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
Climate change: Overcoming the division
06 Feb 2014
Robert Hayes offers his comments on the floods that have hit south-west England
Animal liberation and Marxism
23 Jan 2014
Maciej Zurowski attended the weekend school of the Assoziation Dämmerung in Hamburg and spoke to Susann Witt-Stahl, Christian Wittgen and Christin Bernhold
Environment: The problem is capitalism
03 Oct 2013
Capitalism is driving the climate change crisis and cannot solve it, says Simon Wells
Technology: Stop worshipping false idols
12 Sep 2013
At Communist University 2012 Gabriel Levy took the 20th century left to task for indentifying technical progress with social progress
We’re all Luddites now
12 Sep 2013
Gabriel Levy spoke about technology and socialism at Communist University 2013. The left has tended to worship productionism and therefore dismiss the rich tradition represented by Luddism
Climate change: Entering the danger zone
16 May 2013
Capitalisms growth for growths sake is putting humanity at grave risk, argues Eddie Ford
Coal and energy: Walking away from CO2 commitment
31 Jan 2013
David Douglass finds government policy absurd, but not surprising
Natural limits, sustainability and socialism
20 Sep 2012
Eco-socialists say we must urgently replace capitalism to prevent climate-change disaster. But, argues Gabriel Levy, fear is no way to build a movement for socialism. This is an edited version of the second part of his talk at the CPGBs Communist University11
The trouble with economic growth
13 Sep 2012
Gabriel Levy calls for a rethink on scarcity and abundance. This is an edited version of the first part of the talk he gave to Communist University 2012
Contours of green thought
29 Jun 2012
Greenism is hobbled by two fundamental faults. It cannot tame capitalism, nor does it offer a realistic way of superseding capitalism. Jack Conrad explores its limitations
Nothing to contribute
01 Dec 2011
The Durban conference on climate change is likely to be even more useless than its predecessors - James Turley argues it is time to serve notice on capital's stewardship of the environment
No more Fukushimas
24 Mar 2011
Technology is not socially neutral, declares James Turley
Not in capital's interest
13 Jan 2011
Knowing the price of every commodity without knowing the worth of life's essentials is the essence of capitalism, writes Jim Moody
M-theory and god
07 Oct 2010
Anthony Rose reviews Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow's 'The Grand Design' Bantam Press 2010, pp208, £18.99 hbk
Workers' solidarity with disaster victims
09 Sep 2010
The floods in Pakistan have exposed once more colonialism's legacy of underdevelopment and social instability, writes Jim Gilbert