Dave McKee Marxists have long understood the link between capitalist expansion and environmental degradation. As Frederick Engels wrote in 1876, “What cared the Spanish planters in Cuba, who burned down forests on the slopes of the mountains and [...]
To assist Cuba in its immense efforts of recovery, the Canadian Network on Cuba is launching the Hurricane Irma Relief & Reconstruction for Cuba Campaign.
The world can slash greenhouse gas emissions, or pour trillions of dollars into fossil fuels and weapons of war. But we can’t do both. The choice is stark: human survival or death by militarism.
Despite the green rhetoric, capitalist interests and pro-austerity politicians remain the major roadblock against putting the interests of people and nature ahead of private profits.