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Join NCGP and other orgs for our second event of our "What Would EcoSocialism Look Like?" Education Series!

Our guest presenter, David Klein of System Change Not Climate Change is one of the foremost authors on Ecological Socialism in the country (bio below)?

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vc-mppjMvHtax90x54z0s_DaFkuBm4ehf

The climate and ecological crises together constitute the greatest threat humanity has ever faced. Technological remedies already exist, but political barriers prevent their widespread implementation. The role of capitalism in creating and perpetuating the climate and ecological crises will be briefly outlined. I will argue that real solutions are not possible within the framework of capitalism, and therefore an alternative economic system is necessary. The only sustainable alternative is ecosocialism.

Ecosocialism includes free healthcare, free education, and free mass transportation, but beyond that, how might an ecosocialist society be organized? What constraints would likely be necessary on industry and agriculture? What are some possible meanings and functions of money in such a society? And given that most jobs under capitalism are pointless or damaging, would there be more free time outside of work? Or would the potentially labor intensive requirements of sustainable agriculture limit available leisure time? These and other aspirational and speculative aspects of an ecosocialist society, assuming ecological destruction under capitalism has not progressed too far, will be discussed.

BIO: David Klein is a mathematical physicist and professor of mathematics at California State University Northridge, where he teaches courses for the Climate Science Program. He is the author of the ebook, Capitalism and Climate Change: The Science and Politics of Global Warming.

This event will be part of our Earth Day to May Day series of actions actions.

Warm Regards and Solidarity,

NC Green Party
http://www.ncgreenparty.org/