A-Infos (en) France, UCL: Ecology - Heatwaves and Profits: Same Culprits, Same Battles! (fr, ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

In August 2025, the second heatwave of the year hits three-quarters of 
France, with extreme heat in many communities. It follows the June 
heatwave, with temperatures 10°C above seasonal norms. ---- Contrary to 
what some climate skeptics or confusionists claim, there is a scientific 
consensus: we are experiencing accelerating global warming, and we are 
still only feeling its initial effects! Between 1950 and 1970, 
Météo-France recorded a heatwave every four years. During the last 
decade, it recorded two per year (eight times more).

However, global warming does not impact us all equally, and those most 
affected are also those who contribute the least to it. Countries in the 
Global South are bearing the brunt of its consequences. In Asia, nearly 
half a million people die each year from heat-related causes, according 
to The Lancet. In 2024, 242 million students worldwide will have missed 
school due to extreme weather conditions (UNICEF).

In every country, the most vulnerable suffer more from heatwaves in 
their daily lives than the middle-class. Working conditions are rarely 
improved and are becoming unbearable, increasing health risks. Yet, the 
law still does not provide for a maximum safe temperature for workers.

Our leaders constantly call on us to take individual action, but the 
culprits are states and large capitalist corporations, which hold the 
power and wealth. The culprits-who refuse to make decisions and 
implement them-continue to enrich themselves: they use state and 
European institutions, the media, and lobbying to perpetuate the 
capitalist system that threatens the living conditions of billions of 
people and destroys the environment.

Yet it is possible to push them back through organization: the fight 
against the A69, the abandonment of the Notre-Dame-des-Landes airport 
project, the fight against mega-wastewatersheds, counter-summits, and 
many others are all ways to change the world through struggle. The 
various union, political, community, and civic organizations have proven 
that we can transform our fear and powerlessness into anger and engage 
in a power struggle to defeat the capitalist system!

Let's organize to build a more egalitarian society, respectful of 
everyone and our environment!

Libertarian Communist Union, August 20, 2025.

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