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
Socialism or extinction
17 Sep 2020
Wildfires in Oregon and California point towards catastrophe in the near future, writes Eddie Ford
Arguing against the wrong ‘Marxism’
17 Sep 2020
Despite commonly believed myths, writes Chris Gray, Marx and Engels saw human emancipation as linked to the protection and enhancement of nature
Unrecyclable threat
25 Jun 2020
Jim Moody reviews Deia Schlosberg’s The story of plastic
Interlocking phenomena
25 Jun 2020
What is the connection between the coronavirus pandemic, ecological catastrophe and global capitalism? Mehdi Kia investigates
Nature and humanity
09 Apr 2020
Did Engels really seek to water down Marx’s concern for the environment? Quite the opposite, argues Michael Roberts
Premonition of the future
09 Jan 2020
Australia’s fires are a perfect illustration of the environmental crisis facing the planet, writes Eddie Ford
Avoiding extinction for real
17 Oct 2019
As the Met clamps down on Extinction Rebellion protests, Paul Demarty looks at the choices facing the movement
No future in the past
27 Jun 2019
Jack Conrad concludes his series of articles by questioning both brutish and romantic images of pre-modern society
Drawn to the flame
20 Jun 2019
Jack Conrad shows why primitivists and other such deep greens are more than predisposed to the lures of ecofascism
Colours, shades, limits
13 Jun 2019
In the second of four articles Jack Conrad explores the good, the bad and the ugly sides of green political thought
Malthus painted green
06 Jun 2019
In the first of four articles Jack Conrad affirms the reality of global warming, along with the pending danger of ecological disaster. But crude overpopulation theories are worse than useless. Each social formation has its own laws, including laws of population
Fill the jails?
25 Apr 2019
Extinction Rebellion’s fighting spirit is admirable. But a viable strategy and programme is urgently needed, argues Eddie Ford
The drugs don’t work
18 Apr 2019
The huge problem of antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic shortages is greatly exacerbated by the profit motive, argues James Linney
Whatever happened to peak oil?
06 Dec 2018
Prices are down to a 10-year low. It is clear that dire predictions of exhausted reserves and the world running out of oil were thoroughly misconceived. Jack Conrad returns to the issue of energy
Environmental crisis is real
15 Nov 2018
We cannot prevent climate disaster by denying the existence of the problem, argues Daniel Harvey