April 22 is Earth Day, and in honor of the day—coincidentally, Lenin’s birthday—we are publishing a classic from the Religious Socialism archives. As the struggle to restrain climate change enters a new stage, with ever higher stakes, we would do well to remember the deep roots of the environmental movement, and how what once was a lonely battle has become a global movement for justice, rooted in solidarity. Norman Faramelli makes a case that cannot be made too often: to be a socialist is also to be an environmentalist, and to be a believer is also to be a champion of the creation we all share.

Click here to read Norman Faramelli’s piece: “Environmental Justice: A Socialist View”

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Nick Reynolds is a PhD candidate studying political theory at CUNY, with a BA and an MA in European history and Holocaust & Genocide Studies (he’s lots of fun at parties). An incorrigible nerd and bookworm, he’s interested in just about everything.

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