Launch of the Aotearoa / NZ Anti-Capitalist Green Front
In the fight against climate catastrophe, we are impressed
and
encouraged by the movement that Extinction Rebellion
is building.
We are encouraged by the ability of
Extinction Rebellion to call people
onto the streets and
push their demands to halt climate collapse.
However, we
believe that meeting these demands will not be
possible
without abolishing capitalism, a system reliant
on the total
exploitation of nature.
We must also
critique the false solutions offered by ‘green
capitalism’
and increased state control.
We do not
have faith that capitalists, or their
parliamentarian
representatives, will act in time to
limit climate change in a
meaningful way.
We must take
control of our energy and production systems to create
a
new model of equality between peoples and harmony with
nature.
We are calling for a broad anti-capitalist
environmental movement.
Hopefully this Anti-Capitalist
Green Front can be an alliance of groups
and individuals
united by a belief that capitalism is the core cause
of
the environmental crisis threatening us all. To these
ends we are
setting up the Aotearoa/ NZ Anti-Capitalist
Green Front. We are
initially testing the waters by
putting up a Facebook page with a
website to follow.
Hopefully these will act as a gathering place for
people
and resources, with the aim being for people to set up their
own
local groups.
We want to support XR as a separate
organisation, but with a parallel
mobilisation that has a
greater focus on the capitalist roots of
climate
catastrophe.
https://www.facebook.com/ANZACGF