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Posts relating to environmental issues

Fast fashion destruction & waste

By Ibitola Daniel When it comes to the ‘The Fast Fashion Crisis’, the first thing to dismantle is the notion that it is a select few ultra-fast fashion online retailers who are responsible for the overproduction of clothes. In fact, we have

Apr 29, 2026

Covid-19 Pandemic·Environment

Existential threat of climate change looms large

By Ben Samson While the world reels in the face of the current Covid-19 pandemic, the climate change crisis ominously looms in the background as an ever-developing existential threat. Both crises are of course interconnected, as the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 – the

May 10, 2020

Campaigns & Issues·Covid-19 Pandemic·Environment

Covid-19 & the climate crisis: A glimpse into a future of disaster capitalism

By Gary McDonald Capitalism is yet again inflicting more shock and horror on the world that is bound to traumatise the global population, leaving scars that will be felt for generations. Just like the climate crisis, the writing has been on the

Apr 20, 2020

Environment

Green Party — Business as usual won’t stop climate catastrophe

By Laura Fitzgerald Following the ‘Green wave’ of last May’s Local and European Election, the Green Party have had another breakthrough, winning a new high of 12 TDs, representing a plus ten seat gain. The Green Party’s ignominious recent history of participation

Mar 3, 2020

Environment

Climate changes creates raging fires and red skies in Australia

By Gary McDonald The current situation in Australia is a frightening glimpse of our future. The catastrophic effects of climate change that scientists have been warning about for decades are coming to fruition right before our very eyes. Beginning unusually early in

Jan 26, 2020

Environment·Featured Articles

Australia: Climate inaction and budget cuts fuel devastating bushfires

By Jeremy Trott, Socialist Action (our sister organisation in Australia) Australia is in the grip of an extreme bushfire crisis. Record-breaking heat waves and months of drought have created the conditions for massive blazes across the country. The scale of the fires is

Jan 3, 2020

Environment

Switzerland: Climate & women’s movements bring ‘Green Wave’ & gains for Left in federal elections

The elections to the Federal Parliament in Switzerland last weekend saw a breakthrough for the Greens; jumping to 13% of the vote and gaining 17 seats. They now hold 28 seats in the National Council (lower house) and have become, for the

Oct 25, 2019

Environment·Featured Articles

The Green New Deal & Climate Change – Why capitalism must go

The 2018/2019 school year marked the start of a global youth-led movement against climate change. Governments were pushed to declare climate emergencies and to propose action against the crisis. In this article, Myriam Poizat looks at the Green New Deal, a resolution

Oct 22, 2019

Environment

System Change not Climate Change – Who is afraid of Greta?

Alternative Socialiste, CWI Québec (sister orgaisation of the Socialist Party in Quebec) Is Greta Thunberg a young woman who is “mentally unstable” and spokesperson for “climate alarmism?” This is how Quebec’s small elite describe the Swedish environmental activist, who will be the

Sep 19, 2019

Environment

Climate catastrophe – the grim figures

By Gary McDonald Amazon Fires Appropriately named ‘The Lungs of the Earth’, producing roughly 10 percent of the world’s oxygen, the Amazon rainforest has, for the last three weeks been ravaged by wildfires. These are the product of arson by ranchers who

Sep 8, 2019

Environment

Big business government offers no solutions

By Dave Murphy Fiddling while the planet burns would be an apt response to the government’s latest climate action plan. While the document is laced with warnings about the urgency of the need to tackle climate change, it is devoid of ideas or

Sep 6, 2019

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