Adam Booth, writer for www.socialist.net, talks about the environmental crisis and its relationship to capitalism, analysing the question from a Marxist perspective. Adam discusses issues such as carbon trading, green economic stimulus, and the role of individual actions in averting climate change, and in contrast presents a socialist solution to the environmental and ecological problems facing society and the planet.
Several wildfires are raging uncontrollably in and around the US city of Los Angeles. From the climate crisis, to the underfunding of fire departments, to water privatisation – the blame for this catastrophe lies squarely with the capitalist class.
In this episode of Marxist Voice, Hamid Alizadeh, member of the International Secretariat of the RCI, explores the reasons for the rapid collapse of the Assad regime, and what this means for the region.
In this episode, leading RCI member Alan Woods outlines the perspectives for the coming period: one of rising geopolitical tensions, turbulence, and revolutionary explosions.