Why Capitalism is THE Problem — February 2021 GEN Online Teach in
Channel: Green Eco-Socialist Network
Date: 2021-03-09

Environmental destruction and the climate crisis. Rampant poverty and economic insecurity in the richest nation on Earth. A failing health-care system, failing education system, and crumbling infrastructure. Constant war and pervasive militarism.

The Green Party’s platform contains a number of proposed policies that would go a long way toward alleviating these ills. However, we encounter systemic resistance to these policies at every turn – and even when small victories are occasionally won, they are often undermined by the actions of the powerful corporate and financial interests that dominate our economy and control our government.

That’s why some of us in the Green Party believe that the party must go beyond advocating for better policies. We believe that the grave social problems we face are rooted in our current economic and social system – a system we call “capitalism.” Therefore, we will be unable to truly solve these problems unless and until we organize a new social and economic system -- which we call “eco-socialism.”

Please join us for this educational webinar, in which we will explain some of the basics about how capitalism “works” (for a few), why it is inherently destructive of human and other life – and discuss why Greens should support the organizing for a new social system that is already underway.