A-Infos (en) France, UCL AL #373 - Spotlight - UCL Press Release: Heatwave, Ocean of Inaction (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

As every summer, the heatwave strikes. Heatwaves are becoming more 
frequent, longer, and with ever-increasing temperatures each summer. No 
slowdown is in sight, since at the same time, we must continue to 
produce more, pollute more, solely for the benefit of capitalists! --- 
Capitalism is a deadly economic system that plays a key role in 
accelerating climate change. Its operation is inherently predatory, 
destroying our land, our bodies, and plundering our resources to 
accumulate them in order to maintain its productivist logic.

The people who bear the brunt of this climate situation are always the 
same: precarious workers, people with disabilities, people of color, not 
to mention those in nursing homes or prisons. Working conditions, 
exacerbated by the extreme heat, are clearly not evolving quickly enough 
to meet the needs of workers, and once again, it is those most exposed 
who suffer: undocumented construction workers, women in precarious 
employment in public services... Every year we count our dead. In 2025, 
the heat killed 5,700 people. The 2026 death toll will undoubtedly be 
even higher due to the succession of heat waves.

Energy-inefficient buildings, freezing in winter and sweltering in 
summer, are still not a priority for the government, which prefers to 
fund missiles rather than renovate our homes. Regulatory constraints are 
being relaxed for landlords who rent out their properties. Schools are 
still waiting for equipment to cool students, and hospitals are 
providing undignified treatment for staff and patients. But faced with 
the climate emergency, we see only inaction from successive governments: 
cuts to the Green Climate Fund and housing renovations.

Faced with the state's climate inaction, we have wasted too much time 
and crossed too many lines. We now have no choice: we must "adapt." But 
as always, we are not all equal in this adaptation.

When young people in a working-class neighborhood decide to open fire 
hydrants to access a little coolness, they are met with repression 
fueled by racism. But what solution exists when indoor temperatures are 
unbearable, when installing air conditioners in social housing is 
prohibited, and when shaded areas and swimming spots are virtually 
nonexistent due to development and concrete? How can we justify 
depriving ourselves of water to reserve it for intensive agriculture, 
private swimming pools, golf courses, and data centers?

Every day, we can only observe more clearly that the goals of the Paris 
Agreement will not be met. This is hardly surprising; the grand meetings 
between capitalists and governments serve only to defend their 
interests, those of the bourgeoisie, which are opposed to ours.

As heat waves become the norm and climate chaos our daily reality, it 
becomes vital to think about and fight for the end of capitalism before 
the end of the world. Faced with the climate emergency: collective 
organization!

Libertarian Communist Union, June 26, 2026

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Communique-UCL-Vague-de-chaleur-ocean-d-inaction
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