the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Mar 31, 2025
Wild birds are in big trouble across the United States, according to a recent report. One third of U.S. bird species are in high or moderate risk of disappearing. This comes five years after a study reported that almost three billion birds or 29% had disappeared in 50 years. Over 100 species have lost more than half their populations. For example, many sparrows, warblers, finches, swallows, hummingbirds, and even ducks are in crisis.
“We have a full-on emergency across all habitats,” a National Audubon Society officer warns. Much of the emergency comes directly from capitalist pressure on land. Expansion of commercial logging and commercial farming threatens grasslands, wetlands, and forests. The Great Plains are losing grassland at one to two million acres per year. But drought also threatens birds, and drought happens more often because of climate change caused by industrial air pollution.