On Fire

Naomi Klein highlights the role of our economy in determining how we adapt to climate change, exploring some of the deep-rooted problems that we face. Again, this book values the importance of grassroots action when it comes to changing our society, despite governments and large corporations being the cause of the problem.

For more than twenty years, Naomi Klein has been the foremost chronicler of the economic war waged on both people and planet—and an unapologetic champion of a sweeping environmental agenda with justice at its center. This collection gathers more than a decade of her impassioned writing, and positions the battle for a greener world as indistinguishable from the fight for our lives. On Fire captures the burning urgency of the climate crisis, as well as the fiery energy of a rising political movement demanding a Green New Deal.

This book is critical to giving us the clarity of what we… show more.

If you haven't read much else by Klein, this book of essays is a good intro to her take on the climate movement. The volume is worth reading alone for Klein's skillful critique of the doomerism of Nathaniel Rich's book Losing Earth. Rich wrongly asserts that the late 1980s were the best time to fight climate change, ignoring the ascendance of extreme capitalism and a culture of greed-is-good driven by globalization and deregulation whose beau ideal was Ayn Rand. Rich claims that "we" (meaning you and me, not Exxon and the US govt) missed this once-in-a-lifetime chance to save… show more.