From the first day it appeared online, the masthead of Climate and Capitalism has carried the slogan “Ecosocialism or Barbarism: there is no third way.”

We’ve been quite clear that ecosocialism is not a new theory or brand of socialism — it is socialism with Marx’s important insights on ecology restored, socialism committed to the fight against ecological destruction. But why do we say that the alternative to ecosocialism is barbarism?

…. Continue reading this article on Socialist Voice, July 28, 2007

Ian Angus is editor of the online journal Climate and Capitalism, and a member of the Canadian Dimension Editorial Collective. Read other posts by Ian Angus.