From time to time, SCNCC endorses statements made by other groups that advance the principles we support. The statement by the Ecosocialist Working Group (EWG) of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is one such statement. We hope...
The first hand of the Green New Deal has been dealt. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., on Thursday unveiled a five-page, nonbinding resolution that frames a 10-year “national, social, industrial, and economic...
(Updated March 6, 2019) This study guide began as a reading list for the Ecosocialist Reading Group of the East Bay chapter of Democratic Socialists of America. These are some of the key readings for anyone who wants to understand the...
The capitalist system, driven at its core by the maximization of profit, regardless of social and ecological costs, is incompatible with a just and sustainable future. Ecosocialism offers a radical alternative that puts social and ecological well...
An emergency plan to meet the climate emergency and “do what the science demands before it’s too late.” This is an abridged version of a paper that appeared in a special issue of the Real-World Economics Review. I. The IPCC Report...
The agrarianist Wendell Berry wrote once that modernity had bred a dangerous and close-to-fatal ignorance about ecology. In contrast to earlier ways of life, our social relations, which are our productive relations, do not force us to reckon with...
Progressives have been phenomenally successful at “branding” single-payer healthcare. The “Medicare for All” idea has caught on stunningly quickly, to the point where a majority of Republicans apparently now support it. The White House is so...
When city government attempts to revitalize a city by reducing revenue available to public schools and social services, city tax coffers may grow but the people’s quality of life can actually take a hit. Like other U.S. cities, Decatur government...
Grassroots activists worry that that once taken over by philanthropies and governments entrenched in a corporate model, the principles that birthed the just transition movement will be lost forever. “There is a right way to do ‘just transition.’”...