In Defense of Ecological Marxism: John Bellamy Foster responds to a critic

6 June 2016 — Climate & Capitalism

“Jason Moore has joined the long line of scholars who have set out to update or deepen Marxism in various ways, but have ended up by abandoning Marxism’s revolutionary essence and adapting to capitalist ideologies.”


John Bellamy Foster

John Bellamy Foster

One of the most important books of Marxist theory published in recent years is Marx’s Ecology: Materialism and Nature, in which John Bellamy Foster rediscovered and expanded on Marx’s understanding of the alienation of human beings from the natural world, crystallized in the concept of metabolic rift.

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NHS medicines costs ripoff: Email your MP!

7 June 2016 — 38 Degrees

Greedy companies are exploiting a loophole that lets them buy the rights to everyday medicines, hike up the price and rip-off our NHS. [1] They’re pocketing millions every year that should be going on patient care.

Our people-powered petition hit front page news at the weekend and health minister, Jeremy Hunt, has already been forced to act. [2] He’s ordered an investigation into the drugs companies. [3] But it’s not enough. He needs to shut down the loophole and stop other companies taking our NHS for a ride.

Clearly, Jeremy Hunt’s desperate to get the scandal out of the news right now. If thousands of us email our MPs now, we can ask them to put pressure on Jeremy Hunt to do more. If he goes into work this week and MP after MP puts him on the spot it could make him shut down the loophole – for good.

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