Christian Socialism Arrayed against Capital’s Violence

Pedagogy of Insurrection speaks to the ambiguity of Peter McLaren’s insurgent political philosophy: he describes himself as a revolutionary Marxist, a Roman Catholic socialist, and a critic of the state capitalism of the USSR, while defending the social-democratic Latin American governments associated with the “Pink Tide.”

The Green Economy as a Continuation of War by Other Means

Climate change is being wielded as a neoliberal weapon to create the idea of the “green economy” in the hopes of maintaining the state and growing economies, processes that continue land conflict and pacification.

Volume 27, Number 1, 2016: World Cop-Out on Climate

On the Paris COP; peace and ethics for ecosocialism; ecological civilisation; an eco-marxist take on environment and crisis; GMO resisters; tensions between research and activism; imperialism in Africa; electronic waste; poetry and reviews

Flat Earth, Paper Religion: Recognizing halal as a systemic way of life

From a Qur’anic perspective, much of what is labelled “halal” is actually haraam, or sinful, specifically the animal flesh that has been produced in cruel and toxic environments to their bodies and souls, and our own.

COP21: Achievements and challenges to the climate justice movement

On the outcomes of the COP21 Paris Agreement, climate justice activists and scientists generally have very sober assessments.

The Environmental Necessity for Alternatives to Growth

Klein’s book is robust condemnation of many dangerous mentalities, priorities, and policies driven by various forms of climate change denial. A dramatic and well-written policy critique that broad audiences interested in environmental studies and globalization will greatly appreciate for its content and readability.

Announcing a new book series: “Radical Natures”

Capitalism Nature Socialism is pleased to announce Radical Natures, a new book series published by West Virginia University Press and edited by David Correia, Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro, Mazen Labban, and Judith Watson.

Volume 26, Number 4, 2015: World Cop-Out on Soils

On the year of the soil; the camp for climate action; China and climate change; struggles against toxic waste in Italy; poverty and development in the Amazon; spatial fix and metabolic rift; Pareto optimality sucks; coal politics in Spain

Review – Seasonal Workers in Mediterranean Agriculture: The social costs of eating fresh

Seasonal Workers makes the lives and livelihoods of agricultural workers visible within the geography of agro-industrial production, allowing us to confront the contradictions of a region symbolizing healthy eating through the paradigm of a Mediterranean diet that focuses on the consumption of fruits and vegetables, yet pits agricultural workers from three continents against one another.

Mexico, a violence of local and global origins: Remembering Ayotzinapa’s students one year on

Mexico’s climate of violence and insecurity does not negatively affect the business of mining, a fact that is both curious and intriguing.

México, una violencia de origen local y global: recordando a los estudiantes de Ayotzinapa a un año de su desaparición

La violencia y el clima de inseguridad en Mexico no estorban al quehacer productivo y los negocios mineros, lo cual es intrigante y curioso al mismo tiempo.

Hungarian left-wing organizations demand adequate policies for the refugee crisis

The crisis in Western Asia and North Africa keeps deepening. Neither the key North American…

The crisis, the alternative, and the commons movement

The crisis of the dominant system marks the end of an epoch. It is not another phase of the same.

An Ecosocialist Horizon for Venezuela? Commentary & Debate

“We humbly propose to the people of Venezuela the outline of a plan by which…

Volume 26, Number 3, 2015: Capitalism Is Satan

Capitalism’s satanic geographies in South Africa; solar communism for Venezuela; a special section on South Asia struggles past and present; participatory economics; plus film and book reviews

Volume 26, Number 2, 2015: Organise to Decolonise

The Red Nation Ten-Point Programme; climate justice in South Africa; the 2014 Climate March; Obama’s greenhouse gas plans; degrowth and anarchism; an eco-marxist take on Marx’s concept of the forces of production; on Geoff Mann

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Energy Against the Market

It is becoming clear that an energy transition will require the massive mobilization of the public sector and state power.

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Ecosocialism

A primer on ecosocialism as radical social theory and leftist political practice.

Syriza Wins!

The eurozone crisis is creating rifts within the ruling class and thus an opening that is more progressive than the one adopted up to now.

Volume 26, Number 1, 2015: Long Live Rojava!

An ecosocialist take on Rojava; the fight against mega-projects in South Africa; a special section on environmental risks and social struggles; Gezi Park; plus poetry and book reviews