Patreon Preview 129. Ecological Leninism, Technological Luddism

Published: Jan. 17, 2022, 1:41 a.m.

b'We discuss recent work Andreas Malm \\u2013 Marxist historian, ecologists, and radical climate activist \\u2013 as analysed through a large synthetic review essay by Adam Tooze. We get into capitalism\\u2019s climate catastrophe, the politics and praxis of direct action, the ahistorical positions and principles of large liberal climate change activism movements, and the urgent need for moral arguments backed up by material actions. It\\u2019s how to blow up a pipeline meets how to sabotage a factory line.\\n\\nSome stuff we reference: \\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 Ecological Leninism | Adam Tooze https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n22/adam-tooze/ecological-leninism \\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 Andreas Malm and ecological Leninism | Adam Tooze https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-50-andreas-malm-and-ecological \\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 This Nonviolent Stuff\\u2032ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible | Charles E. Cobb Jr. https://www.dukeupress.edu/this-nonviolent-stuffll-get-you-killed \\n\\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills \\n\\nGrab fresh new TMK gear: bonfire.com/store/this-machine-kills-podcast/ \\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl)'