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Workers and the World:Fighting Ecological Crisis from Within
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CONNECTING WORKPLACE STRUGGLES WITH COMMUNITY MOVEMENTS TO CONFRONT TODAY’S ECOLOGICAL CRISIS
Workers are not doomed to be merely the victims of environmental devastation. As Lorenzo Feltrin shows, they can be key actors in preventing it. Because labour supports an unsustainable system of endless growth, it holds a central place in any strategy for our long-term survival.
Bringing Italian workerist theory into dialogue with a range of traditions from dependency theory to ecofeminism, Feltrin examines the intersection of labour and nature across the globe. By addressing several urgent dimensions of the ecological crisis, such as automation, precarious employment, imperialism and social reproduction, he offers a new framework for understanding how labour struggles and environmental justice are intertwined.
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Lorenzo Feltrin shows us that there are many alternatives to the authoritarian rule of fossil capital, but also to capital as a social relation, since workers essentially reproduce capital. Organised workers and local communities are at the core of struggles for environmental justice and an ecological transition from below. Workers and the World shows the relevance of operaismo. A must read!
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Can workers win the world for humanity? In this synthesis of shop floor and study, Lorenzo Feltrin makes the most compelling case yet for the ecological potentials of working-class politics. A handbook and treatise, this is a treat for trade union organisers, militant environmentalists and connoisseurs of operaismo alike