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LOS ANGELES (USA), September 29\u2014 \u201cWe all need to take climate change seriously. If we don\u2019t, we won\u2019t have much of the earth planet anymore,\u201d a student told classmates.<\/p>\n
\u201cPoliticians are often seeking their position of power and end up making regulations or policies that worsen our conditions,\u201d commented another.<\/p>\n
Record heat waves across the northern hemisphere have young people boiling with rage.<\/p>\n
Tens of thousands marched in New York on September 17 \u201cto end fossil fuels.\u201d Sponsored by the Sunrise Movement, it was part of a week-long international project of a non-profit called the Climate Group.<\/p>\n
The Covid pandemic temporarily derailed the youth climate movement that took off globally in 2019. Now it\u2019s back and growing.<\/p>\n
Global climate change is real. Young people\u2019s anger is justified. We applaud their activism. But we must warn that cynical politicians and other pro-capitalist misleaders are steering them into a dead (and deadly) end.<\/p>\n
Capitalism can\u2019t be reformed to fix the climate crisis it created. We shouldn\u2019t make \u201cdemands\u201d on governments or corporations. We shouldn\u2019t try to \u201chold them accountable.\u201d\u00a0 Instead, we should organize for communist revolution to overthrow them and their disastrous capitalist system.<\/p>\n
Non-Profits Serve Capitalist Interests, Not Ours<\/strong><\/p>\n The Climate Group explains, \u201cWe work with leaders and decision makers from business and government because they shape the market frameworks that can help the world achieve net zero emissions by 2050.\u201d<\/p>\n Those \u201cmarket frameworks\u201d are exactly the problem. Capitalist markets force companies to compete for maximum profits. Industrial companies need money to start up, to retool, and to guarantee their cash flow. They get it from financial companies who invest (and compete) for maximum returns. All those profits come from exploiting workers\u2019 labor.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s. Get. Money. Out. Of. It. We, the working class, must become the leaders and decision makers. Only we can create a framework that can serve our needs. Including our need for a livable planet.<\/p>\n Communism is that framework. It gets rid of capitalist markets, profits, money, and all the evils they create and sustain. Instead, we will work to decide what we need, produce it, and share it. Is that possible? Yes! The masses, when mobilized for communism, will become a mighty global force.<\/p>\n Youth and the US Democratic Party: Contradictions<\/strong><\/p>\n The US Sunrise Movement calls itself \u201cThe Climate Revolution.\u201d\u00a0 But it is committed to pacifism and elections, not real revolution.<\/p>\n Sunrise tries to be the \u201cradical\u201d wing of the Democratic Party. In primary elections, it only endorses candidates without direct ties to fossil-fuel interests. But in general elections, it will support a so-called \u201clesser-evil\u201d candidate even if they fail the fossil-fuel test.<\/p>\n Sunrise activists protested at the office of (Republican) House Speaker McCarthy on September 28. They demanded he prevent a government shutdown and keep the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) active during the hurricane season. But the real goal was to build youth support for Democrats. Signs read, \u201cThe GOP hates Gen Z.\u201d<\/p>\n The Sunrise Movement also demanded full implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This is President Biden\u2019s signature \u201cclimate legislation.\u201d You won\u2019t hear Sunrise talk about helping US imperialism prepare for world war. But that\u2019s what\u2019s at stake with the IRA. (See \u201cUS Auto Strike,\u201d page 2.)<\/p>\n Sunrise already has problems keeping its young activists tied to the Democratic Party. Last March, the\u00a0Biden administration approved\u00a0ConocoPhillips\u2019 massive Willow oil drilling project in Alaska. It green-lighted the Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline in West Virginia.<\/p>\n \u201cBiden hasn\u2019t been the climate president that he had promised,\u201d complained a New York climate activist.<\/p>\n \u201cThat betrayal was so stark,\u201d declared another.<\/p>\n Politicians will always betray the working class when their capitalist bosses demand it.<\/p>\n Climate Crisis is a Class Issue, Not an Age Issue<\/strong><\/p>\n The United Nations recognizes that \u201cthe world is home to the largest generation of youth in history.\u201d Young and older workers have the same class interest in ending the devastating capitalist system. And in building a communist society that will reverse climate catastrophe and unify the masses around the world.<\/p>\n Young activists will become \u201cagents of change\u201d but not (as the UN says) by becoming capitalist \u201centrepreneurs and innovators.\u201d We invite them to become real change agents by joining, building, and energizing the International Communist Workers\u2019 Party.<\/p>\n LOS ANGELES (USA), September 29\u2014 \u201cWe all need to take climate change seriously. If we don\u2019t, we won\u2019t have much of the earth planet anymore,\u201d a student told classmates. \u201cPoliticians are often seeking their position of power and end up making regulations or policies that worsen our conditions,\u201d commented another. 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