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Climate change as class war : building socialism on a warming planet / Matthew T. Huber.
"In this groundbreaking analysis, Matthew T. Huber argues that the carbon-intensive capitalist class must be confronted with its disproportionate effect on the climate. Yet, at present the climate movement is unpopular and rooted in the professional class, where it remains incapable of meeting this dizzying challenge. As an alternative, Huber proposes a climate politics to appeal to the majority--the working class--and he evaluates the Green New Deal as a first attempt to channel working-class material and ecological interests. He advocates building union power in the very energy system that must be transformed. In the end, winning the climate struggle will require an internationalist approach based on planetary working-class solidarity" -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781788733892
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (302 pages)
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Verso Books, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : Climate change as class war -- I. The capitalist class -- 1. The hidden abode of the climate crisis: industrial capital and climate responsibility -- 2. Carbon exploitation: how the nitrogen cycle became fossil capital -- II. The professional class -- 3. Credentialed politics: knowing the climate crisis -- 4. Carbon guilt: privatized ecologies, degrowth, and the politics of less -- III. The working class -- 5. Proletarian ecology: working class interests and the struggle for a Green New Deal -- 6. Electrifying the climate movement: the case for electricity as a strategic sector -- 7. Power in the union: history and strategy in the electric utility unions -- Conclusion: Species solidarity at the climate crossroads. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
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- Baker & Taylor
"In this groundbreaking analysis, Matthew T. Huber argues that the carbon-intensive capitalist class must be confronted with its disproportionate effect on the climate. Yet, at present the climate movement is unpopular and rooted in the professional class, where it remains incapable of meeting this dizzying challenge. As an alternative, Huber proposes a climate politics to appeal to the majority--the working class--and he evaluates the Green New Deal as a first attempt to channel working-class material and ecological interests. He advocates building union power in the very energy system that must be transformed. In the end, winning the climate struggle will require an internationalist approach based on planetary working-class solidarity" -- - Random House, Inc.
How to build a movement to confront climate change
The climate crisis is not primarily a problem of âbelieving scienceâ or individual âcarbon footprintsâ â 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.
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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 need to dramatically transform. In the end, as in classical socialist movements of the early 20th Century, winning the climate struggle will need to be internationalist based on a form of planetary working class solidarity.
