Here we have Extinction Rebellion advocating revolution.

From 10.06 " I think we are inevitably talking about revolution"

What we are looking at now is a massive transformation of the economy in a matter of a year or two. That's the only way that we are going to substantially raise the odds of not going extinct

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April 15 they are holding a global protest. They say block cities day after day. Let's see if they can start something which gives room for intervention? I have no idea how many they can mobilise.

I thought exactly the same. What the founder said on the video bears no resemblance to the core principles on th website, other than the non violent approach. I hope to say as much at their meeting.

I think it may attract people who would quickly latch on to the idea that the present system is the root cause of this and other insoluble threats.

It does seem they are going to attempt illegal actions. This perhaps represents some sort of departure from the traditional reformist organisations, but this could be very tame, we will see.

Likely another damp squib trying to get an instant solution when none is on offer. The information they offer needs to be integrated into a wider revolutionary narrative.

I understand how people see the horrendous nature of the threat and the short timescale available to avoid the worst, but the response is somewhat akin to falling out of a plane without a parachute. The impact is coming very soon but no amount of hope, fear, desperation will do away with gravity.

And similarly, there will be no greening of capitalism that averts the crisis which even the mainstream IPCC forecasts depicts.

Destroy the system, not the environment.

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This article by the ICC looks accurate to me, though if anyone sees a flaw, please point it out.

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the only issue I picked up on was this line - "The movement against global warming is developing in a context of an almost total absence of struggles by the working class, which is also facing a loss of self-confidence and even a loss of its own class identity."

I would say there is ample reason to say that the working class response lags behind the gravity of the situation, but I think that is to be expected. I dont think there is "almost total absence of struggles" but again to be expected, the struggles are imperfect, and not evenly distributed geographically. Quick example from New York Times, April last year "China is a sea of labor unrest. During the first 10 weeks of this year there were more than 400 publicly reported strikes, more than double the number during the comparable period last year. President Xi Jinping’s government has responded with a firm hand: Labor activists are being arrested and assaulted simply for demanding their wages."

Loss of self confidence and class identity? Well, the working class generally subscribes to ruling class ideas outside of acute revolutionary periods so I dont think we have to write off the class because of its temporary ideas about itself which are almost always filtered through bourgeois propaganda.

Despite all the problems I would still say this much, the issue of climate change is extremely important and not one we can leave to the middle-class, regardless of their sexual preferences.