Climate crisis

Extinction Rebellion activists have attempted to shutdown Heathrow in protest against the airport’s expansion. Only mass mobilisation, not stunts, can stop climate change.

Millions of young people have organised to demand action against climate change, a result of capitalism’s insatiable need for profit. The labour movement must give support. Only the socialist transformation of society can solve this crisis.

Liberal commentators constantly call on us to take ‘individual action’ to avert ecological disaster. But even where this is done, the profit system still stands in the way – as the chaos of plastic recycling aptly demonstrates.

Electric cars are being heralded as a key technological solution to the climate crisis. But under capitalism, this green alternative to petrol-power is dependent on imperialist exploitation. This is why we need a socialist economic plan.

The last year has seen a surge in mass action against climate change. Corbyn’s Labour are promising a ‘Green Industrial Revolution’. But with a continuation of the capitalist status quo, the United Nations is predicting a “climate apartheid”.

Across the world, a new generation of activists is demanding urgent and radical action to stop climate change. But is the demand for a Green New Deal the solution to capitalism’s climate crisis?

The recent Extinction Rebellion protests have shown the passion that exists amongst activists to avert a climate catastrophe. But what is the best way forward from here for the environmental movement?

Students across the world are walking out of school today to protest against political inertia at the top over climate change. We must be clear: it is the destructive capitalist system that is responsible for this environmental crisis.