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Author: Martin Empson Publisher: ISBN: 9781914143618 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Capitalism has unleashed an environmental crisis it cannot solve. It destroys the planet and simultaneously prevents us addressing the crisis. Environmental protesters around the world are demanding 'system change' because they know that capitalism puts the pursuit of profit before the lives of people and the planet's ecology. The only conclusion can be that capitalism must go and so the struggle for a sustainable world needs revolutionary politics. Building a sustainable future will require the end of capitalism and the creation of a new, socialist, world. In this book, socialist and environmental activist Martin Empson, outlines the sort of politics we need, and argues that revolution is not an abstract concept from history - but an 'actuality' for the 21st century. Indeed revolution is the only hope for humanity's long-term future.
Author: Martin Empson Publisher: ISBN: 9781914143618 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Capitalism has unleashed an environmental crisis it cannot solve. It destroys the planet and simultaneously prevents us addressing the crisis. Environmental protesters around the world are demanding 'system change' because they know that capitalism puts the pursuit of profit before the lives of people and the planet's ecology. The only conclusion can be that capitalism must go and so the struggle for a sustainable world needs revolutionary politics. Building a sustainable future will require the end of capitalism and the creation of a new, socialist, world. In this book, socialist and environmental activist Martin Empson, outlines the sort of politics we need, and argues that revolution is not an abstract concept from history - but an 'actuality' for the 21st century. Indeed revolution is the only hope for humanity's long-term future.
Author: Ted Reese Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 108
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Socialism or Extinction: Climate, Automation and War in the Final Capitalist Breakdown is a systematic theoretical/Marxist analysis of the unprecedented crises engulfing humanity, arguing:* that capitalism per se - because its ever-growing dependence on exploiting labour and expanding commodity-production makes the labour-intensity of extraction-based production increasingly necessary - is the cause of and can only continue to accelerate the climate crisis;* that the overall rate of profit is trending historically towards (a permanent) zero and that the final expression of this is the tendency towards fully automated production, which is eliminating the sole source of profit/surplus value - the exploitation of commodity-producing human labour;* that, drawing on the work of Karl Marx and Henryk Grossman, capitalism is heading unavoidably, in purely economic terms, towards a final, insurmountable breakdown that is destined to strike much earlier than a zero rate of profit - and, indeed, that the next, looming crisis will at some point see all fiat currencies collapse against precious metals, ie worldwide hyperinflation. It is also argued therefore that a digital (non-transferable) voucher system, whereby exchange-value/value creation is based on utility-production instead of commodity-production, is becoming an economic necessity for the first time;* that the accumulation crisis is forcing the world's imperialist powers into direct confrontation, meaning humanity faces not one extinction threat, but two;* that the solution to the climate crisis requires: value-creation to become based on utility-production instead of commodity-production, ending the absolute economic need to plunder the environment; an incentivised transition towards a communal system of living in order to achieve massive resource efficiency gains; a green industrial revolution that is actually green (hemp-based)* that the productive forces, in line with their historical development, now demand democratic central planning of the economy as a whole - ie a public monopoly - meaning the all-socialist state and a Communist International remain necessary during the transition to (global, stateless) communism, a borderless world of equality and relative abundance for all.
Author: Ted Reese Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 353
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"A vital, indispensable contribution to Marxist theory. Reese explains the cause of the crisis and its solution with clarity and precision. Get this now." - James Bell, Prolekult.Socialism or Extinction: Climate, Automation and War in the Final Capitalist Breakdown is a systematic theoretical/Marxist analysis of the unprecedented crises engulfing humanity, arguing:* that capitalism per se - because its ever-growing dependence on exploiting labour makes the labour-intensity of extraction-based production increasingly necessary - is the cause of and can only continue to accelerate the climate crisis;* that the overall rate of profit is trending historically towards (a permanent) zero and that the final expression of this is the tendency towards fully automated production, which is eliminating the sole source of profit/surplus value - the exploitation of commodity-producing human labour;* that, drawing on the work of Karl Marx and Henryk Grossman, capitalism is heading unavoidably, in purely economic terms, towards a final, insurmountable breakdown that is destined to strike much earlier than a zero rate of profit - and, indeed, that the next, looming crisis will at some point see all fiat currencies collapse against precious metals, ie worldwide hyperinflation. It is also argued therefore that a global digital currency whereby exchange-value/value creation is based on labour's use-value instead of its surplus value - ending the exploitation of labour - is becoming an economic necessity;* that the accumulation crisis is forcing the world's imperialist powers into direct confrontation, meaning humanity faces not one extinction threat, but two;* that the solution to the climate crisis requires: value creation to become based on use-value instead of surplus value, ending the absolute economic need to plunder the environment; an incentivised transition towards a communal system of living in order to achieve massive efficiency gains; and the end of the alienation capitalism imposes between man and nature, in large part by ending the international prohibition of hemp, nature's most prolific and versatile crop - and the key not only to reversing desertification and stabilising the climate, but to the next stage in technological and industrial development, ie a green industrial revolution that is actually green;* that the productive forces, in line with their historical development, now demand democratic central planning of the economy as a whole - ie a public monopoly - meaning the all-socialist state and a Communist International remain necessary during the transition to (global, stateless) communism, a borderless world of equality and relative abundance for all.
