Climate and Environmental Crisis

Detroiters vs. Marathon, people vs. Tar Sands

Sept. 21 was a national day of action to “Draw the Line at Tar Sands.” Demonstrations in hundreds of U.S.…

September 26, 2013

Michigan anti-fracking movement worries gas industry

Capitalist propaganda has a peculiar way of turning reality on its head. A case in point is the well-funded effort…

September 18, 2013

Fracking pollutes Wind River Reservation

Pinedale, Wyo. — Wyoming is the least-populated state in the union, with a little more than half a million people.…

August 18, 2013

Struggle on to ban fracking in Michigan

Hundreds of grassroots activists across Michigan are working to make this state the second, after Vermont, to ban horizontal hydraulic…

June 28, 2013

Worldwide march planned against Monsanto

On May 25, activists from around the world will unite to march against Monsanto, the largest manufacturer and promoter of…

May 26, 2013

Tornadoes and capitalism devastate Oklahoma

On the afternoon of May 20, a force equal to 600 times the Hiroshima atomic bomb’s power struck the city…

May 25, 2013

Climate & compensation

Many, many international conferences on climate change have been held since scientists began issuing alarming reports on what human activity…

December 9, 2012

Climate change affects life in the Arctic

After superstorm Sandy we think “climate change.” It is back in the headlines. But people in the Arctic have been…

November 21, 2012

Corporate criminals suppressed years of urgent warnings of climate change

The disaster known as Hurricane Sandy should have come as no surprise. Every possible warning sign had preceded it. For…

November 4, 2012

Unnatural Disasters

The disaster known as Hurricane Sandy that hit the Caribbean, the United States and Canada at the end of October…

November 3, 2012