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Tokar: Vermont Voters Say No To Tar Sands Oil
Commentary, March, 07 2013
Brian Tokar
Tokar's ZSpace page
At least 29 towns in Vermont, including Montpelier and Burlington, overwhelmingly passed resolutions opposing the proposed transport of tar sands oil through their region
Tokar: Apocalypse, Not?
Znet Article, March, 05 2013
Brian Tokar
Tokar's ZSpace page
A review of Catastrophism: The Apocalyptic Politics of Collapse and Rebirth
Tokar: What’s Next for the Occupy Movement?
Znet Article, December, 04 2011
Brian Tokar
Tokar's ZSpace page
People are fed up, and no longer too timid nor too defeated to speak out loudly against the status quo, and for a different kind of society
Tokar: Organizing Cools the Planet: A Review
Znet Article, October, 15 2011
Brian Tokar
Tokar's ZSpace page
The book Organizing Cools the Planet urges us to take home some of the most practical, creative, and up-to-date lessons about the ongoing development of social movements
Tokar: Updates and More Views of Occupy Wall Street
Znet Article, October, 04 2011
Brian Tokar
Tokar's ZSpace page
The Occupy Wall Street campaign, now in its third week, has inspired a wide range of commentaries, as well as like-minded events all across the US
Tokar: Coming of Age in a Different Time
Znet Article, July, 16 2011
Brian Tokar
Tokar's ZSpace page
Review of Loisaida, by Dan Chodorkoff
Tokar: Agriculture & Food in Crisis
Book, December, 20 2010
The failures of “free-market” capitalism are perhaps nowhere more evident than in the production and distribution of food. In Agriculture and Food in Crisis, editors Fred Magdoff and Brian Tokar have assembled an exceptional collection of scholars...
Tokar: Interview: Toward Climate Justice
Znet Article, August, 26 2010
Brian Tokar
Tokar's ZSpace page
New book interview...
Tokar: Toward Climate Justice
Book, August, 11 2010
Toward Climate Justice explains the case for Climate Justice, challenges the myths underlying carbon markets and other false solutions, including the emergence of new nuclear and biofuel technologies, and dissects the events that shaped the diplom...
Tokar: 40 Years of Earth Days
Commentary, April, 22 2010
Brian Tokar
Tokar's ZSpace page
The 40th anniversary of the original Earth Day is upon us, and many seasoned environmentalists are nostalgic for the heady days of the 1970s, when 20 million people hit in the streets and eventually got Richard Nixon to sign a series of ambitious ...
Tokar: What was really decided in Copenhagen?or, “50,000 people went to Denmark and all they got was a lousy 3-page political agreementâ€
Znet Article, December, 23 2009
Brian Tokar
Tokar's ZSpace page
Detailed accounts from participants in the recent Copenhagen climate summit are still coming in, but a few things are already quite clear, even as countries step up the blame game in response to the summit’s disappointing conclusion.
Tokar: Repackaging Copenhagen: Will There Be a Global Climate Agreement?
Commentary, December, 05 2009
Brian Tokar
Tokar's ZSpace page
On the eve of the UN’s long-awaited Copenhagen climate summit, officials are pulling out all the stops to spin the conference as a success, no matter what actually happens.
Tokar: Toward Climate Justice
Zmag Article, September, 01 2009
Brian Tokar
Tokar's ZSpace page
Climate politics and prospects in a crucial time frame
Tokar: Politics-as-Usual While the Planet Burns
Commentary, July, 02 2009
Brian Tokar
Tokar's ZSpace page
A palpable sense of triumph accompanied the passage last week of a first-of-its-kind global warming bill in the US House of Representatives. Rep. Henry Waxman of California, one of the bill's two main sponsors, called it a "decisive and historic a...
Tokar: Social Ecology: Resistance and Reconstruction
Znet Article, May, 06 2009
Brian Tokar
Tokar's ZSpace page
With all the debates and controversies that surrounded Murray Bookchin's many years of active political engagement, few commentators have addressed the lasting influence he had on the social and environmental movements of the past four decades.
Smolker: Biofuels: Promise or Threat?
Znet Article, February, 23 2009
Rachel Smolker
Smolker's ZSpace page
In the coming weeks, the Obama administration is expected to release its plans to address the dual problems of global climate disruption and excessive dependence on foreign oil. Meanwhile, in the background, the debate among environmentalists over...
Tokar: Gene Traders: Biotechnology, World Trade and the Globalization of Hunger
Book, January, 21 2008
Seven international authors show how the interplay of trade policy, “development” politics and biotechnology increases dependency and hunger, while compromising the survival of traditional farmers and their communities.
Tokar: Earth For Sale: Reclaiming Ecology in the Age of Corporate Greenwash
Book, January, 21 2008
Examines official, corporate-funded environmentalism and numerous grassroots alternatives. Traces the implications of the struggles of the 1990s for a renewed ecological movement in the 21st century.
Tokar: Global Warming and the Struggle for Justice
Zmag Article, January, 01 2008
Brian Tokar
Tokar's ZSpace page
If 2006 was the year that the “inconvenient truth” of global climate disruption made its way into the popular consciousness, then hopefully 2007’s revelations will result in more substantive and long-lasting changes.
Tokar: Why No Real Progress at Bali Climate Talks? Toward a People's Agenda for Climate Justice
Znet Article, December, 19 2007
Brian Tokar
Tokar's ZSpace page
With all the fanfare that usually accompanies such gatherings, delegates to the recent UN climate talks on the Indonesian island of Bali returned to their home countries declaring victory. Despite the continued obstructionism of the US delegation,...
