In his June article in Rolling Stone calling on people to participate in the Climate March, 350.org leader Bill McKibben notably calls for “changing the system that’s powering our destruction.” But the “system” he’s talking about changing is not capitalism itself. As important as the march will be, it will not provide a space for the articulation of radical, anti-capitalist perspectives on the environmental crisis. To complement the march and provide such a space, System Change Not Climate Change; the Ecosocialist Coalition and the Global Climate Convergence Global Climate Convergence are partnering to organize the NYC Climate Convergence Climate Convergence: People, Planet, and Peace over Profit, to take place on the evening of Friday, September 19 and all day Saturday, September 20. The organizers are clear where they stand on the UN framework: “As the corporate captured UN proposes false solutions like carbon trading and sets meager greenhouse reduction targets, we will show the world what tackling global warming from the bottom up looks like.” They are also clear on what the real problem is: “an economic system that exploits people and the planet for profit.” Solidarity was one of the first organizations to endorse the Climate Convergence. new-york-sept-19-23/
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:08:07 +0000