"Wen Stephenson: My broad opening question is this: Given the state of both climate science and global politics, is it still possible to imagine something like global justice, the historic project of the left? What kind of justice is still possible? Feel free to take issue with the question itself. Is it the right question?"
"Thea Riofrancos: I think it is a good question, but I think the framing might be a bit misleading, in the sense that both global justice and global solidarity-which are not the same thing but are connected to one another-are relational and relative concepts. Power relations are dynamic. We can have improvements in the balance of forces from a left perspective, and we can have defeats, and those defeats might be provisional."
Global justice and global solidarity are relational and relative concepts shaped by shifting power relations. Power relations remain dynamic, allowing for possible improvements in the balance of forces and also for provisional defeats. Climate science indicates that every fraction of a degree of warming matters, making each effort to combat and transform fossil capitalism consequential. Distinctions can be drawn between moments of defeat and moments of relative victory, with outcomes remaining contingent on political struggle and strategic choices. Sustained efforts aimed at systemic transformation retain significance even amid setbacks.
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