[DEBATE] : Class struggle and ecology -- An ecosocialist contribution to the discussion on revolutionary regroupment* | Links

glparramatta glparramatta at greenleft.org.au
Wed Sep 3 01:13:23 BST 2008


/....we with flesh, blood and brain, belong to nature, and exist in its 
midst, and... all our mastery of it consists in the fact that we have 
the advantage of all other creatures of being able to learn its laws and 
apply them correctly -- /Friedrich Engels.

*Ecology as crucial as imperialism *

For socialists in the 20th century imperialism was the great dividing 
line between those who accepted the logic of capitalist society and 
those who were willing to challenge it. In the first decades of the 21st 
century it is apparent that imperialism and war will remain inherent 
features of late capitalism. To these threats we must add the genuine 
and serious risks of severe ecological degradation and climate change 
caused by the capitalist economic model as factors that will shape 
socialist politics in the coming decades.

Full article http://links.org.au/node/610

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