Tag ecosocialism

A socialist response to global warming

“Confronting the climate change crisis” details how socialism can provide answers to global warming. A radical movement against climate change can be built around demands such as these: Establish and enforce rapid mandatory reductions in CO2 emissions: real reductions, not…

Why capitalism can’t solve global warming

More from “Confronting the climate change crisis” There are three major barriers against capitalism achieving the goal of reducing co2 emissions. Changing from fossil fuels to other energy sources will require massive spending. Such spending will not increase profits and…

Tax the polluters?

Ian Angus, in “Confronting the climate change crisis,” explains why another favorite solution by capitalism to global warming, taxing greenhouse gas emissions, won’t work. Another “market-driven” approach proposes levying taxes levied on corporate greenhouse gas emissions. But if the “carbon…

Ecosocialism or collapse?

From an article by Richard A. Smith, his three principles for an ecosocialist economy to save us from collapse. Ecosocialist economy of stasis. Massive cutbacks on growth and rationing in the developed world combined with strictly planned growth in the…