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What Might an Ecosocialist Society Look Like?
David Klein | System Change Not Climate Change | June 27, 2021
Before describing possible features of a future ecosocialism, it is worthwhile to consider why such a system is even needed. Why can’t the problems that ecosocialism would solve also be remedied... read more

'Horrible and Unconscionable Betrayal': Biden DOJ Backs Trump Line 3 Approval
Jessica Corbett | Common Dreams | June 24, 2021
Indigenous and environmental activists fighting against the Line 3 tar sands pipeline were outraged Thursday after the Biden administration filed a legal brief backing the federal government's 2020... read more

Try Filling Jails before Blowing Pipelines
Dave Jones | System Change Not Climate Change | June 16, 2021
While the year 2020 saw numerous activist mobilizations, it was the police murder of George Floyd that instantly filled streets around the world with outraged protest. People marched, torched police... read more

Ecosocialist Alliance Issues Statement on G7 Conference
Ecosocialist Alliance | SCNCC | June 5, 2021
Today, System Change Not Climate Change and ten other organizations issued the following statement setting forth demands for action by the G7 nations at their annual meeting that will take place June... read more

Ecosocialism from the Margins
Sabrina Fernandes | NACLA | May 20, 2021
The 21st century is a century of crisis. Capitalist economic collapse dovetails with dire inequality, international and civil wars drive displacement and humanitarian catastrophe, xenophobia creeps... read more

Are those in power really going green?
Amy Leather | SWP (UK) | May 20, 2021
Joe Biden and allies like Boris Johnson say they are leading the way on tackling climate change – with the help of Bill Gates. Amy Leather explores if our rulers really are going green. At the... read more

How the PRO Act Will Change U.S. Labor Law
Ted Franklin | System Change Not Climate Change | April 23, 2021
With the news that West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin will co-sponsor the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, Labor and its allies are beginning to get a gleam in their eyes. Labor activists see the... read more

Ecosocialism and the Climate Crisis
David Klein | System Change Not Climate Change | March 21, 2021
Humanity's failure to slow the rate of global heating can be measured by a single number: the number of parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere. A decade ago this number was... read more

Leninism without the working class? The missing subject in Malm’s ecological revolution
Cihan Tugal | Open Democracy | October 30, 2020
Although scientists have been publishing on the viral consequences of deforestation for decades, Andreas Malm’s Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency is the first publicly accessible book that... read more

SCNCC Perspectives & Guest Commentaries

What Might an Ecosocialist Society Look Like?

David Klein | System Change Not Climate Change

Try Filling Jails before Blowing Pipelines

Dave Jones | System Change Not Climate Change

Ecosocialist Alliance Issues Statement on G7 Conference

Ecosocialist Alliance | SCNCC

How the PRO Act Will Change U.S. Labor Law

Ted Franklin | System Change Not Climate Change

Structures of Fossil Feeling: Ashley Dawson's People's Power

Dave Jones | New Politics

Ecosocialist Solstice Live Artists Showcase Sunday 20 December

System Change Not Climate Change | Facebook Live

China's President Xi Jinping inspects the Three Gorges Dam

Climate Arsonist Xi Jinping: A Carbon-Neutral Economy with a 6% Growth Rate?

Richard Smith | System Change Not Climate Change

Endorsing Biden Undercuts the Left

Carol Dansereau | System Change Not Climate Change

Silhouette of a child up peering through a fence at the U.S. border

For the Children, the Bunnies, the Redwoods, the POC, the Women

Maura Stephens | System Change Not Climate Change

Covid-19 and Capitalist Production: A Review of Rob Wallace’s Dead Epidemiologists

John Reimann | Left Voice

Mike Davis & Rob Wallace on Covid, Capitalism & Ecology

Global Ecosocialist Network | YouTube

Kali Akuno on the Path to Ecosocialism and Survival

System Change Not Climate Change | YouTube

We Need a Green New Deal to Confront the Economic Crash and Climate Crisis

Ted Franklin | Truthout

Earth Day to May Day: Shifting the Paradigm

Team | System Change Not Climate Change

Marxism in an age of catastrophe - capitalism created an era of plagues

Mike Davis | Socialist Worker

Chicago nurses protest lack of protective masks.

'Make the Damn Masks!'

Jeremy Brecher | Labor Network for Sustainability

COVID-19: Updates & Analysis for Activists

Staff | Center for Political Education

Women in India queue up to buy groceries

The Pandemic Is a Portal

Arundhati Roy | Financial Times

Joe Biden at an October 2020 Town Hall on ABC

Biden: Now YOU Need to Follow Climate Science

Jeff Cohen | Common Dreams

Is there still time to stop climate catastrophe?

