On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched nearly 900 strikes on Iran in twelve hours. The Supreme Leader was killed. The Strait of Hormuz closed. Oil crossed $100 a barrel. The IEA called it the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market. None of this was an accident. It is the architecture of a system — one built on fossil fuel dependency and maintained through imperial violence.
Green capitalism is slow violence. It works through distance and disguise, where branding sanitises harm and abstraction shields exploitation. The structure beneath remains intact.
People often think socialism wants to abolish toothbrushes and ban small businesses. These myths survive because they protect the interests of those who benefit from confusion. This article clears the fog around what socialism actually proposes — and why.
COP30 gathered the world to chart a liveable future yet admitted nearly fifteen hundred fossil lobbyists and delivered a declaration that refused to commit to phasing out fossil fuels. This article examines what that means for climate justice, democracy, and the Global South.
A green transition that preserves extractive power is a false transition. The Democratic Republic of Congo's cobalt fuels batteries but not local prosperity. This essay maps the human, ecological, and political costs and outlines an alternative that centres democracy and repair.
Eco-socialism argues that the fight for human freedom and the fight for the living planet are one struggle. It confronts the system that profits from destruction and imagines a world organised for life.
Capitalism, colonialism, and climate collapse are one system of domination expressed through different forms, not separate crises. This manifesto defines The Red Soil's mission as an eco-socialist, decolonial platform for people and planet.
