Green Social Democracy

Religious bigotry is a formidable obstacle in Canada, as in many countries, to the achievement of an ecologically sustainable global community. But there is light pointing to the end of this tunnel, one created over centuries by the ruling classes of every class-divided society. One reason for hope is the debate now posted on Canada Talks Israel Palestine that ultimately sheds more light than heat on the claims that criticism of the nation-state of Israel is a form of anti-se...mitism. The context of the debate, however, is a world largely constituted of nation-states (such as Canada and Israel) created to serve and maintain capitalist private property rights. Inevitably, the inherent drive within capitalism to private wealth accumulation translates into vast inequality within and between nations, the prevalence of racism and other forms of supremacist ideology, and enormous waste, leading ultimately to the socio-ecological crisis we now face. The silver lining to this crisis of inequality and environmental degradation is the potential that our will to survive will push the majority of us past the barriers erected by the defenders of capitalism to create a more cooperative system, one based on human solidarity, a common commitment to global equality of access to natural resources and distribution of the products and services created by past and present generations, and acceptance of a corresponding responsibility for the creation of a sustainable relationship with nature and each other. For more on this, my partner Karen and I invite others to read our argument in eleven articles, Achieving an ecologically sustainable civilization, published online by Green Social Thought, and available on our website, www.greensocialdemocracy.org. Charles McFadden

The concluding article in Karen and my argument for achieving an ecologically sustainable global community. Graphically portrayed is the contrast between the current globally dominant capitalist system for making our way on a finite planet and an ecologically sustainable alternative.

www.greensocialthought.org//achieving-ecologically-sustain

Thirteen theses on the imminent ecological catastrophe and the (revolutionary) means of averting it By Michael Löwy...Continue reading