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NOVEMBER 13, 2018 Dear Member of the SCNCC Community,

Those of us who are united under the banner "System Change Not Climate Change" are a varied lot. Although we are not aligned on many questions facing our anti-capitalist, ecosocialist movement, we are all in agreement that the planetary emergency brought on by fossil-fueled capitalism is here now and threatens to catapult us into a condition that some scientists have dubbed "Hothouse Earth."

The latest UN report gives the world a mere 12 years to reduce its emissions of carbon dioxide by 45% in order to avoid a slide into dangerous, if not cataclysmic, conditions increasingly hostile to the survival of the human species. Barring the magical arrival of currently non-existent technologies, the only way such a reduction is possible is a massive and rapid transformation of society on an unprecedented scale. The mainstream media may finally awaken to the crisis caused by capitalism, but we can expect capitalist politicians and to promote false solutions or a more savage turn to a right as the crisis deepens.

It is up to us to build a mass movement to see that this crisis resolves in the direction of ecological democratic socialism rather than authoritarian neofascist barbarism. Each of the articles we highlight in this newsletter contributes a perspective on how we can move forward to confront this challenge or avoid false solutions that threaten to derail our efforts. We hope you find some inspiration and hope in reading them.

We invite you to visit our website at systemchangenotclimatechange.org (recently tweaked for better viewing on mobile devices), join one of the discussions or start your own on our discussion forum at scncc.net, or follow us on FaceBook or Twitter if such is your wont.

Check out these recent articles on our website: SystemChangeNotClimateChange.org

Climate and the Infernal Blue Wave: Straight Talk About Saving Humanity

Carol Dansereau | Counterpunch | November 13, 2018
Let me tell you about why I woke up crying today. It has to do with just how close we are to full-blown climate disaster. I was thinking about children who are already experiencing the horrible... read more

Beyond the Green New Deal

Max Ajl | The Brooklyn Rail | November 7, 2018
The agrarianist Wendell Berry wrote once that modernity had bred a dangerous and close-to-fatal ignorance about ecology. In contrast to earlier ways of life, our social relations, which are our... read more

What Is The Climate Equivalent of “Medicare For All”?

Nathan J. Robinson | Current Affairs | November 7, 2018
Progressives have been phenomenally successful at “branding” single-payer healthcare. The “Medicare for All” idea has caught on stunningly quickly, to the point where a majority of Republicans... read more

Capitalism, the Climate Crisis, and Ecosocialist Solutions

David Klein | change-links.org | October 30, 2018
The climate crisis is the greatest threat humanity has ever faced. At the current rate of greenhouse gas emissions, we are headed for 4°C to 7°C of warming above pre-industrial global averages... read more

Is there still time to stop climate catastrophe?

Phil Gasper | SocialistWorker.org | October 20, 2018
THE LATEST report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is dire. The headline in the New York Times said there is a “strong risk of crisis” by 2040. The Washington Post said we... read more

IPCC Report: First Thoughts on Next Steps

Sydney Azari | Medium.com | October 19, 2018
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released an ominous report this week driving home an urgent and serious reality:without immediate action to transform society, climate catastrophe... read more

Socialist Foreign Policy Must Center Climate Change

Meredith Tax | In These Times | October 13, 2018
Meredith Tax argues that a socialist foreign policy must address climate change, globalism, neofascism, and a new paradigm for social justice. As midterm elections loom, suddenly everyone is... read more

Ecosocialism’s Greatest Challenge: The Color-Line and the Twenty-First Century Ecoleft

Ted Franklin | SCNCC | September 18, 2018
“The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line.” —W.E.B. Du Bois What can the twenty-first century ecoleft learn from the protests outside Jerry Brown's Global Climate Action Summit. How can white ecosocialists make common cause with the anticapitalist alliances of climate and environmental justice activists of color?

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Is nuclear power a solution to the climate crisis?

Don Fitz | MR online | August 28, 2018
Faith that environmental catastrophe can best be avoided by technological gadgetry rather than a change in social relationships received a big shot in the arm with the May 2018 publication of the book Energy: A Human History, a book touting the virtues of nuclear power. But will the extreme threat of climate change move closer to resolution by trivializing the menace of nuclear power?

The Fires This Time and Their Implications for Ecosocialists

Richard Smith | SCNCC | August 12, 2018
“Deindustrialization.” That’s a word you virtually never hear in the debate around global warming. Not surprising. It’s a word that’s loaded with negative implications. In this article, SCNCC cofounder Richard Smith argues it's time for an honest public conversation about what it will really take to get off fossil fuels and maintain a livable planet.
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