I define environmental destruction as contemporary poverty; and unemployment, economic crisis and alienation of labor as classic poverty. Both poverties are caused by the same process of capital-accumulation. After World War II, capital globally has been accumulated and also has destroyed our environment. Therefore, we should analyze both kinds of poverty as the contradictions of the global accumulation of capital. The global accumulation of capital deepened the economic crisis, uneven development and combined development of capitalism. Classic economic poverty appeared again as a result of the world financial crisis and resultant depression in 2008, and the developed countries exported environmental pollution (kogai) to the under-developed countries and created the global environmental destruction. At the same time, we must think seriously about the fact that the environmental destruction affects the poor people in the world most severely. I want to propose "the sustainable society", "the temporary system from capitalism to socialism" and "the ecological socialism or ecological Marxism" as the means of transformation of our present socio-economic system. I want to question whether the ecological problems can be resolved within capitalism, or whether only socialism can resolve them. These are the most problematic questions about the environmental destruction. In the short view, we must pursue "the sustainable society" or "the temporary system from capitalism to socialism". But in the long view, we must fight for new socialism (Green & Red) with ecological Marxian Economics as basis. I believe that only ecological socialism or ecological Marxism can resolve the problems of environmental destruction, exploitation and poverty simultaneously. The resolution of all of them has to be simultaneous and has to be interconnected. If Marx and Engels had predicted that the communist society would be realized before the environmental destruction would be so advanced as it is at the present, we must recognize that the resolution of environmental destruction is the task of all humankind. Also we must develop the theory and movement of social system that enables us to co-exist with nature. Marxian economists must study and research the environmental problems with full force. Marx & Engels who founded Marxian Economics, were also pioneers in ecological studies. We must study the fundamentals of Marx & Engels and analyze the present environmental and economic crises which Marx & Engels did not experience. In order to do so, we must expand and deepen the framework of political economics. We have the historical views of Marx & Engels (historical materialism). We must apply their tools and methods to the present historical crises. We would think more of production rather than distribution, use-value rather than exchange value, and must analyze the tendency of capitalist society to destroy the environment and negate itself.
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