" WHEN IT comes to the world economy, what you "see" is not usually what you get--especially when it comes to gender.
Capitalism has fueled a world in which women are rendered invisible and saddled with the majority of labor. They are responsible for two-thirds of all working hours, produce 50 percent to 90 percent of the world's food<http://www.unifem.org/gender_issues/women_poverty_economics/facts_figures.html>and 100 percent of the world's children. Yet for all this, they receive only 10 percent of the world's income<http://www.globalpovertyproject.com/infobank/women>and own less than 1 percent of the world's property. As a result, women make up 70 percent of the world's poor. Moreover, gender violence is more of a threat to women's health than the sum of traffic accidents and malaria. Often, when women are "seen," they are seen simply as bodies, to be manipulated in ways that lead to profit. In a very real sense, as people, women are invisible.... ...He wasn't sure what to do with someone who stuck to his argument that voting for any mainstream party was to democracy what the game of charades is to real life; that climate change was essentially unsolvable with the methods allowed by capitalism; and that only a revolutionary movement capable of recognizing these two things has a chance of preventing social and ecological breakdown in the near-term future. The successful public takedown of such an establishment figure and the fact that revolutionary solutions to climate change were being brought before a mass audience caused considerable tumult among radicals actively trying to build a movement to put into practice his suggestions for comprehensive revolt. On the one hand, when ecosocialist politics and the need for revolution reach a mass audience, even though channeled through a popular, international celebrity, it is quite a piece of publicity. As increasing numbers of people are beginning to do all across the world, Brand stitched together the ecological, economic and democratic crises into a single narrative, with a unitary, root cause: capitalism.." http://socialistworker.org/2014/01/07/ecology-and-gender-justice -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
