Here are the videos of Ian Angus, editor of Climate and Capital talking at last night’s forum hosted by Socialist Resistance and Green Left.

Among the areas covered are:

  • An attempt to define ecosocialism.
  • What are the tasks of ecosocialists?
  • The developing ecosocialist movement.
  • The ecological content of indigenous struggles in Latin America.
  • The inadequacy of the political solutions offered by writers like George Monbiot.
  • The contrast between a working class and a capitalist solution to climate change.

Despite being forced to sit in a hippy, liberal, petit bourgeois circle, instead of traditional proletarian rows, the introduction and discussion were excellent. I’d be interested in comments on the content.


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7 responses to “An Ecosocialist response to climate change”

  1. 1. Evo Morales is not the first indigenous president in Latin America, that was Benito Juarez in Mexico.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Juarez

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  2. Thanks for posting this. Ian is always an engaging speaker and his recent work on ecosocialism is great. Those interested in the history of the left should check out his seminal book, Canadian Bolsheviks, which covers the rise and fall of the Canadian CP from the 1920s to the early 30s.

    …I always thought it was pronounced “eeko”-socialism…

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  3. I was there, very interesting talk and discussion. Thanks very much for preserving it for posterity!

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  4. […] global justice. There is a full video stream of Ian’s talk on Liam MacUaid’s blog here. Posted in Climate and Capitalism (blog), Communist Manifesto, Ecological debt, Evo Morales, […]

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  5. Enjoyable meeting, look forward to seeing what comes of it in the short- and medium- term! Thanks for posting the video 🙂

    Was sorry I had to leave so early!

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  6. […] Mac Uaid, an editor of Socialist Resistance, has posted a video of my talk on his excellent […]

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