‘For a class struggle approach to climate change and energy transition’

(Before It's News)

Cross-posted from Climate and Capitalism, an online journal focusing on capitalism, climate change, and the ecosocialist alternative.

South African Metalworkers Union: “Reducing global warming requires fundamental restructuring of the capitalist system. At the centre of such restructuring is the question of who owns the means of energy production, transmission, distribution and consumption.”

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