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After Overshoot
Breaking down the concept of "overshoot", the enduring power of fossil capital and the politics of geoengineering.
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Socialising Nature
How we can live together without exploiting each other? This is the work of socialising nature.
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Climate Change as Class War
Breaking down the outcome of the US election, what “the working class” really means, and how to build broad-based support for climate action.
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On Disaster Nationalism and the Climate Crisis
In the wake of Donald Trump's stunning election victory, the continued march of "disaster nationalism" and the far right will increasingly define global climate politics.
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Cycles of Extraction
Breaking down Ecuador's ecological politics and the injustices baked into global economic institutions, from the IMF to ISDS.
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Reaping What We Sow
Breaking down how we can feed the world without trashing the planet.
Essay
Beyond Human Security
Attempts to achieve security by trying to dominate nature are now backfiring on an unprecedented scale.
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Utopia and Crisis
Breaking down the power of science fiction to grapple with our gravest political challenges.
Essay
Uniting The Climate and Housing Crises
Not only do insecure housing systems and growing environmental pressures concern the same buildings and the same people — they cannot be separated at all.
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Public Energy No. 1
Breaking down how public ownership can transform our energy system, providing a faster and cheaper path to 100% clean energy.
Essay
James Watt in Shenzhen
Past and present energy transitions have been motivated by the political and economic ends of industry and government, but they also create new opportunities for labour mobilisation.
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The End of Liberalism
If you follow The BREAK—DOWN, chances are you’re living in a political system that could be defined as “liberal”. But what does “liberalism” really mean? Is it about democracy? Free markets? The protection of individual freedom? Ask ten different people, and you’re likely to get ten different