A March 2 open letter to minister for climate change Penny Wong has described the federal governments climate policy as completely out of step with both current climate science and targets in other developed countries. The open letter was endorsed by 65 climate action groups (CAGs).
Simon Butler
The Rudd government’s proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) is not just bad, it’s dangerous.
Prominent US ecosocialist and Marxist author, Joel Kovel, has has been informed that his teaching contract at Bard College will not be renewed when it expires in July this year. He has been a member of the faculty since January 1988.
The Last Albatross
By Ian Irvine
Simon & Schuster, 2008
383pages, $29.95
By Ian Irvine
Simon & Schuster, 2008
383pages, $29.95
World food production will decrease by as much as 25% by 2050 due to “environmental breakdowns” associated with climate change, according to the United Nations.
As the world economy spirals down into its deepest crisis since the great depression, the writings of Karl Marx have made a return to the top seller lists in bookstores. In his native Germany, the sales of Marx’s works have trebled.
Europe has all but exploded into the new year with a growing fightback against the policies that caused economic crisis across the continent. Millions of protesters are beginning to take on those responsible for the capitalist meltdown.
We live in peculiar, troubling times, where the world’s climate scientists are all but screaming from the rooftops for governments to listen and take urgent action to avert climate change.
Members of Tasmania’s Aboriginal community didn’t mince their words about how they feel about the celebration of Australia Day.Members of Tasmania's Aboriginal community didn't mince their words about how they feel about the celebration of Australia Day.
"You stole our land, you stole our rights and we won't celebrate invasion day", the protesters chanted as they marched through the streets of Hobart. Symbolically, they carried three coffins with them to the steps of the state parliament on January 26.
Yet another global warming sceptic argument has bitten the dust with the release of new research indicating that Antarctica is warming rapidly.
Hell & High Water: Climate Change, Hope & the Human Condition
By Alastair McIntosh
Birlinn, 2008
289 pages, $29.95
By Alastair McIntosh
Birlinn, 2008
289 pages, $29.95
American Revolution: The Fall of Wall Street and the Rise of Barack Obama
By Kate Jennings
Quarterly Essay 32
Black Inc, 2008
132 pages, $15.95
By Kate Jennings
Quarterly Essay 32
Black Inc, 2008
132 pages, $15.95
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