Books
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Books: Twilight capitalism
Twilight capitalism: Karl Marx and the decay of the profit system is the best book on Marxist political economy in 2021. Authored by Murray EG Smith, Jonah Butovsky and Josh Watterton, these Canadian-based Marxist economists have delivered a comprehensive and often original analysis of global capitalism in the 21st century. Continue reading
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, November 2021
5 November 2021 — Climate & Capitalism 5 new books for reds and greens … plus 4 important articles and 3 recent reviews Ecosocialist Bookshelf is a monthly column, hosted by Ian Angus. Books described here may be reviewed at length in future. Inclusion of a book does not imply endorsement, or that C&C agrees Continue reading
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Book Review: Reducing Production for a Livable Future
As climate change leads humanity’s march to Armageddon, data surfacing during late 2021 suggests that the march could be much briefer than previously thought. “Nature is starting to emit greenhouse gases in competition with cars, planes, trains, and factories,” asserts Robert Hunziker. The Amazon has switched from soaking up CO2 to emitting it. Likewise, the… Continue reading
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Housmans Books October 2021: B&R Winner / Events / Bestsellers / New Titles
31 October 2021 — Housmans Books Bread & Roses Award Winner Big congratulations to Ellen Clifford for winning this year’s Bread & Roses Award for Radical Publishing for her book The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe [Zed Books]. Continue reading
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Mike Healy: ‘Marx and Digital Machines: Alienation, Technology, Capitalism’
Ever since German philosopher Hegel discussed alienation and Karl Marx converted it into the sensible framework of the economics of capitalism, alienation isn’t really a new subject–many might even think all has been said. Yet, Healy’s exquisite book applies several recent frameworks of alienation to two groups of workers–IT workers and academics. His book delivers… Continue reading
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A Different Sort of Truth
When Mohamedou Ould Slahi Zoomed into my graduate class from Mauritania in March to discuss his new novel, The Actual True Story of Ahmed and Zarga, he shared a bit about the role writing fiction played during his detention at Guantanamo Bay from 2002 to 2016. Continue reading
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, August 2021
12 August 2021 — Origin: Climate & Capitalism A bumper crop! Ten new books for red-greens and green-reds Ecosocialist Bookshelf is a monthly column, hosted by Ian Angus. Books described here may be reviewed at length in future. Inclusion of a book does not imply endorsement, or that C&C agrees with everything (or even anything!) Continue reading
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Book Review: Imperial roots of the global food system
Why do we eat what we do? This is the question Chris Otter seeks to answer in Diet for a Large Planet. It is very timely. In recent years there has been growing anger and horror at a food system that delivers both unhealthy and environmentally destructive diets. Food has become deeply politicized. Continue reading
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“Capitalism must die to protect the sacred”
Indigenous people have been fighting to survive for centuries. Recently, their struggles have become more militant, more global, and less isolated, aligning with other anti-racist and anti-colonial movements, and leading the environmental movement. Continue reading
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Everyday Life and the Ecological Crisis of Capitalism
When it was first published in German in 2017, Ulrich Brand’s and Markus Wissen’s book The Imperial Mode of Living attracted widespread attention and was discussed in mainstream media, while, at the same time, fueling an intense debate within the German academic left. The multiple reactions were not by chance; they were the result of… Continue reading
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Four competing views on how to save the Earth
You could be forgiven for thinking that the only book on climate change published recently is Bill Gates’ self-serving How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. Gates’ book is a political intervention into the debates around climate change. He and his class get nervous when thousands of young people demand system change on mass protests. Instead,… Continue reading
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, June 2021
1 June 2021 — Origin: Climate & Capitalism Reading for Reds and Greens New books on Food, Military Science, Nature, Forest Communication, Covid Failure, and Deadly Phones Ecosocialist Bookshelf is a monthly column, hosted by Ian Angus. Books described here may be reviewed at length in future. Inclusion of a book does not imply endorsement, Continue reading
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, May 2021
Seven new books about capitalist environmental destruction and the fight to save the earth Continue reading
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Can sabotage stop climate change?
Despite the climate movement’s growth, epitomized by Extinction Rebellion and Student Strike for Climate, fossil fuel extraction continues to grow, and a safe climate can seem dismayingly distant. Given a choice between forgoing capital accumulation and tipping the whole world into a furnace, our rulers prefer the furnace. Continue reading
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EVENT Friday, 1:00 PM: “Sensing Injustice” book launch
JOIN MICHAEL TIGAR, AUTHOR OF SENSING INJUSTICE: A LAWYER’S LIFE IN THE BATTLE FOR CHANGE, IN CONVERSATION WITH…. Continue reading
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The Gen Z Emergency: The Best Climate Book You Will Ever Read
Generation Z is the newest generation, born between 1997 and 2012/15. They are currently 6 to 24 years old. In the US alone, they number 68 million. Gen Z is in the crosshairs of the coming climate catastrophe. They have the most to lose – and the most to win if we can allay their… Continue reading
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf March 2021, Part Two
25 March, 2021 — Origin: Climate & Capitalism Marx on stealing wood, Human development in the Anthropocene, Solar energy, Nature dialogs, and two on food Climate & Capitalism can’t review every book we receive, but this monthly column briefly describes some that seem relevant to our mission. Any of these books may be reviewed at Continue reading
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Book Review: Mark Carney: value or price?
Mark Carney has a book out. It is called Value(s): Building A Better World For All. Canadian born Carney was formerly the governor of the Bank of England – the best paid governor ever at £680,000 a year plus £250,000 housing expenses. Carney recently commented that “You don’t get rich in public service.”! Continue reading
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, March 2021
13 March 2021 — Origin: Climate & Capitalism Six new books that are worth reading … and one that isn’t Ecosocialist Bookshelf is a monthly column, hosted by Ian Angus. Books described here may be reviewed in future. Inclusion of a book does not imply endorsement, or that C&C agrees with everything (or even anything!) Continue reading
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GMO Soy, Popular Resistance, and Corporate Power
Why does GMO soy dominate Argentine agriculture? ‘Seeds of Power’ exposes the forces that have overwhelmed voices of resistance. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 