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DESCRIPTION:Sunday Mornings at the Marxist Library\nSunday June 23rd, 2013 - 10:30 am 
 to 12:30 pm\n\nCapitalism and the disaster of hydraulic fracturing 
 ("Fracking")\nFlames coming out of the water faucet? Drinking water 
 smelling of chemicals or turned brown? Cancer clusters? Increased birth 
 defects? Air and noise pollution? These are just some of the effects of 
 hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") and horizontal drilling of shale deposits 
 to get at the natural gas or oil these deposits contain. As the easiest to 
 reach oil deposits dry up, fracking is spreading all around the world, and 
 the results threaten to be disastrous. Far from lessening the emissions of 
 greenhouse gas (due to substituting burning of natural gas for coal), it is 
 increasing these emissions. The process of fracking has stirred up 
 communities from Pennsylvania to Colorado, and now it's headed for 
 California in a big way. The presenter, having recently returned from a 
 visit to "fractivists" in Colorado, and having read widely on the issue, 
 will dispel the industry myths on the subject. We will also discuss how 
 this issue and those surrounding it are a direct manifestation of the 
 crisis of capitalism itself as well as discussing how socialists can 
 involve themselves in the environmental movement. John Reimann will speak 
 and lead our discussion of this important topic.\nFor those wishing to do a 
 little research in advance, here is an article on fracking written by the 
 speaker: 
 http://oaklandsocialist.com/2013/05/20/us-energy-independence-and-hydraulic-fracturing/\nAlso, 
 this online video by the extremely thoughtful scientist Theo Colborn is 
 very worthwhile 
 watching:\nhttp://www.endocrinedisruption.org/chemicals.video.php\n\nAbout 
 the Institute\nThe Institute for the Critical Study of Society at the 
 Niebyl Proctor Marxist Library (ICSS-NPML) was formed to further the 
 Library's goals of preserving our written heritage, as well as supporting 
 emerging struggles for racial and gender equality, and for Socialism. The 
 members of ICSS are active in different aspects of people’s struggles in 
 the Bay Area and globally. Some are affiliated with specific political 
 parties and tendencies, others are not. We respect one another, but we do 
 not necessarily agree on all issues. Accordingly, the opinions expressed in 
 our lectures, workshops, and publications are those of the authors only and 
 do not represent a group consensus on the issues discussed. We are united, 
 however, in our respect for the work of Karl Marx and our belief that his 
 work will remain as important for the class struggles of the future as they 
 have been for the past. As a group, we continue to draw inspiration from 
 the work of Karl Marx, including his Eleventh Thesis on Feuerbach: “The 
 philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is 
 to change it.”\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/06/03/18737886.php
SUMMARY:Capitalism and the disaster of hydraulic fracturing ("Fracking")
LOCATION:Niebyl Proctor Marxist Library \n6501 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, CA 94609
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/06/03/18737886.php
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