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booksforjake's review against another edition
5.0
Incredible powerful read. Klein does a fantastic job making it clear that the climate crisis in not simply one of many challenges we are facing, but rather that is is THE challenge we are facing as a species.
Beyond that, she reveals all the ways in which the climate crisis is extrinsically linked to income inequality, social/racial justice, health care, Indigenous rights, and war. Klein paints a clear picture that the only way to tackle the crisis we are facing is to “radically reorder our economic and political systems”.
What that entails is a “redistribution of wealth, higher taxes, and greater governmental regulation & intervention that takes into account finite resources & natural cycles of renewal.”
And the craziest shit about it all, is that the reason this is such a gargantuan task is because doing so would threaten the way of life for a very small “elite minority that have a stranglehold over our economy, our political process, and most of our major media outlets”.
The majority of this book had me full of rage and waking up in the night from climate anxiety. I’m still filled with rage at the injustice of our global crisis, but I’m also inspired by her vision of the future in which a Green New Deal is passed—A Green New Deal that prioritizes our environment, our health, equality, justice, and our communities—over profits.
Beyond that, she reveals all the ways in which the climate crisis is extrinsically linked to income inequality, social/racial justice, health care, Indigenous rights, and war. Klein paints a clear picture that the only way to tackle the crisis we are facing is to “radically reorder our economic and political systems”.
What that entails is a “redistribution of wealth, higher taxes, and greater governmental regulation & intervention that takes into account finite resources & natural cycles of renewal.”
And the craziest shit about it all, is that the reason this is such a gargantuan task is because doing so would threaten the way of life for a very small “elite minority that have a stranglehold over our economy, our political process, and most of our major media outlets”.
The majority of this book had me full of rage and waking up in the night from climate anxiety. I’m still filled with rage at the injustice of our global crisis, but I’m also inspired by her vision of the future in which a Green New Deal is passed—A Green New Deal that prioritizes our environment, our health, equality, justice, and our communities—over profits.
misa_pisa's review against another edition
5.0
Klein is maybe the only non-fiction author whose work I can read like a novel. I love her focus on historical examples and real-world action. She does a great job at explaining the comprehensiveness of the Green New Deal in the essays that make up this book. A must read.
We won’t talk about the hopelessness and anger the reality of the situation made me feel (but she also addresses how to cope with that) lol
We won’t talk about the hopelessness and anger the reality of the situation made me feel (but she also addresses how to cope with that) lol
nairijan's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
2.75
As much as Klein expounds on our climate crisis, I took issue with the central thesis of the book - that a Green New Deal is what we need as opposed to something more radical and brought on by communism and decolonization. I found Klein’s collaboration with sellouts like Ocasio-Cortez to be shameful along with her denouncement of socialism in favor of demsoc movements. I also found her critique of Edward Said to be in poor taste and her stance on Israel to be not strong enough as much as she writes about the environmental damage caused by the ongoing colonization of Palestine.
sanniebannanie's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
deboramilitao's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
ya1smine's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.5