ECONOMY TOO BIG FOR ECOLOGY?

Runaway Global Economy Decimating NatureBy Stephen LeahyNAGOYA, Japan, Oct 28, 2010 (IPS) - One-fifth of all birds, fish and animals are threatened with extinction - as many as six million unique and irreplaceable forms of life – an authoritative new assessment warned Wednesday.Deforestation, agricultural expansion, overfishing, invasive alien species and climate change are the specific causes,

New artworks by Sergey Cherednichenko

‘Why can’t we just be Green?

This is a review from John Green, who has produced an excellent biography of Engels and blogs hereThe Rise of the Green Left – inside the worldwide ecosocialist movementBy Derek WallPubs. Pluto PressPbckThe term ‘ecosocialist’ is a relatively new one. Today it might seem almost unnecessary to attach the ‘eco’ prefix as hardly anyone in the socialist movement can be unaware of the urgent

ARE YOU PART OF THE LAST CENTURY LEFT?

'Trotskyist sects, with their pseudo-scientific and alienating talk of 'vanguards' 'the periphery' 'dictatorship of the proletariat' and so on are still in (small) business 70 years after his death is, perhaps, a testimony to the brilliance of Trotsky's vision. But it is now time to move on, really!' I don't think I would use the phrase 'Last Century Left', I am happier to stress the need for '

Taxpayers subsidise pensions of teachers at Eton and Harrow

Noel Lynch, chair of the London Green party, said it was scandalous that taxpayers were contributing to the pensions of teachers at Eton and Harrow."Yet again, ordinary people are effectively subsidising the fees of these elite institutions," he said. "If we really are 'all in this together', then private schools should be charged the true cost of these pensions and taxpayers' cash should be

Labour win Ladywell by-election

Lab 1231Green 1041Lib Dem 314PB4P 233Conservative 153Alas the Green Party failed to win here. Nice to see Tories beaten by the anti-cuts candidate though and Lib Dems on micro vote.

Tourist trap

Tourist trap by Erwin Bonsma