Climate Change
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Excellent News from Copenhagen By Daniel Tanuro
More and more people understand that climate degradation is not the outcome of ‘human activity’ in general but of a mode of an unsustainable mode of production and consumption Continue reading
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Shambles in Copenhagen By Greg Albo
The turn to market environmentalism of so much of the environmental movement in North America has been in equal parts political and ecological disasters. This effort to form alliances with the capitalist classes and the state within the confines of neoliberalism has done nothing to advance solutions to the most crucial ecological issue of the… Continue reading
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Pentagon's Role in Global Catastrophe: Add Climate Havoc to War Crimes By Sara Flounders
By every measure, the Pentagon is the largest institutional user of petroleum products and energy in general. Yet the Pentagon has a blanket exemption in all international climate agreements. The Pentagon wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; its secret operations in Pakistan; its equipment on more than 1,000 U.S. bases around the world; its 6,000 facilities… Continue reading
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The Truth About Copenhagen By Fidel Castro Ruz
If anything significant was achieved in the Danish capital, it was that the media coverage allowed the world public to watch the political chaos created there and the humiliating treatment accorded to Heads of States or Governments, ministers and thousands of representatives of social movements and institutions that in hope and expectation traveled to the… Continue reading
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Copenhagen: A Turning Point for the Climate Movement By Terry Conway and Thomas Eisler
On Saturday Dec 12, 100,000 demonstrated in the streets of Copenhagen outside the COP 15 summit demanding urgent action against global warming – more than double the numbers that organisers had predicted – or even dared expect. While of course a high percentage of demonstrators came from Denmark itself and from neighbouring countries Sweden and… Continue reading
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Hugo Chavez: A Battle for the Planet Has Begun
I must say: in Copenhagen the Obama illusion was definitively destroyed. He was confirmed in his position as head of the empire and winner of the Nobel War Prize. The enigma of the two Obamas has been resolved. Continue reading
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Full Text: Chavez Speech on Climate Change in Copenhagen
I had hardly arrived and we were just sitting down when we heard the president of the previous session, the minister, saying that a document came about, but nobody knows, I’ve asked for the document, but we still don’t have it, I think nobody knows of that top secret document. Now certainly, as the Bolivian… Continue reading
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Hugo Chávez Parts 1, 2 and 3: The voice of the people in Copenhagen 2009 COP15 speech
Three-part video of Hugo Chávez’s speech at COP15 Continue reading
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Hugo Chávez Parts 1, 2 and 3: The voice of the people in Copenhagen 2009 COP15 speech
Three-part video of Hugo Chávez’s speech at COP15 Continue reading
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ALBA and G77 Denounce Copenhagen Sham
Speaking on behalf of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA), President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela took the floor at the plenary of the COP15 climate talks in Copenhagen to denounce the final ‘deal’ that was soon to emerge and be imposed on the majority poor-country delegates, and which would fall far short of their… Continue reading
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The Moment Of Truth By Fidel Castro
Despite the maneuvers and deception of the leaders of the empire, their moment of truth is drawing closer. Their own allies are losing confidence in them. In Mexico, the same as in Copenhagen or elsewhere in the world, they will be met by the growing resistance of the peoples that have not renounced the hope… Continue reading
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Voices of developing world urge action
CCTV: Many African leaders stressing that the voice the of the majority needs to be heard. Many of the African leaders had their say this week at he Copenhagen climate talks, now with less than 24 hours to go. They say, at this point, there’s no room for anything but action. They’re stressing that the… Continue reading
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Copenhagen: Chavez Salutes Climate Protestors By Kiraz Janicke
Chavez, who received a standing ovation for his speech, said the process in Copenhagen is ‘not democratic; it is not inclusive.’ In particular, he criticised an attempt by rich countries to overturn the Kyoto Protocol. Doing so would eliminate differentiation between the obligations of rich and poor countries, treating countries from the Global North and… Continue reading
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Book Review: Yankee Doodle Ecologist: Tom Friedman and the Green Revolution By Jerry Harris
The book’s title, Hot, Flat, and Crowded is a good indicator as to how Friedman understands environmental problems. Underline that word crowded because the book takes us on a Malthusian ride through the Third World. It’s overpopulation, not capitalism and its need for every expanding accumulation that is destroying the world’s environment. Continue reading
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Copenhagen spoof shames Canada; Climate Debt No Joke
What at first looked like the flip-flop of the century has been revealed as a sophisticated ruse by a coalition of African, North American, and European activists. The purpose: to highlight the most powerful nations’ obstruction of meaningful progress in Copenhagen, to push for just climate debt reparations, and to call out Canada in particular… Continue reading
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Interview with Bolivia’s Climate Change Ambassador By Robert Eshelman
Pablo Erick Solón Romero Oroza: For the capitalist system everything, nature – even other humans – is considered an object that you can use to obtain a profit. What we are seeing is the consequence of this vision Continue reading
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Copenhagen eyewitness: The rising tide of climate justice By Lauren Carroll Harris
One hundred thousand protesters braved near freezing temperatures and took over the Danish capital, Copenhagen, on December 12 to crank up the heat on world leaders at the United Nations Climate Summit (COP15) and demand climate justice. Continue reading
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Copenhagen and capitalism
Video: Minqi Li: No legally binding agreement the result of elites seeking short term profits first Continue reading
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COP-15 Guía de Acciones /Le Guide d’Action /Guida all’azione /Protestleitfaden /Action Guide
11 December, 2009 — https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/copenhagen2009info Espanol Guía de Acciones para el COP15 Mapa de Acciones… Version ‘en línea’ de este mapa: tinyurl.com/ycqolgo Francais Le Guide d’Action pour la COP15 La Carte des Actions… Voir la carte en ligne: tinyurl.com/y85p4op Italiano Guida all’azione per il COP15 Mappa delle azioni… Versione online qui: tinyurl.com/yeb9ewh English Action Guide… Continue reading
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Leaked Document Shows Rich Nations Plan Climate Coup in Copenhagen By John Vidal
The UN Copenhagen climate talks are in disarray today after developing countries reacted furiously to leaked documents that show world leaders will next week be asked to sign an agreement that hands more power to rich countries and sidelines the UN’s role in all future climate change negotiations. Continue reading
