Climate Change: What Kind of World at the Close of This Century?
By Baldev Padam The fast melting Arctic, the shrinking Himalayan glaciers and the onset of unexpected rains, floods, droughts, windstorms and tsunamis are some of the known indexes of climate change....
View ArticleAn Initial Analysis of the COP21 Climate Agreement
A new draft climate agreement was reached on Dec. 14, the last day of the COP21 talks in Paris. Council of Canadians political director Brent Patterson presents a preliminary analysis.
View ArticleCOP21: Half Full or Half Empty?
In the wake of last month’s COP21 climate conference in Paris, two schools of thought have emerged.
View ArticleEnvironmental Crisis and the Working Class
As the global environmental crisis continues to deepen, humanity is increasingly faced with a stark choice.
View ArticleEarth Day and the Working Class
Despite the green rhetoric, capitalist interests and pro-austerity politicians remain the major roadblock against putting the interests of people and nature ahead of private profits.
View ArticleThe Wildfire Tragedies: A Call for Radical Action Against Global Warming
A resolution adopted by the 38th Central Convention, Communist Party of Canada
View ArticleMilitarism is Killing Us
The world can slash greenhouse gas emissions, or pour trillions of dollars into fossil fuels and weapons of war. But we can’t do both. The choice is stark: human survival or death by militarism.
View ArticleHurricane Irma Relief and Reconstruction for Cuba Campaign
To assist Cuba in its immense efforts of recovery, the Canadian Network on Cuba is launching the Hurricane Irma Relief & Reconstruction for Cuba Campaign.
View ArticleMusic Notes October 2017
Dylan's Nobel Prize, Cash family condemns racist violence, Text messages of the Apocalypse & Changing Cuban music scene in Miami
View ArticleDarkness Descending – Capitalism Kills
Humanity and other species are starting to pay the price for centuries of unchecked imperialist expansion.
View ArticleCPC centenary: The struggle for working-class environmentalism
Dave McKee Marxists have long understood the link between capitalist expansion and environmental degradation. As Frederick Engels wrote in 1876, “What cared the Spanish planters in Cuba, who burned...
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