(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #252 - Read Naomi
Klein, "Everything can change. Capitalism and Climate Change" (fr, it,
pt) [machine translation]
With his new album and his lectures, Naomi Klein agrees forehead claiming climate justice
as an opportunity for positive transformation of capitalism. A fair project and argued,
but revolutionary in its own way .... ---- The latest book by Naomi Klein can make time in
the United States because it represents a sum of very good extension on the impacts that
the American way of life inflicts including its own territories and populations
(underestimation of the effects of pollution, species extinctions) and a denunciation of
patronage interested in large industrial étatsuniens environmentalism. It is also a mine
of information on the main movements of resistance to dead ends and greed of capitalism
and alternatives On: Indigenous peoples of North America who organize, farmers alternative
pathways, opponents of all stripes.
The equivalent of the Atlantic Zad is called "Blocadie" (resistance to large projects,
various Occupy ...), there are also oversees the political opportunities of these "pockets
of resistance": direct barrier against capitalism , convergences against too diverse
oppressions, yet bound by the same enemies. Among the projects of the work is high share
this desire to bring together environmental groups and social movements (notably against
free trade agreements, but many others), recognizing that they have the same goals.
Climate justice is the cement of the two claims. This is the project of a climate front.
Slogans of radical anti-liberal not always
Despite a very fair analysis of what leads us go capitalism - resource wars and unaffected
areas, eco-fascime - and although it deplores the "error" of the green movement at the
time of Alena, Naomi Klein left to the sovereignists solutions and amendment of
capitalism. Certainly, that would be a great revolution to apply the polluter pays
principle, to stop overproduction in connection with the reduction and sharing of work
time, really promote renewable, local. But here we rely on voluntarism of a political
class "downward" to be born necessarily popular pressure for democratic reform and it
requires (not get), which will undertake planning, management / public service resources
and equitable redistribution of wealth. If the ecological emergency - and social - makes
arguable claims of this kind, sometimes with own convincing results, the system subverts
most achievements. Regulate capitalism is not an option but break defense.
Finally, we can welcome the political honesty of the French title - more bland than
English - intended by the author and publisher: the climate becomes much against
capitalism capitalism and climate change, and that changes everything ,.
Mouchette (commission ecology)
Naomi Klein, Everything can change - Capitalism and climate change , Actes Sud, 2015, 620
pages, 24.80 euros.
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Lire-Naomi-Klein-Tout-peut-changer