Phil Gasper | SocialistWorker.org

IPCC Report: First Thoughts on Next Steps

Sydney Azari | Medium.com

The Limits of Green Energy Under Capitalism

David Klein | truthout.org

Scientists propose changing the rules of history to avoid environmental collapse

University College London | Phys.org

Trump’s war on science

Cliff Connor | Socialist Action

The Sea Level Threat To Cities Depends On Where The Ice Melts — Not Just How Fast

Christopher Joyce | NPR

Ice Apocalypse

Eric Holthaus | Grist

Scientists Issue Dire Warning on Climate Change & Key Researcher Urges “Changes in How We Live”

Amy Goodman | Democracy Now!

Book Review: "The Case for Degrowth"

Kamran Nayeri | Our Place In the World

What Might an Ecosocialist Society Look Like?

David Klein | System Change Not Climate Change

Ecosocialist Alliance Issues Statement on G7 Conference

Ecosocialist Alliance | SCNCC

Ecosocialism from the Margins

Sabrina Fernandes | NACLA

Ecosocialism and the Climate Crisis

David Klein | System Change Not Climate Change

Ecosocialist Solstice Live Artists Showcase Sunday 20 December

System Change Not Climate Change | Facebook Live

Leninism without the working class? The missing subject in Malm’s ecological revolution

Cihan Tugal | Open Democracy

Imagining the End of Capitalism with Kim Stanley Robinson

Derrick O'Keefe | Jacobin

Ecosocialism and the Potential for Cultural Change

Mike Shaughnessy | London Green Left

How the PRO Act Will Change U.S. Labor Law

Ted Franklin | System Change Not Climate Change

This Is What the Beginning of a Climate-Labor Alliance Looks Like

Kate Aronoff | The New Republic

Leninism without the working class? The missing subject in Malm’s ecological revolution

Cihan Tugal | Open Democracy

What Can Workers Do to Stop Trump from Stealing the Election

Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee | Facebook Live

How Workers Can Help Defeat a Trump Coup

Jeremy Brecher | Labor Network for Sustainability

Rogue Action Center burned to the ground by wildfire

As the West Coast Burns, We Don’t Need Unity. We Need to Point the Finger at Those Responsible

Ryan Olds | Labor Notes

The Australian Green Bans: When Construction Workers Went on Strike for the Environment

Steve Morse | Labor Notes

Jeremy Brecher on Using Our Power to Stop Climate Disaster and Create a Just World

System Change Not Climate Change | YouTube

Just Saying "Systemic Racism" Doesn't Expose Systemic Racism

Jeff Cohen | Common Dreams

Try Filling Jails before Blowing Pipelines

Dave Jones | System Change Not Climate Change

Meeting Chaos With Calm: How To Prepare For A Potential Coup

Mateo Nube | Medium

Social Self-Defense Against the Impending Trump Coup

Jeremy Brecher | Labor Network for Sustainability

Kali Akuno on the Path to Ecosocialism and Survival

System Change Not Climate Change | YouTube

Trump or Biden? Duh! We’re picking our battleground, not our leader

Ted Franklin | System Change Not Climate Change

Just Saying "Systemic Racism" Doesn't Expose Systemic Racism

Jeff Cohen | Common Dreams

Police officer wearing gas mask Credit: Tony Webster/Creative Commons

Caring About the Climate Crisis Means Supporting the Demand to Defund the Police

Alec Common | Common Dreams

Strike for Your Life!

Jeremy Brecher | Labor Network for Sustainability

Global Climate Strike September 20-27, 2019

| 350.org

'Horrible and Unconscionable Betrayal': Biden DOJ Backs Trump Line 3 Approval

Jessica Corbett | Common Dreams

The Australian Green Bans: When Construction Workers Went on Strike for the Environment

Steve Morse | Labor Notes

Earth Day to May Day: Shifting the Paradigm

Team | System Change Not Climate Change

Flags fly at the Oceti Sakowin Camp in 2016, near Cannonball, North Dakota

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Prevails as Federal Judge Strikes Down DAPL Permits

Press Room | Earthjustice

A Real Extinction Rebellion Means the End of Colonialism, Imperialism, and Capitalism

Jessica Garraway | Common Dreams

Native rights and resistance after Standing Rock

Nick Estes and Ragina Johnson interviewed by Khury Petersen-Smith | Socialist Worker

Groundbreaking “Carbon Pricing Report” Released by Indigenous Environmental Network and Climate Justice Alliance at COP 23

Jade Begay | Common Dreams

Will You 'Promise to Protect'? Coalition Urges New Wave of Resistance to Stop KXL

Jake Johnson | Common Dreams

Carbon Pricing: A Critical Perspective for Community Resistance

Indigenous Environmental Network and Climate Justice Alliance |

An Ecosocialist Path to Limiting Global Temperature Rise to 1.5°C

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Sing!

Uprisings, rallies, meetings, and marches are livelier when graced with song. This book of new lyrics for familiar songs is the Bay Area women's singing group Occupellas's contribution to the ecosocialist canon. It's a free download. Song has been an important part of every people's movement that has ever won.

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