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oapen-20.500.12657-329312023-02-23T11:22:18Z In Catastrophic Times Goffey, Andrew (translated by) Stengers, Isabelle pesticides global climate crisis falling water tables pollution growing social inequalities global warming exhaustion of natural resources Capitalism Gaia Genetically modified organism Karl Marx Knowledge economy bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution & threats to the environment::RNPG Climate change There has been an epochal shift: the possibility of a global climate crisis is now upon us. Pollution, the poison of pesticides, the exhaustion of natural resources, falling water tables, growing social inequalities – these are all problems that can no longer be treated separately. The effects of global warming have a cumulative impact, and it is not a matter of a crisis that will “pass” before everything goes back to “normal.” Our governments are totally incapable of dealing with the situation. Economic warfare obliges them to stick to the goal of irresponsible, even criminal, economic growth, whatever the cost. It is no surprise that people were so struck by the catastrophe in New Orleans. The response of the authorities – to abandon the poor whilst the rich were able to take shelter – is a symbol of the coming barbarism. 2016-01-04 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:23:00Z 2020-04-01T14:23:00Z 2015 book 588461 OCN: 945783368 9781785420092 9781785420221 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32931 eng Critical Climate Change application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 588461.pdf http://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/in-catastrophic-times/ Open Humanities Press meson press 10.14619/016 10.14619/016 f4b2eb29-a039-427a-9368-b62dcacdb4bd 4d4a8ec1-ecfe-4e5c-bc76-d4ece9897968 9781785420092 9781785420221 ScholarLed 156 open access
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There has been an epochal shift: the possibility of a global climate crisis is now upon us. Pollution, the poison of pesticides, the exhaustion of natural resources, falling water tables, growing social inequalities – these are all problems that can no longer be treated separately. The effects of global warming have a cumulative impact, and it is not a matter of a crisis that will “pass” before everything goes back to “normal.” Our governments are totally incapable of dealing with the situation. Economic warfare obliges them to stick to the goal of irresponsible, even criminal, economic growth, whatever the cost. It is no surprise that people were so struck by the catastrophe in New Orleans. The response of the authorities – to abandon the poor whilst the rich were able to take shelter – is a symbol of the coming barbarism.
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