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
Heritability - biological and social
03 Aug 2017
In the third article of a four-part series Mike Belbin discusses ‘inherent character’. Today this is no longer ascribed as racial, but is put down to a person’s genes
Born loser: is destiny biological?
20 Jul 2017
Did the notion of biological superiority bite the dust following the racism of the Nazis? In this first article in a four-part series, Mike Belbin traces the reformulation of an ancient idea of human character
Fossil fuel era continues
06 Jul 2017
Predictions of an imminent decline of oil are misplaced, argues Jack Conrad. Along with global temperatures, consumption is set to rise
Growth for the sake of growth
08 Jun 2017
US withdrawal from the Paris agreement demonstrates a contempt for the future of the planet. However, Eddie Ford argues that only socialism, not capitalist techno fixes, can prevent ecological degradation
Standing idly by while Britain chokes
11 May 2017
‘Killer air’ represents a public health emergency, writes Eddie Ford, yet the government wants to do as little about it as possible
Karl Marx and ‘eco-Marxism’
30 Mar 2017
The threat of ‘ecocidal capitalism’ is linked to the absence of a class-conscious international proletariat, writes Rex Dunn
Return of the killer air
23 Feb 2017
Tinkering measures cannot halt pollution, writes Arnulf Solberg
Where next for Farage?
22 Sep 2016
It is clear that Ukip has no future beyond that of a protest party, writes Peter Manson
Strong on analysis, but …
22 Sep 2016
Simon Wells reviews: Ian Angus, 'Facing the Anthropocene: fossil capitalism and the crisis of the Earth system', Monthly Review Press, 2016, pp280, £14.40
Time running out fast
08 Sep 2016
Capitalism is a system unfit to cope with the ecological crisis, writes Eddie Ford
Abstraction in style
01 Sep 2016
George Monbiot How did we get into this mess? Politics, equality, nature Verso Books, 2014, pp352, £16.99
Don’t hold your breath
03 Dec 2015
Simon Wells argues that failure is more or less predetermined
Humans, nature and dialectics
07 May 2015
Sadly Marxism must be defended against some who claim to be Marxists, or at least sympathetic to Marxism. Jack Conrad shows that this is especially the case when it comes to attacks on Frederick Engels and his work on the dialectics of nature
Natalie Bennett’s motley crew
12 Mar 2015
While the Green Party as a whole is not supportable, argues Robert Hayes, a small number of its candidates may be
Green-tinted glasses
29 Jan 2015
Despite the membership figures and the hype, notes Micky Coulter, the Green Party's increased popularity is not a sign of good times to come for socialists