Climate change as class war : building socialism on a warming planet
Huber, Matthew T.2022
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The climate crisis is not primarily a problem of 'believing science' or individual 'carbon footprints' - it is a class problem rooted in who owns, controls and profits from material production. As such, it will take a class struggle to solve. In this ground breaking class analysis, Matthew T. Huber argues that the carbon-intensive capitalist class must be confronted for producing climate change. Yet, the narrow and unpopular roots of climate politics in the professional class is not capable of building a movement up to this challenge. For an alternative strategy, he proposes climate politics that appeals to the vast majority of society: the working class. Huber evaluates the Green New Deal as a first attempt to channel working class material and ecological interests and advocates building union power in the very energy system we so need to dramatically transform.
Main title:
Climate change as class war : building socialism on a warming planet / Matthew T. Huber.
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Imprint:
London : Verso, 2022.London : Verso, 2022.
Collation:
312 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781788733885 (pbk)
Dewey class:
363.73874
Language:
English
Subject:
EcosocialismClimate change mitigation -- Political aspectsSocial classes -- Political aspectsSocialism and society -- Environmental aspectsCapitalism -- Environmental aspectsEnvironmental policy -- International cooperationGreen New DealEnvironment and EcologySocialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologiesPolitical economyThe environmentEnvironmentalist thought & ideology
BRN:
2580015