Climate and Environmental Crisis

Facing explosion of Zika in Puerto Rico, protest stops toxic spraying before it starts

There is widespread opposition in Puerto Rico to the imposition of aerial spraying of Naled by the Centers for Disease…

August 11, 2016

Zika, the Olympics and the Brazilian coup

More than 230 scientific researchers, bioethicists and health experts from around the world have written an open letter charging that…

June 24, 2016

Zika: Crisis of the poor

As the thermometer soars past 90 degrees and Zika arrives in the Southern states, summer won’t be fun and games,…

June 12, 2016

Detroit activists oppose increased fracking waste

Detroit residents and community activists have been organizing since last year to oppose the increased processing and dumping of hazardous…

May 27, 2016

Environmental, Indigenous groups protest climate change

Anacortes, Wash. - From May 13 through May 15, the group “Break Free Pacific Northwest” held a weekend of actions…

May 23, 2016

China, U.S. and global warming: ‘Carbon pricing’ vs. a planned economy

Environmentalists in capitalist countries are in a quandary over what to do about global warming. Even some of those most…

May 22, 2016

Hundreds protest fracking in Colorado

Protests against the use of fossil fuels and hydraulic fracturing have been taking place in Colorado. All over the state,…

May 22, 2016

Gulf Coast faces spread of Zika

With no national funding or coordinated prevention plan to stop it, the Zika virus is starting to sweep through the…

May 5, 2016

Labor, environmentalists stand up for Flint

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced on April 20 that criminal charges had been brought against three individuals in relation…

April 28, 2016

Richard Levins: Marxist scientist, communist

Richard “Dick” Levins, communist and distinguished Marxist scientist, died on Jan. 19 at the age of 85. He was a…

April 15, 2016