Jun 2023
Paul Demarty considers the life and death of Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber. There are lessons for Extinction Rebellion, Just Stop Oil and all who despair of majoritarian politics
Online Communist Forum
20 Apr 2023
Jack Conrad: 'Climate catastrophe and how to prevent it'
Ohio’s perfect storm
02 Mar 2023
Daniel Lazare warns that, with Trump skilfully championing poor whites, with weak trade unions and a ‘left’ intent on tailing Biden, the danger of a rightwing dictatorship grows
Fusion is no solution
26 Jan 2023
There has been much crowing over the recent breakthrough in nuclear technology. But Jack Conrad has his doubts about fusion being the ultimate terrestrial energy source