Is inequality inevitable? Is freedom just a choice? Two materialist critiques of a widely-praised book.
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, December 2021
Six new books and six important essays for reds and greens
Capital versus Commons, 4
Dispossessed:
Origins of the Working Class
Deprived of land and common rights, the English poor were forced into wage-labor
Book Review
Stories of Resistance
Fighting back against extractivism, false solutions, and social and climate abuse around the world
Counterfeit leftism
A socialist reply to ‘leftwing’ antivax disinformation
Antivaxxers of all stripes are a threat to public health
Blah Blah Blah
Greenwash: Oil industry promotes carbon capture fantasy
Fossil fuel production gets rebranded as "carbon management."
Capital vs Climate
A chicken can’t lay a duck egg
... and that's why the market can't solve the climate crisis
The time of monsters
The failure of COPitalism
Even on its own terms, the outcome of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow was catastrophic
Metabolic Rift
Corn Belt N2O emissions outweigh soil carbon storage
Nitrogen emissions can overwhelm the climate benefits of storing carbon in agricultural soil
Reading matters
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, November 2021
5 new books for reds and greens … plus 4 important articles and 3 recent reviews