Hundreds of Hollywood Celebrities Demand ‘Radical Change’ To Capitalism Rather than ‘Return To Normal’ After Coronavirus
Hollywood celebrities including Madonna, Robert de Niro, Barbra Streisand and Jane Fonda are among the names of 200 scientists and entertainers calling for “radical change” in the world rather than “a return to normal” after the coronavirus lockdowns.

The Hollywood celebrities are pleading for an end to “unbridled consumerism” and are demanding the “radical transformation” of capitalist economies to help save the planet, according to reports.
‘The pursuit of consumerism and an obsession with productivity have led us to deny the value of life itself: that of plants, that of animals, and that of a great number of human beings,‘ the short letter added.
‘Pollution, climate change, and the destruction of our remaining natural zones has brought the world to a breaking point.’
The open letter was penned and led by actress Juliette Binoche and astrophysicist Aurélien Barrau. A host of Hollywood stars including Joaquin Phoenix, Sting, Spike Jonze and Monica Bellucci also added their names to the open letter published in the French daily Le Monde.
‘We believe it is unthinkable to “go back to normal”,’ said the letter which was also signed by Nobel peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus.
They said the pandemic was a tragedy but it was a chance for humanity to ‘examine what is essential’.
‘Adjustments are not enough. The problem is systemic,’ the letter added.
‘The ongoing ecological catastrophe is a meta-crisis. Unlike a pandemic… a global ecological collapse will have immeasurable consequences,‘ it said.
The 200 signatories (listed below) said it was time for leaders ‘to leave behind the unsustainable logic that still prevails and to undertake a profound overhaul of our goals, values, and economies.‘
Who signed the open letter demanding an end to capitalism as we know it?
Lynsey Addario, senior reporter; Isabelle Adjani, actress; Roberto Alagna, opera singer; Pedro Almodovar, film director; Santiago Amigorena, writer; Angela, singer; Adria Arjona, actress; Yann Arthus-Bertrand, photographer, film director; Ariane Ascaride, actress; Olivier Assayas, film director; Josiane Balasko, actress; Jeanne Balibar, actress; Bang Hai Ja, painter; Javier Bardem, actor; Aurélien Barrau,astrophysicist, honorary member of the Institut universitaire de France; Mikhail Baryshnikov, dancer, choreographer; Nathalie Baye, actress; Emmanuelle Béart, actress; Jean Bellorini, theater director; Monica Bellucci, actress; Alain Benoit, physicist, Academy of Sciences; Charles Berling, actor; Juliette Binoche, actress; Benjamin Biolay, singer; Dominique Blanc, actress; Cate Blanchett, actress; Gilles Bœuf, former president of the National Museum of Natural History; Valérie Bonneton,actress; Aurelien Bory, theater director; Miguel Bosé, actor, singer; Stéphane Braunschweig, theater director; Stéphane Brizé, film director; Irina Brook, theater director; Peter Brook, theater director; Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, actress, film director; Khatia Buniatishvili, pianist; Florence Burgat, former president of the National Museum of Natural History; Guillaume Canet, actor, film director; Anne Carson, poet, writer, Academy of Arts and Sciences; Michel Cassé, astrophysicist;Aaron Ciechanover, Nobel Prize in Chemistry; François Civil, actor; François Cluzet, actor; Isabel Coixet, film director; Gregory Colbert, photographer, film director; Paolo Conte, singer; Marion Cotillard, actress; Camille Cottin, actress; Penélope Cruz, actress; Alfonso Cuaron, film director; Willem Dafoe , actor; Béatrice Dalle, actress; Alain Damasio, writer; Ricardo Darin, actor; Cécile de France, actress; Robert De Niro,actor; Annick de Souzenelle, writer; Johann Deisenhofer, biochemist, Nobel Prize in chemistry; Kate del Castillo, actress; Miguel Delibes Castro, biologist, Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences; Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota, theater director; Claire Denis, film director; Philippe Descola, anthropologist, CNRS gold medal; Virginie Despentes, writer; Alexandre Desplat,musicwriter; Arnaud Desplechin, film director; Natalie Dessay, opera singer; Cyril Dion, writer, film director; Hervé Dole,astrophysicist, honorary member of the Institut universitaire