The World Crisis and Beyond - Building a New Global Solidarity

Summary of the seminar

4 February 2010

Neoliberal market capitalism has dragged the world into a crisis which threatens human civilisation. Climate destruction, resource wars, and the replacement of democracy by an oligarchy face us if we don't act now to reduce the burden we place on our planet and reorganise society on a more egalitarian  basis.

Neoliberal market capitalism has dragged the world into a crisis which threatens human civilisation. Climate destruction, resource wars, and the replacement of democracy by an oligarchy face us if we don't act now to reduce the burden we place on our planet and reorganise society on a more egalitarian  basis.


Report of the conference The World Crisis - and Beyond: Conference on alternatives and transformation paths to overcome the regime of crisis-capitalism
Brussels, 28 October - 1 November 2009

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