Anti-Capitalist Bloc in the Montreal Demo

On December 3, the environmental movement has invited the population to march in the streets of Montreal to show their support to the Kyoto protocol. In the last weeks though, we have noticed the depoliticization of the discourse held by a majority of the environmental movement. We have also witnessed the recuperation of this movement by those that perpetuate the conditions for environmental degradation.

Because we believe that we need more than conferences and management mechanisms, we invite you to join the anti-capitalist bloc on saturday, 11:30 at the statue of Square Dorchester (Peel/René-Lévesque).

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We are anti-capitalist, because:
- capitalism creates domination relationships among sexes, social classes, peoples, and the North and the South
- capitalism subordinates life to the market logic
- the degradation of the environment is inherent to capitalism

Furthermore, we consider that the Kyoto protocol is part of an environmental crisis management logic and doesn't attack the basis of these problems. We also consider that the action of the ecologist movement has been taken over by capitalist actors, giving birth to the Kyoto protocol and the environmental market (carbon credits, anti-pollution technologies, etc.).

To cope with climate change, we judge that we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% before 2050. In order to achieve this, we have to attack the power of corporations that permits them to freely pollute.

We are also against capitalist globalization, since it causes:
- increases in polluting emissions because of goods transportation
- a levelling down of environmental norms to accommodate transnational enterprises
- the exportation of polluting materials from the North to the South