Levin, Mark R - American Marxism by Levin Mark R

Author:Levin, Mark R [Levin, Mark R]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Threshold Editions
Published: 2021-07-13T00:00:00+00:00

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On July 18, 2014, a large number of delegates from radical groups throughout the world gathered to issue a joint proclamation called the Margarita Declaration on Climate Change. It is revealing that their proclamation leads with a quote from Venezuela’s late Marxist dictator, Hugo Chávez: “Let us go to the future, let us bring it and sow it here.” Of course, thanks to Chávez and his successor, Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan economy and society are devastated, the people are dying of starvation and seeking refuge in the United States and other countries, there is a complete breakdown in health care and basic public services, and the government is a violent police state that represses any and all dissonant voices. Indeed, the proclamation reads like a modern version of Marx’s Communist Manifesto, laced with environmental declarations and platitudes. While it is insipid and absurd on so many levels, it is also dangerously appealing and increasingly acceptable as a matter of national and international policy. The declaration states, in part:

It is necessary to reach an alternative development model based on the principles of living in harmony with nature, guided by absolute and ecological sustainability limits, and the capacity of Mother Earth as well; a fair, egalitarian model that constructs sustainable economies that moves us away from energy models based on fossil fuels and hazardous energies, that guarantees and recognizes the respect to Mother Earth, the rights of women, children, adolescents, gender diversity, the impoverished, the vulnerable minority groups and the original indigenous peoples—A fair and egalitarian model that fosters the peaceful coexistence of our peoples. We likewise want a society where the right of Mother Earth prevails over neoliberal policies, economic globalization and patriarchy, because without Mother Earth life does not exist.44

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