There's no question that we're living in a moment of ecological crisis precipitated by capitalism's insatiable drive to expansion, but how should the left organise itself in the fight to prevent ecological collapse? Frédéric Lordon argues that the left must adopt a neo-Leninist position in order to develop and maintain a strategic, macroscopic objective in opposition to capitalism.
A hope for a livable future and just systems of care lies in our ability to mobilize and organize.Â
Andreas Malm makes an impassioned call for the climate movement to escalate its tactics in the face of ecological collapse.
On the publication of his new book, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Andreas Malm reaffirms the call for climate action
Andreas Malm on his new book, 'Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century' with Alex Doherty.Â
The COVID-19 pandemic is an emergency. So is climate disaster. We need a robust government response to both in the form of a Green New Deal and a just transition to a zero-carbon economy.
Closing the tap on aggregate economic growth opens positive new possibilities. It renders possible a more equitable world and a form of convivial conservation that celebrates and enables living together.
To win public support for the cause of energy transition, People’s Power campaigns need to develop radical new forms of energy democracy, ones that involve equitable popular access and governance directed to the needs of those who have borne the toxic brunt of fossil capitalism.
The question for conservation is no longer whether we want or need radical change. It is already happening. The question is how we understand the pressures and help direct imminent radical change towards something positive. This is the crossroads facing the conservation community today.
A post-capitalist manifesto for conservation.
8 books that combine climate activism with anti-capitalist, radical politics.Â
Is it possible to repair our climate? In these videos, Holly Jean Buck discusses the social and political transformations needed to repair our relationship to the earth. She is the author of After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair, and Restoration.