Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
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> We won't run out of oil, but we can very well run out of time to
> prevent the worst climate disasters if Hansen is correct. That is
> especially the case since there is no Left to speak of in the USA, the
> US working class are mostly politically inactive, and the US power
> elite have not sense of urgency of action. How do you propose to
> change these political facts and begin to "alter fundamentally the
> trajectory of global greenhouse emissions" in ten years?
We don't. There is no way to change much of anything within that time span -- and it is an error even to think in such terms. We need, simply, to focus on our political work of organizing against capitalism. If we are too late and cascading disaster occurs, so be it. Whatever disasters occur, our ability to handle them will depend on the strength of popular movements. So let us work at building those popular movements -- with whatever material may be at hand -- and avoid the certain disaster which comes from setting deadlines for ourselves.
Carrol