Author: Troy Vettese Publisher: Verso Books ISBN: 1804290386 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 241
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"Empowers readers to write their own recipes for a future in peril: an exercise in democracy few books have dared to undertake." –Andreas Malm, author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline A plan to save the earth and bring the good life to all In this thrilling and capacious book, Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass challenge the inertia of capitalism and the left alike and propose a radical plan to address climate disaster and guarantee the good life for all. Consumption in the Global North can’t continue unabated, and we must give up the idea that humans can fully control the Earth through technological “fixes” which only wreak further havoc. Rather than allow the forces of the free market to destroy the planet, we must strive for a post-capitalist society able to guarantee the good life the entire planet. This plan, which they call Half-Earth Socialism, means we must: • rewild half the Earth to absorb carbon emissions and restore biodiversity • pursue a rapid transition to renewable energy, paired with drastic cuts in consumption by the world’s wealthiest populations • enact global veganism to cut down on energy and land use • inaugurate worldwide socialist planning to efficiently and equitably manage production • welcome the participation of everyone—even you! Accompanied by a climate-modelling website inviting readers to design their own “half earth,” Vettese and Pendergrass offer us a visionary way forward—and our only hope for a future.
Author: Ted Reese Publisher: John Hunt Publishing ISBN: 1789047749 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 195
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Henryk Grossman is a name most socialists or students of political and social theory - let alone the mass of working people around the world - have probably never heard of. Yet Grossman, a Polish Jew born in 1881, deserves recognition as the most sophisticated defender of Karl Marx's theory of capitalism's inevitable collapse. With capitalism sinking into its deepest ever crisis, Grossman's neglected work must be revisited and popularised. Is capitalism entering its final breakdown?
Author: Sanjeev Ghotge Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 149859574X Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 123
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The current generation owes a moral and political obligation to the next generation and beyond , in terms of their real inheritance: the three interlinked existential crises represented by climate change, the multiple crises of the global environment and the conventional and nuclear arms race. This book is an attempt to reach out to the next generation to start shaping their own collective future through the greening of socialism on a global basis as an affirmative survival response to these crises which will have to be confronted in the course of the twenty-first century. It starts with a clear recapitulation of the major historical event-structures of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries which have been responsible for the genesis of these crises and links them to the possible choices and actions for the next century and beyond. These crises are no longer separable in terms of the consequences they entail for global humanity. Nor is it possible to separate our relationship with Nature as a whole from our relationship with each other at a global level. Consequently, the resolution of these crises is no longer a matter of mere technical or economic fixes, they will involve the major part of humanity as actors intervening into shaping their own future. The decisive moment for social and political change is fast approaching, with a clear choice to be made between systemic change or continuing with fragmented systems which are inexorably driving us towards the possibility of human extinction along with the extinction of major life-forms on earth. The building blocks of a desirable and sustainable future are already available to us but the powerful and entrenched economic and political structures of the world are in continuous denial of the possibilities of the future through systemic changes. This book lays out the above argument in a concise and logical framework that ranges across several disciplines from political economy and history to ecology and the sciences and technology. It is then up to the next generation to make their own choices about the future in the light of the mounting evidence about the urgency of systemic change. The decisive moment is now. This book is an honest account linking the past, the present and the likely future. It is a challenging read for those who will rise to the challenge.
