The Path to a Livable Future
A New Politics to Fight Climate Change, Racism, and the Next Pandemic
Cox, Stan
Publisher: City Lights Books
Year Published: 2021
Pages: 171pp ISBN: 9780872868540
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX24616
Stan Cox makes plain the connections between the multiple crises facing us today, and provides an inspired vision for how to resolve them. With a deeply informed, clear to-do list, Cox shows us how we can work together to address the climate emergency, white supremacy, and our vulnerability to future pandemics all at once.
Abstract:
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Publisher's Description:
2020 was a year defined by crisis. For decades, scientists have been sounding the alarm about the urgency of addressing climate change, but it took COVID-19 to demonstrate clearly that the future of human life on Earth is interconnected and at risk. While the virus quickly spread across the globe, extreme weather events compounded the suffering and economic catastrophe. In the U.S., public demonstrations of outrage over the murder of George Floyd expanded to include a growing awareness of the pandemic's disproportionate impact on communities of color. In cities around the world, people took to the streets to protest racial inequity in all of its forms.
In The Path to a Livable Future, Stan Cox makes plain the connections between the multiple crises facing us today, and provides an inspired vision for how to resolve them. With a deeply informed, clear to-do list, Cox shows us how we can work together to address the climate emergency, white supremacy, and our vulnerability to future pandemics all at once. Our future depends on it.
Contents:
Foreword
Introduction
The Cruelest Year
The Tangled Roots of Our Predicaments
A To-Do List for the 2020s
People Have the Power
Endnotes
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Subject Headings