de France; Adam Driver, actor; Jacques Dubochet, Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Diane Dufresne, singer; Thomas Dutronc, singer; Lars Eidinger , actor; Olafur Eliasson, plastic artist, sculptor; Marianne Faithfull , singer; Pierre Fayet, member of the Academy of Sciences; Abel Ferrara, film director; Albert Fert , Physic’s Nobel Prize; Ralph Fiennes, actor; Edmond Fischer, biochemist, Nobel Prize in medicine; Jane Fonda, actress;Joachim Frank, Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, actor; Marie-Agnès Gillot, prima ballerina; Amos Gitaï, film director; Alejandro Gonzales Iñarritu, film director; Timothy Gowers, Fields Mathematics Medal; Eva Green, actress; Sylvie Guillem, prima ballerina; Ben Hardy, actor; Serge Haroche, Physic’s Nobel Prize; Dudley R. Herschbach, Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Rob Hopkins, founder of cities in transition; Nicolas Hulot,honorary president of the Nicolas Hulot Foundation for Nature and Man; Imany, singer; Jeremy Irons, actor; Agnès Jaoui, actor, film director; Jim Jarmusch, film director; Vaughan Jones, Fields Mathematics Medal; Spike Jonze, film director; Camellia Jordana, singer;Jean Jouzel, climatologist, Vetlesen Prize; Anish Kapoor, sculptor, painter; Naomi Kawase, film director; Sandrine Kiberlain, actress; Angelique Kidjo, singer; Naomi Klein, writer; Brian Kobilka,Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Hirokazu Kore-eda, film director; Panos Koutras , film director; Antjie Krog, poetess; The Great Sophie, singer; Ludovic Lagarde, theater director; Mélanie Laurent, actress; Bernard Lavilliers, singer; Yvon Le Maho, ecophysiologist, member of the French Academy of Sciences; Roland Lehoucq, astrophysicist; Gilles Lellouche, actor, film director; Christian Louboutin, designer; Roderick MacKinnon, Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Madonna, singer; Masha Makeïeff,theater director; Claude Makélélé, soccer player; Ald Al Malik, rap artist; Rooney Mara, actress; Ricky Martin, singer; Carmen Maura, actress; Michel Mayor, Physic’s Nobel Prize; Medina, rap artist; Melody Gardot, singer; Arturo Menchaca Rocha , physicist, former president of the Mexican Academy of Sciences; Raoni Metuktire , Raoni Indian Chief; Julianne Moore , actress; Wajdi Mouawad , theater director, writer; Gérard Mouroux, Physic’s Nobel Prize; Nana Mouskouri,singer; Yael Naim, singer; Jean-Luc Nancy, philosophize; Guillaume Néry, freediving world champion; Pierre Niney,actor; Michaël Ondaatje, writer; Thomas Ostermeier, theater director; Rithy Panh, film director; Vanessa Paradis, singer, actress; James Peebles, Physic’s Nobel Prize; Corine Pelluchon, philosophize; Joaquin Phoenix, actor; Apple, singer; Iggy Pop, singer; Olivier Py, theater director; Radu Mihaileanu, film director;Susheela Raman , singer; Edgar Ramirez, actor; Charlotte Rampling, actress; Raphael, singer; Eric Reinhardt , writer; Resident, singer; Jean-Michel Ribes, film director; Matthieu Ricard, buddhist monk; Richard Roberts, Nobel Prize in Medicine; Isabella Rossellini, actress; Cecilia Roth, actress; Carlo Rovelli, physicist, honorary member of the Institut universitaire de France; Paolo Roversi, photographer; Ludivine Sagnier, actress; Shaka Ponk(Sam and Frah), singers; Vandana Shiva, philosophize, writer; Abderrahmane Sissako, film director; Gustaf Skarsgard, actor; Sorrentino Paolo, film director; Sabrina Speich, oceanographer, Albert Defant medal; Sting, singer; James Fraser Stoddart, Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Barbra Streisand, singer, actress, film director; Malgorzata Szumowska, film director; Béla Tarr, film director; Bertrand Tavernier, film director; Alexandre Tharaud, pianist; James Thierré, theater director, dancer;Mélanie Thierry, actress; Tran Anh Hung , film director; Jean-Louis Trintignant, actor; Karin Viard, actress; Rufus Wainwright, singer; Lulu Wang, film director; Paul Watson, Navigator, writer; Wim Wenders, film director; Stanley Whittingham, Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Sonia Wieder-Atherton, cellist; Frank Wilczek,Physic’s Nobel Prize; Olivia Wilde, actress; Christophe Willem, singer; Bob Wilson, theater director; Lambert Wilson, actor;David Wineland, Physic’s Nobel Prize; Xuan Thuan Trinh, astrophysicist; Muhammad Yunus, economist, Nobel Peace Prize; Zazie, singer.
