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Alex Callinicos: Marco Rubio’s Munich speech is far from reassuring

Alex Callinicos17 February 2026

Rubio with JD Vance Rubio repeated the Trump administration’s regular complaints about neoliberal globalisation, mass migration and ‘a climate cult’ threatening ‘Western civilisation’. Any doubt that European capitalism prefers to remain the junior partner of the United States was removed by the standing ovation the Munich Security Conference gave to Marco Rubio last Saturday. The […]

This Is Not a Water Crisis. It Is a Capitalist Extraction Crisis.

Suliman Rajah17 February 2026

South Africa is not “mysteriously” running out of water. We are watching the logical outcome of a system that treats rivers as inputs, aquifers as assets, and ecosystems as expendable.The scientific facts are not in dispute.South Africa is a water-scarce country with highly variable rainfall. By the mid-2000s, approximately 98% of reliable surface water yield […]

Zabalaza for Socialism: New Year Message for 2026

ZASO7 January 2026

Another world is not only possible — it is necessary and urgent We enter a new year in a time of deep crisis and danger. In South Africa, the state under the Government Of National Unity dominated by the ANC continues to fail and collapse. Basic services are crumbling, corruption and patronage flourish, unemployment and […]

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DECLARATION OF THE PEOPLES’ SUMMIT TOWARDS COP30

Anisa18 November 2025

We, the Peoples’ Summit, gathered in Belém do Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon, from 12 to 16 November 2025, declare to the peoples of the world what we have accumulated in struggles, debates, studies, exchanges of experiences, cultural activities and testimonies, over several months of preparation and during these days gathered here. Our process brought […]

Ecological sovereignty: from mutual annihilation to true planetary longevity?

Sabrina Fernandes12 November 2025

When fossil fuel expansion is justified in the name of national sovereignty, you know states have lost touch with the climate reality. A couple of years ago, I published a short piece named “Sovereignty and the polycrisis” to reflect on how limited this framework has been in contexts of global disaster: wars, pandemics, climate change. […]

COP 30 IN BELEM DO PARA, BRAZIL – Adaptation or Prevention?

Michael Löwy12 November 2025

1. As we know, COP 30, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, will be held this year in November in Belém do Pará. It inspires hope, as it will be held in a country governed by the left, under the aegis of President Lula. But it must be noted that the planet’s biggest polluter, the United States, will be absent, as Donald Trump – a fanatical climate change denier – has withdrawn his country from this international forum

For a Democratic Ecosocialist Future

Michael Löwy27 August 2025

Writer, socialist activist and trade-unionist, Simon Hannah succeeded in this remarkable book to present a convincing case for a democratic ecosocialist planning. Is this Utopia? Yes, but grounded on a sober and realistic assessment of the contradictions of our world today.

Water Justice Unpacked

Rehad Desai18 August 2025

There is a rising noise about the water crisis in South Africa that has been prompted by frequent interrupted supply to those living in the industrial heartlands of the country. How are eco-socialists responding locally and globally to a global issue that is being powered by the climate and ecological crisis and the neo liberal governance framework.

Green Structural Adjustment and the Climate Crisis

Brian Ashley18 August 2025

The South African government claims it is advancing a “Just Transition” to a low-carbon economy. But in practice, its climate policy is anything but just. It is a form of green structural adjustment—a continuation of neoliberalism in green clothing. Under pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, and global finance, the state is rolling out a climate policy built on privatisation, austerity, and the hollowing out of public institutions like Eskom.

James Hansen’s Latest Warning

Republished18 August 2025

James Hansen first warned Congress about global warming in 1988.Pushker Kharecha is a climate scientist and longtime collaborator. They’re not activists waving signs — they’re the people who’ve spent decades knee-deep in the data, building the models, measuring the planet’s fever. And in their latest paper, they’re saying the fever’s far worse than the official diagnosis.

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