Climate change – Socialist Resistance day school

Ecosocialism or barbarismCan capitalism solve the ecological crisis?Socialist Resistance day school Saturday December 2 University of London Union. Malet Street. Michael Lowy, the Brazilian Marxist and joint author of “An ecosocialist manifesto”, will be one of the main speakers. More will be confirmed shortly. I’m not one of the organizers so I’m still a bit…

Liam

September 25, 2006

1–2 minutes

Ecosocialism or barbarism
Can capitalism solve the ecological crisis?
Socialist Resistance day school

Saturday December 2 University of London Union. Malet Street.

Michael Lowy, the Brazilian Marxist and joint author of “An ecosocialist manifesto”, will be one of the main speakers. More will be confirmed shortly. I’m not one of the organizers so I’m still a bit vague on the detail. Though I would guess that the answer to the question in the title might turn out to be “no”.

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3 responses to “Climate change – Socialist Resistance day school”

ecosocialism

September 27, 2006 at 6:32 pm

There’s an advert for the event at http://ecosocialismorbarbarism.blogspot.com/. Click on the black picture to enlarge it.

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maeve66

September 30, 2006 at 5:58 pm

I love Löwy. His writing and his theory is awesome. Plus, he’s just a decent, really nice guy. If you’re in the mood for reading on this topic, I’d recommend both John Bellamy Foster’s _Marx’s Ecology: materialism and nature_, and Joel Kovel’s _The Enemy of Nature”. Both seem to be (I’m not finished with either of them) good syntheses of marxist theory and ecology, with sophisticated takes on materialism. I’d be interested to know what Löwy thought of them.

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sushil yadav

October 7, 2006 at 4:53 pm

The Link between Mind and Social / Environmental-Issues. The fast-paced, consumerist lifestyle of Industrial Society is causing exponential rise in psychological problems besides destroying the environment. All issues are interlinked. Our Minds cannot be peaceful when attention-spans are down to nanoseconds, microseconds and milliseconds. Our Minds cannot be peaceful if we destroy Nature. Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment. Subject : In a fast society slow emotions become extinct. Subject : A thinking mind cannot feel. Subject : Scientific/ Industrial/ Financial thinking destroys the planet. Subject : Environment can never be saved as long as cities exist. Emotion is what we experience during gaps in our thinking. If there are no gaps there is no emotion. Today people are thinking all the time and are mistaking thought (words/ language) for emotion. When society switches-over from physical work (agriculture) to mental work (scientific/ industrial/ financial/ fast visuals/ fast words ) the speed of thinking keeps on accelerating and the gaps between thinking go on decreasing. There comes a time when there are almost no gaps. People become incapable of experiencing/ tolerating gaps. Emotion ends. Man becomes machine. A society that speeds up mentally experiences every mental slowing-down as Depression / Anxiety. A ( travelling )society that speeds up physically experiences every physical slowing-down as Depression / Anxiety. A society that entertains itself daily experiences every non-entertaining moment as Depression / Anxiety. FAST VISUALS /WORDS MAKE SLOW EMOTIONS EXTINCT. SCIENTIFIC /INDUSTRIAL /FINANCIAL THINKING DESTROYS EMOTIONAL CIRCUITS. A FAST (LARGE) SOCIETY CANNOT FEEL PAIN / REMORSE / EMPATHY. A FAST (LARGE) SOCIETY WILL ALWAYS BE CRUEL TO ANIMALS/ TREES/ AIR/ WATER/ LAND AND TO ITSELF. To read the complete article please follow either of these links : PlanetSave EarthNewsWire sushil_yadav

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