How can we protect democracy from capital, not the other way around? Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social @bertrussell.bsky.social @abundance-org.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social reviewed by Ivan Radanović @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

"The US wants our riches—our oil and minerals—but we defend our sovereignty" - Luisana Antúnez, a resident of Venezuela's Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune. venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/f...

This book by @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social ky.social @bertrussell.bsky.social is really interesting! Great read, with novel ideas

Marxism is foundational to the discipline of political ecology, and yet in the past few years there’s been a notable decline of Marxist perspectives in the discipline’s leading conferences and forthcoming handbooks. 1/5

This is probably my favourite comment from a review of Radical Abundance so far: “Struck a strange tone (not in a bad way) between policy/‘wonk’-ness while also engaging most seriously with communisation theory and their interpretation of secular stagnation of all things.”

Article w/ Rory Rowan & Pat Brodie now online in the excellent SI of the Journal of Labor and Society edited by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @alejopedregal.bsky.social & Nemanja Lukić. 'Militarising FDI: Geopolitical Ecology, Dependency, and Ireland’s Twin Transition.' brill.com/view/journal...

Our special issue of Labor and Society on the ecomodernist features of imperialism is now online in full. The issue makes a stronger contribution to theorising contemporary imperialist dynamics than I could have ever hoped for. Here's a thread introducing each contribution. 🧵

US imperialism no longer operates within the post-WWII 'rules based order' it created with its (false) appeals to international rights, freedom, and win-win scenarios. It works through zero-sum calculations, violence, and misinformation. Palestine and Venezuela are front lines.

This government is satisfied that its "robust...procedures are being enacted" as Palestine Action hunger strikers waver on the brink of death because of its inaction. I can't put into words how contemptible this Labour government is. www.thenational.scot/news/2570167...

US companies are vying for contracts to rebuild Gaza. This is what a lot of people don't grasp about war and climate change. Their destructive effects always open new avenues of capital accumulation. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I have a new open access article out, co-authored with @alejopedregal.bsky.social and Nemanja Lukić, called 'For an Anti-Imperialist Ecological Modernity'. The article introduces a special issue we've edited on ecomodernism and imperialism. But it does much more than that. A thread. 1/13

I was thrilled to contribute an essay to this special issue of JLSO on anti-imperialism and ecological modernity. It’s one of the more robustly cohesive special issues you’ll see anywhere, with awesome editing and introduction by @alejopedregal.bsky.social, @kaiheron.bsky.social, and Nemanja Lukic.

The Future Observatory Journal interviewed me about the concept of abundance, socialist transition, and ecology for their latest issue. fojournal.org/interview/ra...

I’m pleased to have joined the Journal of Labor and Society’s editorial advisory board. A special issue of the journal edited by @alejopedregal.bsky.social, Nemanja Lukić, and I on imperialism and ecomodernism will be out shortly!

Is anyone else staring at their copy of Sven Beckert's 1,000+ page history of global capitalism with both excitement and dismay about when they'll ever find the time to read it?

The removal of trial by jury in Britain is a HUGE assault on the right to protest. Time and again juries find in favour of climate campaigners, pro-Palestine actioners, and more. Popular opinion on these issues is an inconvenience for the state, so it must be quashed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"The “ceasefire” is a diplomatic sham – a cover for the continuing extermination, displacement and erasure of the Palestinian people in Gaza and a distraction for the international public and the media." www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions...

The finishing touches are being put on a special issue of the Journal of Labor and Society edited by @alejopedregal.bsky.social, Nemanja Lukić and I on the ecomodernist features of imperialism. We have some incredible contributions that I can't wait to share.

Capitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance and artificial scarcity. Listen to the latest Radicals in Conversation with the authors of Radical Abundance, @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLrh...

My latest is a review of Radical Abundance by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social, Bertie Russell, and @plutopress.bsky.social 👇

Tomorrow (6pm Tuesday Nov 4th) sees the first online discussion of Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future. @kaiheron.bsky.social, @bertrussell.bsky.social, and I will present the book and discuss it with the audience. Register for free below. www.indep.network/event/indep-...

Hurricane Melissa's 185 mile an hour winds caused damage to Jamaica that experts predict could take decades to recover from. Meanwhile, storms of Melissa's ferocity are now no longer 'once in a century' but more like once every 25 years. 1/2

The tech optimist posts about how renewables are contributing a larger share to the global energy mix, or how EVs are replacing combustion engines are driving me mad. Overall material throughput is continuing to rise, and that's a massive problem.

Recently, @sarahljaffe.bsky.social sat down with @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social, authors of “Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future” to discuss the difference between radical and bullshit abundance. inthesetimes.com/article/radi...

