BURNING OUT OF CONTROL - CAPITALISM'S CLIMATE CRISIS

Submitted byJohnnew onTue, 08/29/2023 - 14:42

Originally written for Spectre Journal.

 

Though it is but one manifestation of a global intensification of the climate crisis, this year’s utterly unprecedented wildfire season in Canada is a particularly compelling indication of the dire results that flow from capitalism’s fundamental inability to create a sustainable relationship with the natural world.

If the lives of refugees were valued as much as those of rich thrill seekers...

Submitted byJohnnew onSat, 06/24/2023 - 10:42

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The kind of media coverage we might see if the lives of poor people fleeing climate disaster, poverty and violence were valued as much as those of rich thrill seekers....

 

                                   Why Were Over a Hundred Refugees Left to Drown?