Tump’s War on the Environment: the Case for Ecosocialism

This meeting will take place at UNT’s Chemistry Building, room 253.

In the short time that Donald Trump has been in office, his administration has deepened the war on our environment. From giving the green light to the Dakota Access Pipeline to appointing Pruitt as head of the EPA to deepening imperialist wars, Trump has shown that, if unchallenged, he will wreak havoc on an environment which is already facing global climate change.

The Trump administration’s attacks on the environment uncover a deeper drive of capitalism to make profit, at whatever the cost. Capitalism’s constant drive for expansion inevitably undermines environmental sustainability.

After only being in office for a few months, we see what the new president has to offer: environmental racism, war, mass murder, and environmental destruction.

In order to challenge this, we must build mass movements which are able to connect on an international scale, uniting social movements with environmental movements and labor movements. In the US, our movements must be independent of both the Republicans and the Democrats. In the process of fighting for reforms and building broad movements, we also need a longer-term vision of a different world: a world based on cooperation, equality, democracy, ecological sustainability, and workers’ power — a socialist world.

We invite you to join this conversation with us. We will have 4 presenters speaking on these topics and time for discussion.