Biden, the Climate Crisis and the Paris Agreement
Capitalism and climate change.
Revolutionise the Climate movement
By Rebecca Anderson THE COP26 climate conference of world leaders, meeting this month in Glasgow, has been billed as the ‘last best chance to get runaway climate change under control’. Each government will bring forward national climate plans under the 2015 Paris Agreement to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Yet even before COP26 […]
COP26 won’t avert climate catastrophe
Only a rapid and radical economic transformation can save us from climate disaster.
Join the COP26 climate protests
The government is actively undermining its own climate targets.
Global Climate Strike: a millions-strong start
Worldwide, millions took to the streets on September 20, the first of the two planned climate general strikes.
G20: Climate deal overshadowed by US-China tensions
FIRST THE good news from Hangzhou; the US and China have adopted the international climate change agreement reached in Paris in December 2015. The bad news; none of the provisions of the Treaty are enforceable. Ironically, the G20 reportedly met in Hangzhou because of the dire air quality in Beijing. The meeting of the 20 […]
Joe Biden promises to build back better
And analysis of President Biden's programme, and the working class response required
Imperialism, capitalism and the destruction of humanity and nature
A Marxist analysis of the fundamental contradictions between sustainability and the capitalist mode of production.
Coup in Niger exposes acute crisis of Sahel region
The spate of coups across the region reveals intensifying imperialist struggle for control of key resources.
2020: A year of reaction and resistance
The year in revolutionary review
Why Unite members should oppose Heathrow expansion
The environmental argument against a third runway at Heathrow is clear. Emissions from aviation already rose by thirty-two percent between 2013 and 2018. Currently they account for two percent of global carbon emissions and this amount is projected to triple by 2050 if no action is taken
Greta Thunberg refuses to name the enemy in the room
THE ANNUAL GATHERING of the global business and political elite formally known as the World Economic Forum met at the Alpine ski resort of Davos from 21 to 24 January. Among the 3,000 attendees networking with ‘key players’ from politics, NGOs and academia, were 119 billionaires worth $500 billion between them. An Oxfam report, timed […]
COP25 in Madrid: why it failed and what we can learn
THE WORLD climate conference in Madrid was a complete failure. The final document is worse than ridiculous. Almost all the important issues, such as how to deal with emissions certificates or compensation for poorer countries, all of which are more immediately affected by climate change, were postponed to the next conference in Glasgow in November […]
French workers say ‘we’ve had enough – now we must win!’
ONE AND A HALF MILLION on more than 200 demonstrations across France. Nine out of ten trains cancelled: the Paris metro paralysed: two thirds of teachers on strike, together with air traffic controllers, health workers, electricity workers (EDF), firefighters, and students … On December 5, France was at a standstill. This could swiftly become the […]
An energy revolution requires a social revolution
The climate disaster is already here for the millions across the world fleeing floods, fires and desertification. But now we have been given a deadline: in October 2018, UN scientists warned we have less than 12 years to keep global warming below 1.5C, the Paris Agreement’s goal, or face catastrophic, runaway climate change
Brazil’s Days of Fire
With the onset of the dry season in the Amazon region, an inferno of forest fires has hit the Brazilian states of Rondônia, Pará, Mato Grosso and Amazonas. Satellite images show rainforest the size of one and a half football pitches being consumed every minute.This is a disaster not only for the inhabitants of the Amazon region itself but for everyone on the planet.
Paul Mason’s fully automated reformism
Andy Yorke reviews Paul Mason, PostCapitalism
Germany: Collapse of coalition talks triggers unprecedented political crisis
A break with the politics of class collaboration and social partnership is needed to deepen the political crisis of the German ruling class
G20 leaders agree to disagree
“We agreed that we do not agree.” That about sums up the outcome of the G20 summit. Not surprisingly, Donald Trump did not change his mind on the Paris Climate Change Agreement of 2015 and the US will not re-join it. The rest of the G20 want to stick to it, at least in principle. […]
G20: What did they get out of it – apart from expenses?
“We agreed that we do not agree.” That about sums up the outcome of the G20 summit.
Strategy and tactics of the Counterfire group; a critique
The global capitalist crisis has shaken up existing outlooks on the radical left. A new climate of discussion is opening up with a preparedness to reconsider received wisdoms and think creatively about the enormous challenges and opportunities we face. How in particular do we link the fight against austerity to the renewal of a revolutionary […]
