Humanity is in a race against time to avoid environmental catastrophe and social collapse.
We sometimes seem to be losing that race. Climate change, no longer just a prediction, is already extinguishing species, destroying essential food production and forcing thousands of people to flee their island homes. More people are directly affected by more wars than ever before in history. And while the structural causes of last year’s global financial crisis continue unabated, governments are imposing vicious austerity policies on the majority in both the Global North and South to pay for the capitalists’ bail-out.
Sponsored by the Office of Environmental Programs, Melbourne UniversityOrganised by Green Left Weekly and the Socialist Alliance
