23.10.2008 
Emancipation under Conditions that the Left Didn’t Want
Generalized Resource Shortages as a Historical Crisis of the Social Formation of Capitalism
www.stateofnature.org
Andreas Exner, Christian Lauk & Konstantin Kulterer
“If there is a lack of appropriate analysis of environmental processes and societal relations to nature because they don’t fit into the wishful thinking of ‘eternal capitalism,’ dangerous ways of ideologically processing the crisis can gain momentum.”
Rising prices for food are increasing hunger, a global recession is waiting in the wings, and at the same time, energy is getting more and more expensive. Within only a few years, the terrain has changed dramatically for left movements. Nonetheless, many people are still holding on to well-known formulas. Unfortunately, they don’t fit the new circumstances.