the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Oct 14, 2024
Hurricane Milton struck Florida’s west coast with sustained winds as high as 180 miles per hour. Those winds nearly doubled in just a day, after traveling across the Gulf of Mexico. And this just two weeks after hurricane Helene came up Florida’s west coast in the Gulf.
This year the water in the Gulf has been at near record levels. The heat in the water causes moisture to evaporate into the air above it. When that water vapor forms into cloud droplets, it releases that heat energy, fueling the hurricane. More heat stored in the ocean’s surface means the hurricane can take up more water and have higher wind speeds.
There have been as many category 4 or 5 Atlantic hurricanes to hit the U.S. in the seven years since 2017, as there had been in the 57 years before 2017. Scientists say that global warming is a big contributor to these stronger storms. The warming climate will continue to mean more flooding and more destruction from powerful storms like Helene and Milton. The capitalist class has to be stopped from warming the climate by burning fossil fuels. And even then, it will take time for the environment to recover.
Who will stop them? The working class has the power to bring their system to a halt and to impose controls to protect the environment. Waiting for capitalist reforms is a dead end road.