Desert Libertaire
We need to stop saying “Just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse…” Who seriously thinks it can’t get any worse? Still, there are things we can do–or rather, not do.
Ecocide
Dead Land, Dead Water
There is a new migrating subject who does not exist in the eye of the law. She is the victim of forced displacement that happens where there is no war.
Fight the Frackopoly
“If we’re really going to put together a movement to fight for something, why would we fight for these trading schemes? Why would we put the financial services industry in charge of the environment? We should work to ban fossil fuels.”
A Disaster for the Whole World
“Go figure what is causing hunger. You’re displacing smallholder farmers from their land; you’re arresting them and charging them as terrorists if they protest; and then their lands are given away to foreign investors to grow what? Sugar and cotton.”
On Extinction, Exploitation and Ecocide
“To say this is a general condition that has been created by humanity doesn’t give us any understanding of the mechanisms that have generated the environmental crisis—and consequently, no way to organize.”
This Is Abrupt Climate Change
We’ve gone so far down the path that it doesn’t matter if we turn off the heat engine now or not. We’re destined for a loss of habitat for our species in the not-very-distant future, regardless.
Analyzing a Picture
In the end, breaking through cynism and apathy implies not only to feel something but also to react. Which means taking sides and understanding that the ecological disaster is about us as a bunch of people who have already figured out that something isn’t quite right.
New World Water
We’re pulling water up so fast that it’ll be gone in our lifetime. The Ogallala Aquifer will be gone. There aren’t any ifs ands or buts; it’s just a case of when and how fast it goes.