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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Low expectations for COP28
In the past, COP meetings were events where climate protesters met with world leaders, made critical comments about them, and leaders tried hard to look good. But many activists no longer have hope in high level lobbying of leaders. They have realized that the leaders don’t take much notice of what protesters say. Indeed, leaders…
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Stop the Gaza massacres
The continuous bombing of Gaza is a crime against humanity. There can be absolutely no justification for the killing or thousands of civilians. The support for the Israel Defense Force’s deadly military operation in Gaza by the Biden administration is also a crime. US support for Israel perpetuates the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza and…
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Green New Deal Rising and the Rosebank Oilfield
The approval of drilling in the Rosebank oil field is the action of a morally bankrupt system. The Conservative British government is the embodiment of this bankrupcy. Even by the government’s low standards, this decision reeks of hypocrisy and short term gain.The activist group, GND Rising (green new deal rising), has called the approval “an…