RTH/GJAE Film Screening: A Really Inconvenient Truth

Join Rising Tide Houston and Global Justice for Animals & the Environment Sunday, January 25th as we screen the film "A Really Inconvenient Truth."

In this film, "eco-socialist" professor and former Green Party presidential candidate Joel Kovel takes on Al Gore's reformist, pro-capitalist climate activism; and explains some of the ways our current economic system is inherently unsustainable.

8pm at Sedition Books (901 Richmond Ave.)

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"What is 'really inconvenient' is the truth that global warming is directly related to the uncontrolled growth of the dominant world capitalist system — a system in which Al Gore has played a leading role, for which reason he (and the whole movement he represents) avoids the heart of the matter and distracts us with moral uplift and technological fixes. Joel Kovel insists, rather, that we need to address — and transform — the basic social dynamics that lead to the regime of cancerous production and mindless consumption. Only by facing up to what is 'really inconvenient' can we win through to a livable future.

Joel Kovel is author of The Enemy of Nature, 2d edition (Zed: 2007) and editor of the quarterly journal Capitalism Nature Socialism. In 2000 he sought the presidential nomination of the US Green Party."

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This screening is part of a bi-weekly film/educational event series focused on various ecological crises from a radical perspective. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. Contact: houstonrt (at) riseup (dot) net

For more information, visit:

http://www.risingtidenorthamerica.org
http://www.freetradekillsanimals.org
http://www.earthfirstjournal.org