Creating an Ecological Society: Toward a Revolutionary Transformation
388 pp, $25 pbk, ISBN 9781583676295
By Fred Magdoff and Chris Williams
Reviewed by Seth Sandronsky
“A book for a future society of buen vivir, or living well, with nature and other people? Yes, write Fred Magdoff and Chris Williams in Creating an Ecological Society. How to achieve sustainability with humanity and the planet? Start with context and vision to transcend the status quo of bio-sphere destruction. Reform is a part of the revolutionary process, according to the authors. It is not an either-or binary. The vision thing matters when it comes to the false consciousness of blaming other people for the system’s baked-in flaws. Dividing the working class to weaken it is elites’ go-to tactic. We see that now. Look no further than President Trump directing whites’ class resentment against Mexicans and Muslims. Memo to the Democratic Party. Move progressively or empower neo-fascism, a product of neoliberalism….”
Read the review at The Progressive Populist
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