A Message from the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA to the People's Climate March:
Capitalism Is Destroying the Planet—We Need Revolution, Nothing Less!
September 15, 2014 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
The Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) has joined with efforts to make the People's Climate March as powerful as possible. Let's go forward and step up the fight to wrench the planet off the path of destruction it is on.
We DO need to "change everything," as the call for the march has declared. But that cannot happen under this system—with its economics, its politics, and its priorities. To "change everything" will take revolution, nothing less!
Capitalism Is Not and Cannot Be a Fit Caretaker of the Planet
We need the most scientific understanding of the physical processes of climate change. But we ALSO need the most scientific understanding of why those sitting in the world's seats of power are not addressing this insane trajectory in the ways required to actually stop and reverse it.
A global system of ruthless competition for profit among capitalists and nation-states cannot and will not meet the needs of humanity. It cannot stop waging wars and occupations, or safeguard the rich diversity of life on this planet.
The problem is bigger than "big oil"... bigger than "the corporations." Capitalism-imperialism is a whole profit-based system that treats people as objects of exploitation and the natural world as something to be grabbed and poured into production for profit. Fossil fuels are foundational to the profitable functioning of this system and its strategic requirements, including the U.S. military.
Revolution Is the Only Viable Solution
This Revolution special issue focuses on the environmental emergency that now faces humanity and earth’s ecosystems. In this issue we show:
- the dimensions of the emergency...
- the source of its causes in the capitalist system, and the impossibility of that system solving this crisis...
- a way out and way forward for humanity—a revolutionary society in which we could actually live as custodians of nature, rather than as its plunderers.
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Also available in brochure format (downloadable PDF)
Only the most radical revolution in human history—communist revolution that liberates human beings and ends the ravaging of the planet—can cope with the environmental crisis on the scale and with the urgency required.
Bob Avakian has developed a vision, a framework, and strategy for a revolution that can emancipate all of humanity and safeguard the planet. The Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America (Draft Proposal), of the RCP, makes as one of the foundational principles governing the new society, "protecting, preserving, and enhancing the ecosystems and biodiversity of the planet for current and future generations."
We need a new society and economy in which human potential can flourish and that provide the means to address the environmental emergency.
It won't be easy. But this is our only chance of achieving a truly sustainable society—and beginning the process of restoring the ecosystems of the planet.
We Are Building a Movement for Revolution
Some say we can't "wait" for revolution... the crisis is so urgent and accelerating. Yes it is. But should we deal with this emergency by hoping for capitalism to "come to its senses"—or by putting an end to a system that has brought us to this precipice?
And we are not waiting! We are standing up and fighting back now. We are building a movement for this revolution.
To those fighting to save the planet, we say: Be true to your convictions—whatever the pressures and difficulties. Don't lower your sights when you come up against the magnitude of what we are facing, or when the people running this system display their enormous power and ruthlessness.
And the revolution will be there with you: in the midst of important battles, standing side by side, bringing our full revolutionary perspective into the swirl.
To those searching for alternatives to this madness, learn about this revolution, and become part of the movement for this revolution. Check out revcom.us to find out about Bob Avakian's new synthesis of communism. Study the special issue of Revolution newspaper, "State of EMERGENCY: The Plunder of Our Planet, The Environmental Catastrophe, & the Real Revolutionary Solution."
Let's get an exciting process going: opening up all kinds of discussion, dialogue, and debate... learning from each other... mobilizing millions. And not stop until we have truly changed the course of everything.
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