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Veganism, Farming and Climate Change – What Socialists Say

EditorNovember 18, 2020November 17, 2020

Animal agriculture is the second largest contributor to climate change. Combined with the health effects of meat eating, and cruel treatment of animals, it’s no wonder many people become vegetarian...

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California Wildfires: A Socialist Perspective

EditorSeptember 28, 2020

This article was first published by Socialist Action's co-thinkers in the United States. Remembering one’s experience of a wildfire is like assembling a series of fragments from a broken picture:...

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Black Summer bushfires: more impacts revealed

EditorAugust 3, 2020July 27, 2020

Health experts estimate that around 445 people were killed by exposure to bushfire smoke during the disastrous summer fires. Government funding cuts to fire services and corporate carbon pollution are...

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Eco-destruction and plagues

EditorJune 15, 2020May 29, 2020

Raging fires in Australia and a plague of locusts in east Africa dominated global news at the start of 2020. These rapidly receded in consciousness as the COVID-19 pandemic erupted...

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COVID-19 & the climate crisis

EditorJune 11, 2020May 29, 2020

Capitalism is yet again inflicting more shock and horror on the world that is bound to traumatise the global population, leaving scars that will be felt for generations. Just like...

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Food dumping: Obscene waste at a time of mass want

EditorMay 24, 2020January 4, 2021

The COVID-19 crisis is exposing the inherent weaknesses in the capitalist system. The privatisation of the healthcare system means that hospitals are under-prepared to deal with this global pandemic. But...

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Grubby insurers rip-off bushfire victims

EditorMarch 29, 2020March 30, 2020

Months of intense bushfires over the summer destroyed more than 2500 homes. The total bill for the damage done to people’s homes is expected to surpass $2.5 billion. The lives...

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Bushfires devastate wildlife

EditorMarch 14, 2020March 10, 2020

People have watched in horror as images of Australia’s iconic wildlife being burnt in bushfires have been beamed across the world. Over a billion birds, mammals and reptiles are estimated...

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Turf out this illegitimate government

EditorMarch 1, 2020February 28, 2020

The first months of 2020 have been marked by renewed government instability. The impacts of the bushfires and drought, and the onset of the coronavirus epidemic, has been made worse...

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Will capitalism make us go hungry?

EditorFebruary 10, 2020January 20, 2020

Every year around the same time, the Southeast of the US gets pummelled by hurricanes and the West Coast bursts into a fit of wildfires. Much of Australia is also...

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Anti-government demos across Australia following bushfires

EditorJanuary 21, 2020January 20, 2020

Demonstrations swept the country over the last two weekends as tens of thousands turned out against Scott Morrison’s government in the wake of the bushfire crisis. Protesters chanted for the...

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Profits the barrier to climate action

EditorJanuary 19, 2020January 15, 2020

In the past year the climate crisis has moved to the forefront of people's minds. Young people in particular have taken to the streets with enormous climate strikes being organised...

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Time for more paid firefighters

EditorJanuary 17, 2020January 15, 2020

Alongside the scale and intensity of Australia’s bushfires, one thing that stands out is the bravery and commitment of the firefighters. Hundreds of stories are circulating about firefighters going above...

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Bushfire smoke poisons Melbourne air

EditorJanuary 15, 2020February 26, 2020

The air quality in Melbourne this week has been rated as ‘Hazardous’, the worst category possible. Victoria’s Chief Health Officer said that at one point the air quality had dropped...

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New decade of explosions and struggles awaits

EditorJanuary 14, 2020January 13, 2020

The opening days of 2020 saw news reports dominated by the horrific images and footage of bushfires in Australia and the potential for a new war against Iran. This new...

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Queensland Labor pass new anti-protest laws

EditorJanuary 8, 2020January 7, 2020

In October 2019 the Queensland Labor government passed controversial anti-protest laws. The immediate aim of the new laws is to curtail climate protests, but they will likely be used more...

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Climate inaction and budget cuts fuel devastating bushfires

EditorJanuary 4, 2020January 15, 2020

Australia is in the grip of an extreme bushfire crisis. Record-breaking heat waves and months of drought have created the conditions for massive blazes across the country. The scale of...

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2020s set to mark new era

EditorJanuary 2, 2020January 2, 2020

The 2010s ended with catastrophic bushfires raging across Australia. Liberal Party prime minister Scott Morrison was denounced for going on holidays in Hawaii while communities were being burnt to the...

Tag: Climate change

Veganism, Farming and Climate Change – What Socialists Say

California Wildfires: A Socialist Perspective

Black Summer bushfires: more impacts revealed

Eco-destruction and plagues

COVID-19 & the climate crisis

Food dumping: Obscene waste at a time of mass want

Grubby insurers rip-off bushfire victims

Bushfires devastate wildlife

Turf out this illegitimate government

Will capitalism make us go hungry?

Anti-government demos across Australia following bushfires

Profits the barrier to climate action

Time for more paid firefighters

Bushfire smoke poisons Melbourne air

New decade of explosions and struggles awaits

Queensland Labor pass new anti-protest laws

Climate inaction and budget cuts fuel devastating bushfires

2020s set to mark new era

The rich get richer whilst the rest of us suffer under Covid-19

Healthcare workers need proper PPE!

Covid-19 and the housing crisis

Growing support for recognising Invasion Day

The national question in Wales

Neoliberalism: demise or adaptation?

Australia part of a global rise in gender based violence

Ombudsman: ‘Hard Lockdown’ of Melbourne Public Housing Estates Violated Human Rights

RCEP: World’s Biggest Anti-Worker Trade Deal Signed

Greece: Activists Defeat Authoritarian Protest Ban

Reserve Bank Props Up Capitalism, But Can’t Solve Underlying Problems

Veganism, Farming and Climate Change – What Socialists Say