Environment, farming Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/movements-and-struggles/environment-farming/ MARXIST ESSAYS AND COMMENTARY Wed, 20 Oct 2021 22:13:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 https://i0.wp.com/johnriddell.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-John-Riddell-Icon-Final-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Environment, farming Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/movements-and-struggles/environment-farming/ 32 32 22825446 Krestintern: The Comintern’s Troubled Peasant International https://johnriddell.com/2021/10/10/krestintern-the-cominterns-troubled-peasant-international/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/10/10/krestintern-the-cominterns-troubled-peasant-international/#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2021 18:02:38 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=7421 Part 9 of a nine-part series on auxiliary organizations of the Communist International. Launched in  1923 in Moscow, the Peasant International, or Krestintern, was at least in organizational terms perhaps the least successful of the auxiliary bodies built by the Communist International (Comintern). Within two years of its foundation, attention to the Peasant International “visibly […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/10/10/krestintern-the-cominterns-troubled-peasant-international/feed/ 2 7421 Karl Marx in Wuhan, by Carlos Martinez https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/06/karl-marx-in-wuhan/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/06/karl-marx-in-wuhan/#respond Wed, 06 May 2020 16:33:55 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5733 China and Covid-19, a Three-Part Series, Part 2 Reposted from Invent the Future, where it forms the first part of “Karl Marx in Wuhan: How Chinese Socialism Is Defeating COVID-19“ by Carlos Martinez. See second part of Martinez’s article. For my reservations regarding Martinez’s discussion of “Chinese socialism,” see China Sets the Pace in Covid-19 […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/06/karl-marx-in-wuhan/feed/ 0 5733 How Chinese Socialism Is Defeating Covid-19, by Carlos Martinez https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/06/how-chinese-socialism-is-defeating-covid-19-by-carlos-martinez/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/06/how-chinese-socialism-is-defeating-covid-19-by-carlos-martinez/#comments Wed, 06 May 2020 15:34:33 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5741 China Sets the Pace in Global Covid-19 Battle, Part 3 Reposted with thanks from Invent the Future, where it forms the conclusion of “Karl Marx in Wuhan: How Chinese Socialism Is Defeating COVID-19“ by Carlos Martinez (March 25, 2020). See first part of Martinez’s article. For my reservations regarding Martinez’s discussion of “Chinese socialism,” see […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/06/how-chinese-socialism-is-defeating-covid-19-by-carlos-martinez/feed/ 3 5741 China Sets the Pace in Global Covid-19 Battle https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/03/china-sets-the-pace/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/03/china-sets-the-pace/#respond Sun, 03 May 2020 14:52:46 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5727 Part 1 of a three-part series By John Riddell. April 30, 2020: Joe Cressy, head of Toronto’s board of health, told Canada’s national broadcaster today that the city has no road map for the period of 18 to 24 months before an effective Covid-19 virus can be deployed. “We’ll need extensive infection tracking,” he told […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/03/china-sets-the-pace/feed/ 0 5727 Andreas Malm on climate crisis, hunger, and revolution https://johnriddell.com/2018/03/23/andreas-malm-on-climate-crisis-hunger-and-revolution/ https://johnriddell.com/2018/03/23/andreas-malm-on-climate-crisis-hunger-and-revolution/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:28:48 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=5024 Does the 1917 uprising in Russia prefigure the possible impact of climate crisis? By John Riddell: In the following text, an excerpt from “Revolutionary Strategy in a Warming World,” eco-socialist writer Andeas Malm projects how the catastrophic effects of unchecked climate crisis may launch the world’s most vulnerable societies into revolutionary upheaval. Malm draws parallels […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2018/03/23/andreas-malm-on-climate-crisis-hunger-and-revolution/feed/ 3 5024 Climate vandalism and North American capitalism https://johnriddell.com/2017/06/07/climate-vandalism-and-north-american-capitalism/ https://johnriddell.com/2017/06/07/climate-vandalism-and-north-american-capitalism/#respond Wed, 07 Jun 2017 19:24:41 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=3862 (First published in The Bullet, June 7, 2017. Reposted by permission.) By Socialist Project. North America has been witness to two distinct forms of climate vandalism over the last year. North America has been witness to two distinct forms of climate vandalism over the last year. In the case of the United States, it came […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2017/06/07/climate-vandalism-and-north-american-capitalism/feed/ 0 3862 Fidel Castro: Fight the ecological destruction threatening the planet! https://johnriddell.com/2016/11/28/fidel-castro-fight-the-ecological-destruction-threatening-the-planet/ https://johnriddell.com/2016/11/28/fidel-castro-fight-the-ecological-destruction-threatening-the-planet/#respond Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:36:54 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=3033 ¡Compañero Fidel, presente! Climate & Capitalism joins millions of people around the world in mourning the death and honoring the life of Fidel Castro Ruz. He lives in our memory as a champion of, and an active participant in, the global fight against poverty, ignorance and oppression, and for a sustainable world. In this short […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2016/11/28/fidel-castro-fight-the-ecological-destruction-threatening-the-planet/feed/ 0 3033 Key to the Leap: Leave the oil in the soil https://johnriddell.com/2016/11/06/key-to-the-leap-leave-the-oil-in-the-soil/ https://johnriddell.com/2016/11/06/key-to-the-leap-leave-the-oil-in-the-soil/#respond Mon, 07 Nov 2016 01:50:33 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=2957 In the Autumn 2016 issue of Canadian Dimension magazine George Martell argues that “the Leap Manifesto offers a genuine opportunity to move beyond social democracy — to directly face up to capitalism — if we are prepared to take the Manifesto’s demands seriously.” Martell’s thoughtful essay is followed by responses from activists representing a variety of viewpoints, […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2016/11/06/key-to-the-leap-leave-the-oil-in-the-soil/feed/ 0 2957 Climate justice and the prospect of power https://johnriddell.com/2016/08/16/climate-justice-and-the-prospect-of-power/ https://johnriddell.com/2016/08/16/climate-justice-and-the-prospect-of-power/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:36:25 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=2776 A balance sheet of the movement to block the cross-Toronto ‘Line 9’ pipeline project. With notes on the meaning of “climate justice” and the relationship of socialism to social movements. By John Riddell. Umair Muhammad’s post on my blog, “Let’s commit to the long haul,” reviews the record of an anti-pipeline movement in which both […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2016/08/16/climate-justice-and-the-prospect-of-power/feed/ 1 2776 Trudeau climate plan challenged at Toronto ‘town halls’ https://johnriddell.com/2016/07/06/trudeau-climate-plan-challenged-at-toronto-town-halls/ https://johnriddell.com/2016/07/06/trudeau-climate-plan-challenged-at-toronto-town-halls/#respond Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:03:30 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=2713 The first two public consultations on climate action organized by Canada’s national government in Toronto gave strong support to the demands of the People’s Climate Plan (PCP), an alternative to federal climate-related proposals. The PCP’s proposals are listed below. The two concepts most frequently voiced at the gatherings, held June 17 and June 24, were […]

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