Climate chaos and the capitalist system
Hurricane Irma barreled into Florida over the weekend as a Category 4 hurricane after leaving a trail of destruction on islands and island chains in the Atlantic. Less than two weeks before, Harvey caused a catastrophe in Houston and along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast.
In both cases, it’s obvious how the priorities of capitalism made these natural disasters so much worse. But what can be done about it? Below is a speech, edited for publication, by Paul Fleckenstein given last week—before Irma reached Florida—at a meeting of an International Socialist Organization chapter at the University of Vermont.
▻https://socialistworker.org/2017/09/11/climate-chaos-and-the-capitalist-system
#climat #changement_climatique #capitalisme
