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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Trump’s victory
Donald Trump’s election victory is a huge setback to the fight against climate change. He has made it very clear that he has no interest in reducing carbon emissions or making any meaningful contribution to enlightened environmental policies. Four years of a Trump presidency will also strengthen the far right, both in the US and…
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Ecosocialist conference 2024
An ecosocialist conference will be held in London on Saturday 7th December 2024. This conference follows a successful event held last year. The conference will have a link for people outside London who want to participate. The main themes of the conference are: The preliminary list of speakers includes: The conference organizers hope that the…
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Agriculture, COP28 and a just transition
The COP28 conference in November 2023 was the first of the COPs to say anything serious about agriculture. Before the conference, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) put out a document on food and climate change. At the conference, over 150 countries signed a declaration on “sustainable agriculture”. Of course, the big agricultural…