Tune In, Turn On, and Break Out on the Ecosocialist Network

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 Dear member of the SCNCC community,

As fall approaches and the fires in the West are still raging, along comes Hurricane Florence to remind us that the climate in which human civilization developed is rapidly changing. Our sympathy goes to all the people afflicted by Florence and mounting climate disasters around the world. It is becoming clearer that even those of us in the most developed countries will not escape the consequences of capitalism's crazed commitment to burn fossil fuels no matter what the cost to future generations of life on Earth. According to the New Yorker Magazine, the rich are betting on converted missile solos to shield them from the worst.

Want to bet on the humans instead? SCNCC exists because we believe the only antidote to despair is to fight back. It's time to nationalize, socialize, and phase out the fossil fuel industry.

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.

Recent articles on our website include:

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 New York Times Front Page - Summer of Fire

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.

Too Late? A Horror Story

Gene Warren Jr. | The Socialist | August 7, 2018
The author agonized on what to title this short piece, designed to highlight the grave problems facing humanity. Is it too late to reverse the direction of global warming and the inevitable catastrophic impacts of climate change?

The State of Ecosocialism in the UK in 2018

Mike Shaughnessy | London Green Left Blog | August 7, 2018
Four years ago an American ecosocialist comrade from Solidarity US and the System Change Not Climate Change coalition visited the UK for a holiday and also to meet with ecosocialist comrades. What's changed?

Capitalism Killed Our Climate Momentum, Not “Human Nature”

Naomi Klein | The Intercept | August 3, 2018
Responding to the NY Times Magazine epic single-article issue on climate politics, Naomi Klein places the blame for climate inaction on capitalism and calls for "democratic eco-socialism" and criticizes the Times' piece's author for ultimately blaming systemic problems on everyone and no one.

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