And then we get this shit
San Antonio City Council Passes Resolution Declaring “Chinese Virus” to be “Hate Speech”
Encourages citizens to report people who use terms to the authorities.
San Antonio City Council has unanimously passed a resolution that declares the terms “Chinese Virus” and “Kung Flu Virus” to be hate speech.
President Trump and many of his supporters have used variations of both terms as a reminder that COVID-19 did indeed originate in China.
This prompted the media and leftists to claim Trump was being “racist” despite the fact that viruses are routinely named after their place of origin.
Now San Antonio City Council has officially declared such language to be “hate speech.”
“Resolution being voted on by San Antonio City Council this morning labels terms “Chinese Virus” and “Kung Fu Virus” as hate speech and “all persons are encouraged to report any such antisemitic, discriminatory or racist incidents to the proper authorities for investigation,” tweeted reporter Jaie Avila.
Apparently, a regular council meeting attendee called Jack Finger tried to speak against the resolution, but his mic was cut off.
Council Member Manny Pelaez said “hate speech is more dangerous than the virus itself,” despite the fact that the virus has killed over 76,000 Americans.
The resolution was passed unanimously. Expect similar versions of it to now be passed by councils across the country.
In taking such a stance, authorities are literally amplifying Chinese Communist Party propaganda, which has repeatedly cried “racism” when confronted with the fact that Beijing tried to cover-up the severity of coronavirus when it first emerged in Wuhan.
When that 1% put their collective wealth where their mouthes are; I’ll listen to them. Until such a time as they give up their flights, their mansions and the massive scale of consumerism they live under and match what they say; I’ll fucking ignore them.
“The Hollywood celebrities are pleading for an end to “unbridled consumerism” and are demanding the “radical transformation” of capitalist economies to help save the planet, ”
FFS, Do as I say, not as I do. H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-T-E central!!!! Move out of ya mansions before you pontificate to the little people you totally unaware idiots.
We need a few programmes with Archie Bunker style characters to keep the world grounded.
Mike Meets Archie
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=utube+clip+archie++bunker+pontifcating&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DxkWjrsx9cXg
If they really really cared about their fellow humans. Open up their gates and take in all the homeless in that shit hole they call home. LA has the worst homeless problem of all US cities.
My thoughts on scanning that list:
It Is an apostrophe catastrophe (Physic’s Nobel Prize)
I can guess why Nana Mouskouri’s name was not bolded.
I read a lot of names before I saw one I recognised.
I read a lot of names of people whose non-essential endeavours have been paid for from the discretionary dollars of capitalists.
Who do I write an open letter to asking for these people to go home, stay home, sit down and shut up because I don’t need them telling me how to live my life?
There’s nothing as dangerous as a wealthy socialist. They can afford to be.
Only for 2 generations though
Then the inherited money runs out!
So Robert De Niro is going to give away his luxury mansion?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Zu_2h6CnU
What’s that Robert? No you say?
I thought we were all Comrades??…
Robert de Zero has a massive inferiority complex.
That is why he has expressed himself via acting and pretending to be someone else.
He only dates Black women (also known as POCs – people of color) .
That is some weird low self-esteem for a skinny white boy.
Barbra Streisand was day trading during the Dot Com stockmarket boom in the late 1990s.
I understand she made some dough. That is pure capitalism.
She is probably still getting royalties from her 1960s movies.
She is a Numero Uno hypocrite and seems to have forgotten about the Streisand Effect !
If it came to catching COVID or the diseases Madonna would harbour, I’ll take the COVID
In politics, these critters only get one vote like the rest of us. Calm down.
I must have a look at Planet of the Humans as recommended by Hosting.
Alice? posted it on YSB a week ago Chuck. Well worth the look.
you say
‘ as recommended by Hosting’.
Ho’s do sting
well, it stings when you pee !!
Hoes are king.
Jesus, there’s alot of people with a fat head!