This past week, a milestone was reached in human impact on the environment. Carbon levels in the atmosphere exceeded the 400 parts per million level. According to a report from National Geographic: “The last time the concentration of Earth’s main greenhouse gas reached this mark, horses and camels lived in the high Arctic. Seas were […]
Category Archives: Ecology/Environment
May
13
Carbon in atmosphere hits 400ppm, capitalism or natural environment must perish
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April
30
Focusing in on Eco-Socialism
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Eco-socialism is not merely a catch-phrase. Rather, it is the notion that any modern socialism must alter the structural productive relations both between classes of people and between people and the natural environment. In part, eco-socialism is a critical appraisal of 20th century socialism and its revisioning for modern times. Most importantly, the prospect of […]
Considering Eco-Socialism, part 1 of 3: What is Eco-Socialism
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Socialism, as mentioned elsewhere, is a transition period between capitalism and communism. Capitalism has many features and its hands in many pots. Thus socialism must entail a series of class struggles to remake society at all levels. At their most fundamental level capitalism and communism are distinct production relations. Capitalism assigns value according to labor-content […]
January
20
Whistling Language, Once Dying, Being Revived
posted by siglodelucha
One effect of global imperialism on the peoples of the world is the increasing decline of language diversity. In the efforts to bring the world into a monolithic whole many local indigenous languages are declining and even disappearing. According to the Endangered Languages Project over half of the world’s 7,000 known languages are in danger […]
Immanuel Wallerstein at the Progress Paradox Conference
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Immanuel Wallerstein, speaking in the video at the Progress Paradox Conference, is a founder of the ‘world-systems analysis’ school of thought. World-systems analysis is an attempt to offer a historical materialist summary of the 20th century and highlight potential possibilities for future revolutionary struggle. Wallerstein’s recent text, World-Systems Analysis: An Introduction, will be part of […]
Will Tigers’ and Humanity’s Paths Parallel?
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Tigers may become extinct in the wild in a decade, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Today, less than 3,200 tigers remain in the wild, down from 100,000 a century ago. These populations are divided into regional sub-species, such as Russia’s Siberian Tiger, of which around a mere 500 remain outside of captivity. Unless drastic […]
MEND: UN Report On Ogoni Spill In Nigeria Sponsored by Shell Oil
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This is a statement from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) concerning the recent UN report on the oil spills in the Ogoniland region of Nigeria, which stated that cleanup from decades of oil spills the companies created would take over 30 years. We have previously reported on the MEND, and […]
The End of Poverty?: A Documentary Film Review by Antonio Moreno
posted by raimd
The End of Poverty?: A Documentary Film Review by Antonio Moreno (The End of Poverty?, Director Philippe Diaz, 2008, 106 minutes) Intro The End of Poverty? is a documentary, made by Philippe Diaz, that examines the questions around global poverty and its causes. It starts with the question, “in a world with so much wealth […]
PDF: Beyond Bollywood, ‘Development’ and People’s Resistance in India
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In support of the Indian people’s struggle against imperialism and in preparation for the International Week of Solidarity With the Indian People (April 2nd-9th), RAIM is releasing this PDF with basic information. Contents: Operation Green Hunt, The People’s Struggle in India and the International Campaign (the International Campaign Against War on the People in India) […]
Review: “The Trajectory of Historical Capitalism and Marxism’s Tricontinental Vocation” by Samir Amin
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Review: “The Trajectory of Historical Capitalism and Marxism’s Tricontinental Vocation” by Samir Amin. Monthly Review, Volume 62, Number 9. Reviewed by Nick Brown, RAIM-Denver (www.antiimperialism.wordpress.com) The main contradiction in the world is between the Global North and the Global South. Due to super-exploitation of the Third World, the “masses” in the First World have been […]
Middle East and North Africa: People’s Just Struggles Lead to Cosmetic Changes Without Revolutionary Leadership
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Middle East and North Africa: People’s Just Struggles Lead to Cosmetic Changes Without Revolutionary Leadership by Soso of MIM(Prisons) Starting in Tunisia on December 17, and spreading across the region in January and February, the people of north Africa and the Middle East are taking to the streets to fight brutal dictatorships in their respective […]
Speech by Dakotah Activist Dr. Waziyatawin Draws Further Questions From FBI
posted by raimd
Recently, Indigenous activist, Dr. Waziyatawin, gave a speech in which she called for the return of Indigenous land and sovereignty “by any means necessary.” Right on! This Indigenous national liberation struggle in the heart of empire– one which RAIM fully supports– needs allies. These allies are not to be found amongst Whites, which throughout history […]
Haitian Farmers Burn Monsanto ‘Aid’ Seeds
posted by raimd
In a remarkable display of protest and challenge by oppressed people against ever-expanding imperialist domination, 10,000 Haitian farmers gathered on June 4th, 2010 to burn over 400 tons of ‘aid’ seeds donated by the US-based multinational corporation, Monsanto.
Food Prices Rising, Third World Most Affected
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Food Prices Rising, Third World Most Affected (antiimperialism.wordpress.com) A recent report came out from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) showing that food prices rose to a record high in December 2010 and will likely continue rising higher than ever before. (1)(2)(3)(4)(5) The FAO index, which began compiling data in 1990, measures monthly price […]
Arundhati Roy on situation in India
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Author and activist, Arundhati Roy, discusses the effects of imperialism in India and the resistance it has caused. A poiniant moment comes at 16:21, after she is asked about the Ghandian ethos in relation to the contemporary struggles the Indian people face.
Amerikan Border Wall, Increasingly Militarized, Destroys Surrounding Ecosystem
posted by raimd
By RAIM-Denver With sentiment against migrants in Amerika growing, construction of the barrier wall along the U.S. border with Mexico continues. This is a result of the increased militarization along the border regions. The border was imposed by military force over 150 years ago, and the desperate attempt to keep migrants out is not only […]
Monsanto, Settlers Inadvertently Create New Superweeds
posted by raimd
Monsanto, Settlers Inadvertently Create New Superweeds (www.antiimperialism.wordpress.com) Over a decade ago, Monsanto made a supposed breakthrough. The idea was simple: sell both genetically-modified seeds and herbicide which would kill all other plant-life. It was marketed with great success to Amerikan farm-owners as a low-cost, high-output alternative to traditional agricultural methods. Critics called it “Frankenfood.” Now, […]
Water and Imperialism
posted by raimd
Water and imperialism (www.raimd.wordpress.com) Water is essential, in various ways, to all human activity. Water is something that humans, literally, cannot do without. Every human needs water in order live and to have a good life. Societies need water in order to be provide for the survival of their populations. Usable water, as a resource, […]
Sacred, Indigenous Site Made Into Fill-Dirt for New Sam’s Club, Revolution Needed
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http://raimd.wordpress.com In Oxford, Alabama something awful is happening. A hill, on top of which lies a Native American rock mound, is being destroyed in order to procure fill-dirt for a new Sam’s Club a few miles away. The rocks were arranged on the 200 foot (60 meter) rise over a millennium ago. The site was […]
Your Playstation Has Real Blood On It
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Your Playstation Has Real Blood On It (raimd.wordpress.com) There has been recent interest in the news lately on a report by the liberal activist group Toward Freedom around what has been dubbed the “Playstation War.” It describes how the demand for a key metal used in the Sony Playstation 2 video game console was […]
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