Why Ecosocialism Today?

By Joel KovelHomo sapiens have been contending with its effects on nature since Palaeolithic days and the first great extinctions wrought by hunting bands. But it was not until the 1970s that these became experienced as a great ecological crisis threatening the future...

Rio+20 Was a Predictable Bust | by Brian Mier

By 2012 the global warming crisis was supposed to be resolved. World leaders promised this 20 years ago at the Eco-92 Summit, where they introduced a new strategy called “sustainable development” that would enable market forces to save the environment through...
Amazon in Cape Town’s murky waters

Amazon in Cape Town’s murky waters

AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE Liesbeek and the Black Rivers in Cape Town, Amazon (the tech and retail coloniser, not the river) is building its South African headquarters. The R4.6 billion mega-development is on a site so significant it is not an exaggeration to call it...