We are living in an “unequal dystopia in the making”.
For decades, the mainstream answers to the climate crisis – namely sustainable development and green capitalism – have not only failed but have led to the deepening of the crisis. They are not solutions, but sophisticated strategies for commodifying nature, shifting costs to the poor and greenwashing a system hell-bent on infinite growth.
This book argues that the ecological crisis is not a technical problem but a political one, rooted in the very structures of capitalism. Moving beyond a critique of the failed status quo, it draws on the hard-won lessons from the front lines of socioecological struggles, particularly in crisis-ridden Greece, to ask the difficult questions: Why have our strategies been defeated? Where can we find the seeds of alternatives rooted in the power of grassroots movements and collective action?
Rejecting both technocratic fixes and reformist illusions, this book makes a compelling case for a radical ecosocialist transformation. It is a call to build, fight and reclaim our future from the logic of capital, towards a necessary vision of a political strategy that rises to the challenge of the emergency we face.
