“Disaster Socialism, the Time of Troubles and the Next Three Futures: What Is to be Done Now?”

The decline of U.S. Hegemony and the onslaught of global warming are producing yet another time of troubles in which political and economic institutions are in flux in the modern world-system. In some ways this set of structured processes are like what happened during the first half of the 20^th century, but there are also major differences that will require innovative strategies and tactics for those social movements that want to move toward a more sustainable and egalitarian world society. This essay examines the emerging messy conjuncture in world-historical perspective and outlines three more than possible outcomes that could emerge from the current time of troubles. We also propose and defend those local, national and international goals that progressive movements should pursue over the next three decades on order to lay the tracks for an eventual ecosocialist and democratic world society.