2019 has seen the most devastating wildfires destroying precious Australian fauna and flora. According to a Newsweek article by Brendan Cole on 7 January 2020, 117 million hectares of land were burnt in wildfires in central Australia. The same article states that:

‘The impact on wildlife continues to be felt, with the University of Sydney estimating that as many as half a billion mammals, birds and reptiles have perished.’

Bourgeois commentators were quick to link the fires to random acts of arson. What they failed to add is that the astronomic scale of the destruction is directly linked to Global Warming. This phenomenon causes disturbing changes in weather patterns and leads to record breaking increases in temperature. Leading scientists affirm the above Global Warming assertion.

‘Australian National University climate scientist Imran Ahmed told the BBC there was a direct link “because what climate change does is exacerbate the conditions in which the bushfires happen.’ [ibid]

And:

‘Glenda Wardle, an ecologist from the University of Sydney, told the BBC: “It’s not every weather event that is the direct result of climate change. But when you see trends…it becomes undeniably linked to global climate change.’ [ibid]

It is clear that the main culprits in the escalation of Global Warming, the fossil fuel industry and most of the capitalist industries driven by this form of energy, are the direct contributors to the devastating destruction of Mother nature. Neo-liberal governments and other apologists for these greedy industrialists, petrochemical companies and Multi-National Corporations in general, deliberately deny the annihilating effects of Global Warming. They have invested too much money into these industries and are clearly more interested in profiteering from them than care for the preservation of life on earth. The felling of life giving forests, pollution of both oceans and rivers, depletion of food sources and air pollution are indicative of this wanton greed!

Only the working class, in its fight for eco-socialism and who have a vested interest in the emancipation of humanity from all forms of oppression, can guide that selfsame humanity out of the morass of capitalist greed, exploitation and environmental destruction!