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Richard just had an incredible article (more like a long pamphlet) posted at truth-out; I'm linking the version posted below so folks can also see the work of this great coalition: http://systemchangenotclimatechange.org/article/climate-crisis-deindustrialization-imperative-and-jobs-vs-environment-dilemma The article is a great detailed discussion of the nature of the problem, and on the variety of measures needed to overcome it (I particularly like his focus on transition to "care industries"). But it's also a biting critique of Naomi Klein's latest book "This Changes Everything: Capitalism versus the Climate." Richard makes painfully clear that her proposals, despite claims by some that she's moved further leftward, are still just tinkering on the margins of the system, that her policy proposals are liberal/social democratic reforms which would leave the fate of the planet and all its species in the hands of its current rulers, which means certain doom for all of us. I hadn't read Klein's book before, but Richard's critique made me rush to do so. Unfortunately his criticisms are all too true. _________________________________________________________ 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
