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How do we end fossil fuel production to meet climate goals in the next few decades?

In this excerpt, taken from an unpublished 2002 interview, Rossana Rossanda opens up about becoming a Communist in Fascist Italy

While economic, health, and political crises abound, capitalists are obsessed with "raising awareness." But what use is awareness when action is needed? In this short piece, Frédéric Lordon offers an incisive critique of this 'radicalism that has no impact'.

Complete your Rancière bookshelf with this reading list! 

Martín Arboleda talks extractivism, financialization, and the Global South in this interview deep dive into his book, Planetary Mines: Territories of Extraction Under Late Capitalism

What could direct action look like in the context of COP26?

Complete your Žižek bookshelf with this reading list! All 40% off (print books) and 60% off (ebooks) until January 4th.

A reading list of history and theory that illuminates the effects of underdevelopment across the globe.

The debate around how we move towards ecologically sustainable ways of living is the most pressing discussion of our times. The shorter working week has a crucial role to play.

Weak, invisible, individualistic and selfish, but collaborative and egalitarian too, and stamped above all by the segregations of American life. When Noel Ignatiev worked in the largest steel mill in the world, what form did workers' power take?

A reading list of books that offer critical perspectives on past and present futures chosen by Fred Scharmen, author of Space Forces.