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  • | Illegal logging on Pirititi indigenous Amazon lands Photo Flickr quapan | MR Online

    We have to change our suicidal ways and reconcile with nature to tackle climate crises and pandemics

    Originally published: Daily Maverick on February 25, 2021 by Roland Ngam (more by Daily Maverick) (Posted Feb 27, 2021)

    Every day, entrepreneurs in Brazil cut down more of the Amazon to produce cheap soybeans for animals in Europe and America. Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia tear up their forests to produce cheap coffee and palm oil for the world.

  • | Cannabis | MR Online

    Battle over legality of cannabis grow clubs hits high court as cops clamp down on dagga lab

    Originally published: Daily Maverick on February 3, 2021 by Caryn Dolley (more by Daily Maverick) (Posted Feb 04, 2021)

    A battle by a business that ‘privately’ grew and prepared cannabis for clients, to have this service declared lawful, landed in the Western Cape high court this week–this as police clamped down on another dagga laboratory.

  • | Societies that require overconsumption and have to incentivise it based on the imperative for endless growth through market based economies are responsible for the destruction of the environment says the writer Photo Fani Mahuntsi Gallo Images via Getty Images | MR Online

    Saving nature: Overpopulation is not the primary problem

    Originally published: Daily Maverick on July 16, 2020 by Bruce Baigrie (more by Daily Maverick) (Posted Jul 23, 2020)

    In a period of ecological and climate crises, figuring out ‘how to save nature’ is perhaps the principal challenge facing our planet. Yet, a largely unchallenged view is the misconception that overpopulation is among the primary drivers of these crises.

Monthly Review Essays

  • Ruy Mauro Marini’s Contribution to the Political Economy of Imperialism
    Torkil Lauesen | | MR Online

    In “The Dialectics of Dependency,” Ruy Mauro Marini developed a theory of dependency and unequal exchange that is still invaluable today.

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  • Militarism and the Coming Wars
    István Mészáros | What Did You Learn from Iraq | MR Online

    The dangers and immense suffering caused by all attempts at solving deep-seated social problems by militaristic interventions, on any scale, are obvious enough. If, however, we look more closely at the historical trend of militaristic adventures, it becomes frighteningly clear that they show an ever greater intensification and an ever-increasing scale, from local confrontations to […]

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