Red and Green

Editor's letter

Eco-socialism comes of age
Why David Ransom believes that socialists and environmentalists are engaged in a common endeavour.

On the 150th anniversary of the Communist Manifesto
A poem by David Watson.

The end of the rainbow
Mari Marcel Thekaekara has second thoughts about the Green Revolution, poverty and traditional cultures.

Retrieved from the future
A preview of 2018.

The price of time
Why the shorter working week matters, by Anders Hayden.

RED AND GREEN – THE FACTS

Malign design
Lisa Macdonald and Allen Myers have their doubts about capitalism’s ability to deliver sustainable goods.

Mama Afrika
A parable by Sindiwe Magona.

Warmer heartbeats
Hilary Wainwright surveys the space for a Green politics of the Left.

The best way there
Sustainability and equality rely on each other, according to Richard Douthwaite.

Greenprint
How to cut the consuming habit – a short guide.

Intelligent graffiti, hysterical police
Katharine Ainger reports on a different kind of international gathering in Geneva.

Reasons to be fearful
The prospect of capitalist collapse fills Tom Athanasiou with foreboding.

Action / Reading

Photograph by GIL MOTI / STILL PICTURES

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Letters
Letter from Mongolia
Update
The NI Interview with Hubert Lanssiers
Reviews: plus Marsha Hunt classic
NI Crossword
Endpiece: by Felicity Arbuthnot
Country profile: The Fiji Islands