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Two new posts this week on http://johnriddell.wordpress.com 1. Naomi Klein: 'Only mass social movements can save us' A review of 'This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate' by Naomi Klein (Alfred A Knopf, 2014) By John Riddell. Despite endless conferences, treaties and solemn promises, greenhouse gas emissions have risen 61% since 1990, and the rate of increase is accelerating. As Naomi Klein tells us in her new book, This Changes Everything, we are now experiencing an “early twenty-first century emissions explosion.” The reason for this ominous failure, she shows, is that the present capitalist profit system itself is incompatible with climate and environmental stability. Our only hope is the rise of mass movements with the combined goals of saving the environment and achieving social justice... For the full text: http://bit.ly/1sHLj2v 2. The origin of Rosa Luxemburg's slogan 'socialism or barbarism' A mystery solved: Ian Angus traces an important socialist slogan to its unexpected source By Ian Angus. I think I have solved a small puzzle in socialist history. Climate & Capitalism’s tagline, “Ecosocialism or barbarism: There is no third way,” is based on the slogan, “Socialism or Barbarism,” which Rosa Luxemburg raised to such great effect during World War I and the subsequent German revolution, and which has been adopted by many socialists since then. The puzzle is: where did the concept come from? Luxemburg’s own account doesn’t hold water, and neither do the attempts of left-wing scholars to explain (or explain away) the confusion in her explanation.... For the full text: http://bit.ly/1ouYGVv John Riddell _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
