Join the Socialist Reading Group for a discussion of Andreas Malm's new book Corona, Climate, and Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century. This is part 1 of a 3 part series.
In the face of unprecedented economic and social crises brought about by the coronavirus, governments around the world sought new powers to win the war against the virus and return the world to normal. But what if a return to normal means a return to the very system that created the crisis? And if the state can mobilize itself in the face of a pandemic, why does it appear unable or unwilling to confront the existential threat of climate change with equal force?
In Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency, leading environmental thinker, Andreas Malm demands that this war-footing state should be applied on a permanent basis to the ongoing climate front line.He offers proposals on how the climate movement should use this present emergency to make that case.
The discussion group will take place over the course of three weekly sessions on December 14th, 21st, and 28th, with each session focusing on one of the book's three chapters. Sign up for the group using the registration link below to get login information as well as study questions for each chapter.
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