Book launch with the author Alan Thornett Hosted by Resistance Books Thursday 16 May, 7pm
The Priory Rooms, 40, Bull Street Birmingham, B4 6ALWe are facing a multifaceted threat to life the planet. From a defence of the remarkable ecological content of classical Marxism – lost during the 20th century to the rise of productivism – the book is an appeal to the socialist left to take the ecological crisis far more seriously.
Alan Thornett engages directly with major debates such as the rising human population and carbon pricing that remain unresolved on the socialist left. His approach is to promote a transitional approach, distinct from both those that think capitalism will find a solution and those who think revolutionary propaganda is enough.
He argues that defending the planet against this crisis today requires broadest possible movement of those – the 99 per cent – who are victims of it.