Extinction
Rebellion have come to Scotland when the North Bridge in Edinburgh
was blocked by protesters. Numerous arrests were made by police.
Activist
Dr Anna Fisk, a lecturer in theology and religious studies at the
University of Glasgow, said: “We're doing this because business as
usual is killing us all. We’re in a
climate crisis and we want governments to take action as if it’s an
emergency. We’ll be causing this disruption today and will continue
to do so until they take the action needed.”
Socialism
in its critique of the environmental movement directs criticism
towards the economic structure of society – capitalism - and its
profit-seeking, competition, endless growth, exploitation of humans
and nature. Socialists need to act as catalysts who brings
environmentalists closer to a socialist solution. If we fail, there
may still be a future but the impacts of climate change will be
devastating full of conflict and violence. It is difficult to
overstate the detrimental consequences of climate change. The
situation continues to become ever more extreme, violent and
unpredictable. And it would be naïve to expect that the enlightened
self-interest of capitalists will automatically protect the planet.
Socialists must learn to fuse our social and economic goals with
climate politics and climate justice. New ideas will be debated and
developed. And a world rebuilt. The youth of the world are now
showing they’re weary of government inaction, the platitudes,
promises and lip service paid to the climate crisis. It is time to
re-shape society.
The climate movements are increasingly learning that we
require fundamental change, goals and objectives that will seriously
challenge the business-as-usual approach. If any hope exists to
create a stable world of the future, it is based upon ending
capitalist greed, corruption and aggression.
The solution is to
strive to transition to a sustainable steady-state socialist economy.
We’re
about the future.
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