Author: Pete Frittmann Publisher: ISBN: 9781976870255 Category : Languages : en Pages : 178
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This 21st will be the last century with Homo sapiens as the top dog on this planet. Artificially intelligent beings are taking over our jobs at an alarming rate. We will become obsolete - but that doesn't mean we have to become extinct. Whether that happens will depend on how we prepare for the arrival of our much smarter mind-child, Rono sapiens. Under our current capitalist system, the takeover of AI will lead to growing unemployment, then protests, riots and increasingly violent clashes between the ruling elite - the owners of the machines - and everyone else. Whoever remains standing from those conflicts, Rono sapiens will likely finish. After all, who would want to keep around a genocidal species, even if it's your mommy and daddy? Capitalism is the path to extinction, but a more socialistic system, with more human values, may save us from doom. You want to know how to survive the future?Welcome to "Socialism or Extinction."
Author: Michael Mathiesen Publisher: Michael Mathiesen ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 231
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The Green New Deal is moving at a more rapid pace than the Government can try to stop it. We are mostly working from our homes today, we are producing far less Green House Gases, the atmosphere of the Earth and the Oceans are clearing from the centuries long attack, animals are coming back because they can breathe again and the Coronavirus is to blame. But, should we say - 'The Corona Virus can take full credit for saving our asses?' We were on a ticking time bomb where in Ten Years to maybe 20 Years TOPS, the human race would be ALL OVER - we would reach a TIPPING POINT from which we would never have been able to reverse until the temperature of our planet would have soared into unlivable hot house temperatures. Very little life would have survived and we as the most intelligent animal on the planet would have been extinct. Since Covid 19, however, and because we have been forced to stop using our cars, going onto the freeways of the world and poisoning the air as we moved about the planet, the AIR IS CLEARING and if this goes on through the summer, the virus will have given us about TWO MORE YEARS leeway until we hit the TIPPING POINT, the cliff, the final extinction of the Human Race and most likely all life forms with us. What the Green New Deal was designed to be was JUST THIS KIND OF SCENARIO but without the PANDEMIC. If it takes a Pandemic to save the Earth, I'm all for it. A few million people may have to be sacrificed and they will perish in a most horrific way since the Corona Virus SUFFOCATES its victions. BUT, this is a way to DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW ALL OF US WOULD DIE IF WE DON'T STOP POLLUTING OUR ATMOSPERHE WITH CO2. This course is for anyone who wants to learn how they can become part of the SOLUTION and help SAVE THE HUMAN RACE by continuing to live in this NEW AGE of FAR LESS CONSUMPTION. One thing the VIRUS has proven is that WE CAN ALL STAY AT HOME AND GET PAID TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION INSTEAD OF PART OF THE PROBLEM. Yes, we will be FORCED TO continue to make sacrifices, but these sacrifices OF TODAY are NOTHING compared to the sacrifices we will have to make if we let things go much further and we find ourselves on the BRINK. Imagine having to EUTHANIZE HALF of the WORLD'S POPULATION so that the other half just has a CHANCE to survive - WHO WILL MAKE THAT DECISION. These and many other TOUGH QUESTIONS are asked and ANSWERED in this book. If you love your country and your planet equally as much - you need to JOIN this movement.
Author: Vishwas Satgar Publisher: NYU Press ISBN: 177614208X Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 293
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Essays that address the question: how can people and class agency change this destructive course of history? Capitalism’s addiction to fossil fuels is heating our planet at a pace and scale never before experienced. Extreme weather patterns, rising sea levels and accelerating feedback loops are a commonplace feature of our lives. The number of environmental refugees is increasing and several island states and low-lying countries are becoming vulnerable. Corporate-induced climate change has set us on an ecocidal path of species extinction. Governments and their international platforms such as the Paris Climate Agreement deliver too little, too late. Most states, including South Africa, continue on their carbon-intensive energy paths, with devastating results. Political leaders across the world are failing to provide systemic solutions to the climate crisis. This is the context in which we must ask ourselves: how can people and class agency change this destructive course of history? Volume three in the Democratic Marxism series, The Climate Crisis investigates eco-socialist alternatives that are emerging. It presents the thinking of leading climate justice activists, campaigners and social movements advancing systemic alternatives and developing bottom-up, just transitions to sustain life. Through a combination of theoretical and empirical work, the authors collectively examine the challenges and opportunities inherent in the current moment. This volume builds on the class-struggle focus of Volume 2 by placing ecological issues at the centre of democratic Marxism. Most importantly, it explores ways to renew historical socialism with democratic, eco-socialist alternatives to meet current challenges in South Africa and the world.
Author: Martin Empson
Author: Martin Empson
Author: Ted Reese
Author: Ted Reese
Author: Troy Vettese
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Author: Ted Reese
Author: Sanjeev Ghotge
Author: Pete Frittmann
Author: Michael Mathiesen
Author: Vishwas Satgar