“Let us not, however, flatter ourselves overmuch on account of our human victories over nature. For each such victory nature takes its revenge on us. Each victory, it is true, in the first place brings about the results we expected, but in the second and third places it has quite different, unforeseen effects which only…
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CSS Public Lecture: Climate and Capitalism
Climate and Capitalism: A Public Lecture on Climate Change and Capitalism “It seems to be easier for us today to imagine the thoroughgoing deterioration of the earth and of nature than the breakdown of late capitalism.” -Fredric Jameson “Socialists have all too often failed to take ecological issues seriously enough. However, this is not a…