The EcoSocialist

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.

  • Excellent article on ecosocialism by Jonathan Neale

    Jonathan Neale is a socialist and author who has written a book, Fight the Fire, which demonstrates how greenhouse gases can be seriously reduced across the world. His recent article on the “ecosocialist project” has some severe criticism of the approach to ecosocialism of many left writers and socialists. He argues that we need to…

  • The Democratic Socialists of America

    The Democratic Socialists of America was established as a political movement in 1982 after several strands of the US left decided to unite. It soon became one of the largest socialist organizations in the country. Socialist activists in the US have faced an ever-present dilemma. The Democratic and Republican parties both represent the interests of…

  • Business as usual while the world burns

    The horrific heat waves across the northern hemisphere should be a serious warning to all governments that the world is not doing enough to halt CO2 emissions. The heat has been accompanied by gigantic forest fires in Canada and some severe flooding in Asia. Government responses have been mainly confined to measures to protect people…

  • Direct action protests

    After the 2019 Fridays for Future climate protests, there has been a significantly reduction in mass climate demonstrations. Instead, smaller groups have turned to direct action, often through disruptive or provocative acts such as painting art works. Probably the most prominent example of direct action climate groups is Extinction Rebellion (XR), active in the UK…

Socialism

Socialism today

What is socialism?

Socialism and ecosocialism

The climate movement

Demands and programs


Minimum-maximum, transitional and non-reformist demands

Global transitional ecosocialist program

Socialist program to end global warming