In its current form, globalisation is hastening environmental
decline, in spite of the decisions taken at the Rio World Summit
on the environment in 1992 (Chapters 8 and 10).
4 3. From the start, the foundations of liberal ideology have been sys
tematically contradicted by the facts. But the economic and
social crisis of the 1970s and 1980s has given this ideology a
new lease on life, thanks to the global offensive of capital against
labour (Chapter 13). That being said, is the neo-liberal machine
not now running out of steam?
There is an urgent need to formulate alternatives. The starting
point for such alternatives must be that of satisfying the priority
human needs of the vast majority of the world's population
(Chapter 17).
For these alternatives to begin to work in practice, the different
social movements have to come out of their respective corners.
We have to begin the arduous task of building a new kind of
internationalism and of rethinking a project for emancipation
(Chapter 18).
