The EcoSocialist is an individual socialist blog.
I believe that socialism holds to the key to reversing our mad trajectory to environmental and social chaos.
My aim is to translate ecosocialist concepts and theories into concrete political ideas – ideas that can become a platform for a transition to environmental sanity and a socialist society.
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Why is Brazil expanding its oil drilling?
Brazil is following the path of other other oil-rich capitalist countries in its plans to expand drilling for oil and gas
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Degrowth
The idea of degrowth has gained in popularity among climate campaigners as the crisis has intensified. The effects of CO2 in the atmosphere are stark reminders that the earth’s resources are limited, and our current system of economic expansion must be reversed. An inaugural international degrowth conference was held in Paris in 2008. Since then…
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Colonialism, sovereignty and climate finance
Most of the historic greenhouse gases responsible for global warming have been released by industrially developed western states, the US in particular. But it is poorer ex-colonial nations that are having to bear the brunt of climate disasters. This is a major legacy of colonialism and imperialism, in which western countries extracted huge amounts of…