Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by TANURO Daniel
“Face to neo-malthusian tendencies, we need a positive narrative. An important part of the answer should consist in arguing that the maximum number of people that can be supported by a certain mode of production is not the only parameter of the population debate. Another parameter, at least as (…)
, by HENDRIXSON Anne
The Landscapes on Uncrowded.org are conspicuously lacking in people: a spacious meadow, a desert stretching to a distant mountain range, and a calm expanse of water.The Washington D.C. non-profit promotes a troubling message against this bucolic backdrop. They claim that national and (…)
, by THORNETT Alan
The effect of population growth on the ecological crisis is a discussion rarely taken up by the left, including the Fourth International. We are inviting contributions on it, of which the first, by Alan Thornett, is “Population and the environment: time for a rethink” (see below). (…)
, by THORNETT Alan
This contribution was written in August 2012 as a discussion text for Socialist Resistance (SR), the British section of the Fourth International, after the FI had organized a seminar on ecology at the International Institute for Research and Education (IIIRE, Amsterdam).
Introduction
At the (…)
, by ANGUS Ian, THORNETT Alan
TOO MANY PEOPLE? A REVIEW
Alan Thornett reviews Too Many People? by Ian Angus and Simon Butler published by Haymarket at £13.99.
As a long-time comrade of Ian Angus, a fellow ecosocialist, and an admirer of his work on Marxism and ecology, I am disappointed by the tone he has adopted in his (…)
, by ANGUS Ian, BUTLER Simon
The United Nations says that the world’s population will reach 7 billion people this month.
The approach of that milestone has produced a wave of articles and opinion pieces blaming the world’s environmental crises on overpopulation. In New York’s Times Square, a huge and expensive video (…)
, by BELLO Walden
The facts are clear. In terms of key economic and social indicators, the Philippines was ahead of Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam 40 years ago. Today, we are behind and face the dismal prospect of falling even farther behind in the next few years. And a major part of the reason is that in (…)
, by BELLO Walden
Whenever students ask him if family planning is really essential in curbing population growth, Dr. Nibhon Debavalya, Thailand’s leading population expert, responds with a parable about Thailand and the Philippines. Interestingly, Meechai Viravaidya, the family planning and HIV-AIDS activist who (…)
, by MALONE Sheila
World population has grown from 2.5bn in 1950 to 6.8bn in 2007. By 2050 it is predicted to reach 9.2bn, and then stabilise (UN figures). This estimate assumes rates in many countries in the North will continue to decrease, and that the South will gradually follow suit.
Are such numbers (…)
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