1. Can we reverse climate change and environmental destruction under a capitalist economic system? Take a position and explain why. Make sure to provide evidence for your argument, and address the points of those that might disagree with you. You should incorporate as much course material as possible (lectures, films and readings), including references to at least 3 of the following course readings:

Magdoff, Fred and John Bellamy Foster. 2010. "What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know about Capitalism." Monthly Review: 1-29.

Sealy-Huggins, Leon. 2017. "'1.5C to Stay Alive': Climate Change, Imperialism and Justice for the Caribbean." Third World Quarterly 38(11): 2444-2463.

Russell, Ellen D. 2018. "Resisting Divide and Conquer: Worker/Environmental Alliances and the Problem of Economic Growth." Capitalism Nature Socialism 29(4): 109- 28.

Gunderson, Ryan. 2019. "Work Time Reduction and Economic Democracy as Climate Change Mitigation Strategies: Or Why the Climate Needs a Renewed Labor Movement." Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 9: 35-44.

Dobrusin, Bruno. 2016. "Labor and Sustainable Development in Latin America: Rebuilding Alliances at a New Crossroads." In Building Global Labor Solidarity in a Time of Accelerating Globalization, edited by Kim Scipes,103-120. Chicago: Haymarket Books.