After Growth
For growth at any cost to become the only realistic basis for collective well-being, other forms of knowledge had to be suppressed or purged—recast as superstitious or irrational.
Summer 2020
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The Green New Deal’s Public Infrastructure Should Be Funded by the Public
Democrats are starting to take green investment seriously. To move these plans anywhere near a Green New Deal—and avoid ceding power to Wall Street—will require a political mobilization from the bottom up.
Climate Apartheid Is the Coming Police Violence Crisis
Unless we win serious changes now, the worst is yet to come.
Hot & Bothered: A Decade to Win
Kate and Daniel reflect on the lessons of the last few months and the prospects for ecosocialism in this decade.
Hot & Bothered: An Abolitionist Green New Deal, with Jasson Perez
What does an abolitionist, ecosocialist program look like in practice? Researcher and organizer Jasson Perez explains why working toward police and prison abolition is key to building social movements and, ultimately, expanding the horizon of a vibrant working-class life.
Hot & Bothered: Putting Racial Justice First, with Patrick Houston
Connecting the dots between racial injustice and the climate crisis isn’t just a question of principle—it’s a daily reality. Organizer Patrick Houston describes how the movement can win.
Hot & Bothered: Why Defunding the Police is Key to a Just Transition, with J. Mijin Cha
What will it take for the climate movement to move beyond statements of solidarity and advance a strategy of targeted divestment from racist institutions, in order to reinvest those resources—and many more, besides—in communities of color?
Hot & Bothered: Has the Fracking Bubble Finally Burst? with Bethany McLean
The fracking boom that drove a decade of record U.S. oil and gas production was never really profitable to begin with. Has its bubble finally burst?
Hot & Bothered: Designing a Green New Deal, with Billy Fleming
Billy Fleming discusses not just the kinds of policies that should anchor a Green New Deal, but how to advance an effective inside-outside strategy to win them as we gear up for 2021.
Hot & Bothered: A Climate Story to Win a Multiracial Majority, with Mary Annaïse Heglar
Mary Annaïse Heglar talks to Kate and Daniel about climate grief; why we don’t have to choose between caring about police violence and caring about the polar bears; and why Bernie Sanders’s campaign message didn’t resonate with many (especially older) black voters.
Hot & Bothered Podcast: A New Commonwealth, with Jedediah Britton-Purdy
On this week’s show, Kate and Daniel talk to Jedediah about his vision of commonwealth politics; the challenges of organizing in a socially distanced world; where the law fits in; and whether coming together also means naming new enemies.
A Ballad of Unchecked Dread
In Weather, Jenny Offill explores how our sense that society is on the cusp of disaster takes hold.
