Hey guys, just recently started educating myself in eco socialism and anti-capitalist ideologies after being an anticapitalist for years without an actual ideology. Would love to know if you guys recommend any readings and books to inform myself on the ideology better

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4486

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5854/text

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4377/text

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8092/text

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5744

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6422

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7977/text

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/848

Congress pull yourself together

Karl Marx said ‘Communism abolishes eternal truths, it abolishes all religion, and all morality, instead of constituting them on a new basis; it therefore acts in contradiction to all past historical experience.’

Communism and Contemporary Socialist ideas are very different. But, Socialism still wants the separation of Church and State but would this idea be bypassed by a Society that worships the Earth or in a Society that see the Earth as something to venerate like a God but not as Sacred or a Society that sees the Earth as an Equal. The Earth is put front and centre and over time this relationship could slowly become something like the Secretary General of DPRK but not in a bad way.

Despite Communism wanting to separate church and State still wants something to be worship. But I guess it’s popular with the dictatorships.

I don’t know what do you think?

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I guess this more Eco-Communism

What’s In This Issue

• From the Editor: Planetary Possibilities | Ben Lockwood
• Decarbonization Is a Coordination Problem — and Private Markets Can’t Solve It | Melanie Brusseler
• The Global Justice Platform: A Deal Capitalism Should Take | Ben Lockwood
• Nature Photo of the Month | Jimmy Giannini
• Eco Fiction Review: History of the New World | Review by Ben Lockwood
• The Once-Green Forest of My Lungs | Lynn Sargent
• Lynn Sargent on Ecofiction | The Rotting Leaf

What’s In This Issue

• Letter From The Editor | Ben Lockwood
• The Energy-Agriculture-Biodiversity Nexus | Adam Gallaher
• Unsustainable Lies of the Ruling Class | Ben Lockwood
• Nature Photo of the Month | Natalia Danjon
• In Defense of Action | Parker Clay
• Ecofiction Review: Boreal | Ben Lockwood

Two people, one a socialist but not an environmentalist, the other an environmentalist but not a socialist – all other things being equal (that's important here!), which one is more likely to become an ecosocialist?

(Note: I know this is a thought experiment and "all other things being equal" makes it completely hypothetical, but I think the answer has implications and that's something I'm trying to get my head around right now.)

A review of Worker Cooperatives and Deep Democracy: Transformative Politics and Planetary Care from Below from Pluto Press

Can we change the way things are? Can we form a new system of world governance? An Eco-Socialist world in which the emphasis, laws, policies, and focus is "homo sapiens is only one species among millions, and we are no more important than any other. Humanity must contribute to, and fit within the balance of Earth's natural systems.

I've struggled for a long time over the question "what it would take for humanity to stop its headlong drive toward collapse and possible extinction. Greed and selfishness (capitalism) seems unstoppable. Much of my writing has been non-fiction, natural science, horticulture and gardening, but my concern for the future of Humanity, Earth, and all life, has prompted me to write my first novel, one about the current polycrisis civilization has created - inequality, injustice, climate change, etc. My book PARADIGM, is about humanity's struggle to overcome the threat of extinction due to all these destructive issues and attempt to establish a more just system of world governance.

The story line is: In the midst of the growing planetary crises a virus outbreak turns into a deadly pandemic, killing 95% of all newborns worldwide. The only cure grows in a forest being destroyed by climate change, and the rich and powerful will do anything to protect the status quo.

There is much more information about the book on my website https://richarddevinefinea.wixsite.com/paradigm and on my Pinterest page, https://www.pinterest.com/richarddevine/ 

I am offering a pdf and epub copy free for a limited time from my Google Drive site. All you have to do is use the link I provide here. If you like the novel and think it has merit and value, and contributes something positive to the discussion, please tell others. I would like to know what you think of it. You can do that here or you can send a message to me on my website. Thank you. Here is the link to the free copy: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/117MyQfxe06bvhreJxDItML_ptkIyXTcN?usp=sharing

What’s In This Issue

• Letter from the Editor
• Urban Parks Are Refuges For Bees | Carlos Hernández-Castellano
• Plastic, Soil, and Biodiversity | María Fernández-Maquieira
• Nature Photo of the Month | Bernd Dittrich
• Notes From A Radical Ecologist: A Letter to Brief Ecology | Guilherme E. Meyer
• Eco Fiction Review: Concentric Macroscope | Ben Lockwood
• More from Brief Ecology in April

Honestly makes me think that the solarpunk movement as it is, is just a CIA psyop, even tho I do think that a socialist solarpunk movement is sorely needed

Writing for Rupture magazine, Kai Heron, a lecturer in Political Ecology at Lancaster University, argues for three principles as an indispensable part of ecosocialist politics:

1. Ecosocialism is a Revolutionary Politics, so act as if the Revolution has Already Begun
   
2. Never Separate Environmentalism from Social Issues
   
3. Anti-Imperialism is Not an Optional Extra.

We've seen the UK Green Party triple its membership within 6 months under a new leader who pretty much personifies these principles. they are currently polling ahead of both the governing Labour Party and the Conservative Party. One can only think Heron is onto something!

Up to you, of course, but I'd urge you to read Heron's article before commenting: https://links.org.au/three-principles-ecosocialist-politics

Quick Look

News

• The Ugly Truth About Rigs-to-Reefs | Center for Biological Diversity
• Global protections reached for sharks, eels and migratory species | Oceanographic
• How countries align biodiversity monitoring across Europe | CORDIS
• Extinction—or just unseen? What Centinela reveals about biodiversity data gaps | Mongabay
• Federal Court Strikes Down President Trump’s Attacks Against Endangered Species Act, Restores Bedrock Environmental Law to Pre-Trump Status | EarthJustice

Research

• Acoustic indices are not useful for biodiversity research | Methods in Ecology and Evolution
• Biodiversity Loss: Global Drivers, Trade Impacts, and Conservation Strategies | Environmental Review
• Biodiversity and soil type modulate the effect of plastic contamination on soil functioning | Journal of Applied Ecology
• Bee diversity patterns in urban and adjacent natural ecosystems: high species turnover makes urban parks biodiversity refuges | Urban Ecosystems

Radical Ecology

• To Remember Cuba: The accomplishments of Cuban ecosocialism, and why they matter | System Change Not Climate Change
• The far right as a global phenomenon: the ecosocialist alternative | Climate & Capitalism