Climate change as class war : building socialism on a warming planet / Matthew T. Huber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huber, Matthew T., author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecosocialism.

Climate change mitigation--Political aspects.

Climate change mitigation.

Social classes--Political aspects.

Social classes.

Socialism and society--Environmental aspects.

Socialism and society.

Capitalism--Environmental aspects.

Capitalism.

Environmental policy--International cooperation.

Environmental policy.

Green New Deal.

Physical Description:

312 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Verso ; 2022.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 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.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1788733886

9781788733885

OCLC:

1252050505

Publisher Number:

99990971188