The Belem Ecosocialist Declaration

Posted by admin on February 21, 2009 under Climate Change, Energy, Socialism, Strategy | 3 Comments to Read

[This was submitted by the Northern California CCDS for discussion, and then as a proposal for adoption.]

“The world is suffering from a fever due to climate change,
and the disease is the capitalist development model.”
Evo Morales, president of Bolivia, September 2007

Humanity’s Choice

Humanity today faces a stark choice: ecosocialism or barbarism.

We need no more proof of the barbarity of capitalism, the parasitical system that exploits humanity and nature alike. Its sole motor is the imperative toward profit and thus the need for constant growth. It wastefully creates unnecessary products, squandering the environment’s limited resources and returning to it only toxins and pollutants. Under capitalism, the only measure of success is how much more is sold every day, every week, every year — involving the creation of vast quantities of products that are directly harmful to both humans and nature, commodities that cannot be produced without spreading disease, destroying the forests that produce the oxygen we breathe, demolishing ecosystems, and treating our water, air and soil like sewers for the disposal of industrial waste.
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Climate Catastrophe & Social Change: An Eco-Socialist Perspective

Posted by admin on February 16, 2009 under Climate Change, Elections, Energy, Labor, Nationalities, Obama, Organizing, Socialism, Strategy, Trade Unions, Youth and Students | Read the First Comment

Eco-Socialism Conference

Oakland, California
January 10-11, 2009

Plenary Panel Remarks

By Carl Bloice

People look at me and roll their eyes when I offer the opinion that potential for international peace and cooperation would be greatly enhanced were it discovered that a large object was hurtling toward Earth and threatening great destruction to the planet. Science fiction would become science and possibly we would pull together to find a way to divert the menace from its path. As I said, people look at me like I’m a brother from another planet so I won’t go any further into it here. But still I think the scenario works as an analogy. So does the Economist magazine. Imagine my surprise when in its latest edition, it began its story on global warming with these words:

“Imagine that some huge rocky projectile, big enough to destroy most forms of life, was hurtling towards the earth, and it seemed that deep international co-operation offered the only hope of deflecting the lethal object. Presumably, the nations of the world would set aside all jealousies and ideological hangups, knowing that failure to act together meant doom for all. Read more of this article »