Going Red, Not Green, Will Save the Planet
This article by Benjamin Y. Fong in the NY Times explains that no matter how much recycling, composting, and installing solar power we do, it will not stop global capitalism’s insatiable drive for greater and greater profits at the cost of a habitable planet. So long as this economic system is in place, whatever reforms are enacted to protect the planet from being poisoned will be – are being – overturned in the name of the almighty dollar.
Read in The NYT
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About The Author
Barbara
Barbara MacLean has worked as an academic and career counselor at California State University, East Bay (CSUEB), Merritt and West Valley Colleges and as a career counselor and manager of the Oakland One Stop Career Center, a public career and jobs center in partnership with EDD. She is a co-founder and editor of Planning Beyond Capitalism.