Facing the Apocalypse - Arguments for Ecosocialism
Book launch with the author Alan Thornett
Tuesday 9 April, 7.30pm Community Centre, 62 Marchmont Street, WC1N 1AB (Kings Cross & Russell Square tubes)
We are facing a multifaceted threat to the planet. Crucial resources are running out. Pollution is choking the ecosystems.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.The author engages with major debates that are unresolved on the left. He promotes a transitional approach, distinct from those that think capitalism will find a solution and those who think revolutionary propaganda is enough. Alan Thornett argues that defending the planet today requires the broadest possible movement.