Interested in joining an Aotearoa Ecosocialist Network?

To reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a rate which prevents runaway global warming, and all its catastrophic consequences, will require a total societal shift.

The way we produce things, the way we live, has to change on a massive scale, within individual countries and globally. The transition to an ecologically sustainable society can’t happen without a parallel transformation of our political and social relations.

A group of activists are looking to establish an ecosocialist network in Aotearoa. If you would like to get involved, email David, colyer(at)pl.net

NZ socialists have signed The Belem Ecosocialist Declaration, which is calling for the necessary holistic transformation of society needed to combat climate change. You can read the declaration and sign up to it at http://www.ecosocialistnetwork.org/

The three decisive social forces that can stop climate change

An editorial in the British Socialist Resistance publication calls for ecosocialists to focus on these tasks: "...to immerse ourselves in the emerging social movement on climate in order to actively build each and every protest; to weld together the diverse and multifaceted strands of this movement into a single powerful force; and to develop, through a wide ranging process of discussion and debate, the strategies that are needed to win. "And there are three social forces that will be decisive in all of these tasks: the indigenous peoples of the South; the organized working class of all countries; and the youth." The rest of the editorial can be read at the excellent Climate and Capitalism website. Go to http://climateandcapitalism.com/?p=457#comment-1063