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How the 2027 Super El Niño Will Replicate the 1877 Global Famine

Sarah Connor12 June 2026

In the spring of 2026, oceanographers began tracking a massive pulse of warm water moving eastward beneath the surface of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. This subsurface Kelvin wave, an ocean gravity wave that moves eastward along the equator and transports massive volumes of warm water, is now breaching the surface, signaling the rapid onset of […]

Marxist theory and the global ecological crisis

Ian Angus22 May 2026

Martin Empson, author of Socialism or Extinction, asked me four questions about my new book, Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System (Monthly Review Press, 2026). Here are his questions and my answers. A lightly edited version was published in Socialist Worker on May 17. Your new book is centred on the multiple environmental crises caused by capitalism. How […]

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 […]

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.

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