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Jacobin #26
Earth, Wind, & Fire
- GenresPoliticsNonfiction
144 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2017
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68 books129 followersJacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. The print magazine is released quarterly and reaches over 10,000 subscribers, in addition to a web audience of 600,000 a month.
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October 15, 2018
Capitalism has almost irreversibly fucked up the planet, the neoliberal Anthropocene does not care about anything but profit. Cleaning the wasted planet is not a profitable endeavour. Thus
We shouldn’t ask whether we must
get out of capitalism so that
humans can survive. We must
ask how and when.
The gorgeousness of this edition is only flawed by the pages printed in white over black, which cannot be clearly read in the mag, however the digital version gives a clue of what's been actually printed. That's a drawback in an otherwise brilliant edition, because the Tyrannosaurus Rex Tillerson and the fuckwit republicans policies in line with the dictatorship of Exxon Mobile and assorted petroleum corporations ruling your fake democracy are clearly exposed there.
Capitalism will turn the planet into an inhabitable third rock from the sun, resembling the atmosphere and heat of the second one.
How to avoid the Barbarism that looms ahead will not go through individual efforts within a doomed system where corporations are the biggest polluters; you may try but they'll fade like a fart in the storm.
A Socialist Anthropocene is required.
We shouldn’t ask whether we must
get out of capitalism so that
humans can survive. We must
ask how and when.
The gorgeousness of this edition is only flawed by the pages printed in white over black, which cannot be clearly read in the mag, however the digital version gives a clue of what's been actually printed. That's a drawback in an otherwise brilliant edition, because the Tyrannosaurus Rex Tillerson and the fuckwit republicans policies in line with the dictatorship of Exxon Mobile and assorted petroleum corporations ruling your fake democracy are clearly exposed there.
Capitalism will turn the planet into an inhabitable third rock from the sun, resembling the atmosphere and heat of the second one.
How to avoid the Barbarism that looms ahead will not go through individual efforts within a doomed system where corporations are the biggest polluters; you may try but they'll fade like a fart in the storm.
A Socialist Anthropocene is required.
December 26, 2017
Depressing, but great. Argues in many ways using many examples what it would look like to go beyond the market in responding to the climate crisis, but that we don't have the luxury of waiting to end capitalism or reverting to a small green fantasy in order to save humanity. Especially loved Christian Parenti's piece, the article about geoengineering, and the article on Ecuador. It looks great too.
January 8, 2018
This was not my favorite issue by far but had several interesting pieces in it. The best piece was on the limits of capitalism and venture capitalism to raise money for environmental projects and technology because they want their money so quickly and to profit. The best influencer at this point is the state. The least satisfying article was the last one on the doomsday like scenario we are facing. No one really knows what's going to happen and these predictions don't do anyone any favors.
September 17, 2017
HIGHLY RECOMMEND (even though I disagree with some of the pieces on geoengineering).
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