Introduction
Everywhere in September 2019, the world’s capitals saw millions of the world youth on the move. All Marxist-Leninists, indeed all Marxists, likely identify with the intensity with which young people challenge the capitalist inaction on climate change. The movement known as ‘Fridays for Future (FFF)’, called an “Earth Strike”, starting on 20th September 2019. Progressives all around the world were excited, we had not seen such a throng on the streets of newly minted progressive activists for long time. Hence, this article focuses on the Fridays for Future movement, and its ideology.
At the outset, we state our own conviction: We believe there is no doubt that there is a climate crisis, and that an unsustainable assault on the environment results from the capitalist quest for ever more profit. We take this as an irrefutable fact. All Marxist-Leninists should be in the united fronts rapidly taking shape on this.
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