Catherine Connolly wins Ireland’s presidential election. With neutrality under threat and proto-fascist anti-immigrant protests in the streets, this comes at a critical time for the Irish left. The way factions united to get this done is a lesson for everyone. Incredible work.

Here's video of an interview @kaiheron.bsky.social, @bertrussell.bsky.social, and I did with @plutopress.bsky.social recently. The interviewer Chris Browne did a great job and really pushed us to explore the arguments in the book.

A point for Mike Davis' neo-catastrophist thesis in his essay 'cosmic dancers on history's stage', an oft-overlooled essay that has important consequences for historical materialism in general and eco-Marxism in particular. I hope to write about it soon. www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

Climateflation is driving up UK food prices. In other words, the effects of centuries of ecological destruction and labour exploitation is manifesting as a so-called 'cost of living crisis.' Negative feedback loops like this are the new normal. www.ft.com/content/ced8...

I’m me get some Radical Abundance today in Norwich. I’ll be discussing the new book by @bertrussell.bsky.social, @kaiheron.bsky.social, and myself

Cascading ecological crises are going to shake the infrastructures of everyday life in the UK by 2050. Heatwaves in 4 out of 5 years, peak river flows up to 40% higher, intensified storms, and homes, transport links, food systems, and cities unprepared for any of it. Link below.

This year's Nobel Peace Prize winner was an apt choice. An islamophobic Zionist who rubs shoulders with Europe's far-right including Geert Wilders and Marie Le Pen and who has expressed support for a renewed Reconquista. Europe's direction of travel encapsulated.

If you're in Manchester for #TheWorldTransformed tonight, consider coming to our panel. We'll be hearing from struggles in the Basque country, Berlin, and London about how to build institutions of popular power. theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...

Over concerns that its findings were 'too negative', Downing Street has censored a government-backed report which found British food prices will increase because of the deforestation of tropical rainforests. A shocking and dangerous will to ignorance. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Sarah Jaffe interviewed us for In These Times about our book, Radical Abundance. We talked about economic planning, worker control, and the necessity of revolutionary transition today. inthesetimes.com/article/radi...

In just six days Europe’s June 2025 heatwave led to 16,500 excess deaths and caused €43 billion in short-term lost earnings. But the effects of heatwaves linger long after the stifling temperatures have passed. By 2029 the cost of those six days is expected to climb to €126 billion.

Unhappily, I'm reading Dipesh Chakrabarty's The Climate of History in a Planetary Age. The judo moves he makes to let capital off the hook for global heating are something to behold.

Britain's authoritarian Labour government has given the police even more power to suppress protests. But this won't stop them. When your government is participating in genocide the only option is to throw wrenches into the machine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Degrowth has never been a coherent political perspective, nor has it had an agreed political strategy. This interview with Jason Hickel and reply by Vincent Liegey, Anitra Nelson, and Terry Leahy pair well to highlight the dividing lines. Links below.

"Famines are wars over the right to existence" - Mike Davis www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...

The attack in Manchester is utterly deplorable. I am also dismayed to see members of Parliament and parts of our media ecology attempting to use this tragedy to suppress protests against Israel's genocide in Palestine. 1/8

"The future is not inscribed in the present even if it is circumscribed by the past" - Wallerstein

“This plan was formulated without the participation of Hamas or any Palestinian party, including the Palestinian Authority. So how can the U.S. administration reach an agreement with one side of the conflict while excluding the Palestinian side?” www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-hamas...

I’m looking forward to this event. I’ll be riffing off the London-Edinburgh Weekend Return Group’s idea of being ‘in and against the state’ to reflect on what it means to pursue an academic career ‘in, against and beyond’ the university. Which is something I'm still trying to figure out myself...

"You know those books which spend seven or eight chapters elegantly diagnosing a problem in our society and then add 10 pages on at the end with some solutions? This is precisely the opposite." It's an honor to feature in this Autumn reading list: www.shortlist.com/health-and-f...

“This has been the main goal of the US policy against Cuba for more than six decades – to make life as economically difficult, unbearable as possible,” Rodríguez asserted. But imperialism “cannot make us abandon the path of socialism.” peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/30/i...

Labour's wager that economic growth will limit Reform's appeal is foolish. Growth is slowing and won't bounce back by 2029 - falling productivity, under investment, an aging population, and the cascading effects of ecological crises are all beyond this government's control. 1/2

This is a very kind review of Radical Abundance and a good summary of its arguments.

I'm grateful for this conversation about our new book, Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future. As fans of Future Histories might expect, Jan pushed us on questions of economic planning and institutional design.

"once we begin to speak of men mixing their labour with the earth, we are in a whole world of new relations between man and nature, and to separate natural history from social history becomes xtremely problematic." Raymond Williams 1/5

Radiative forcing doesn't care if you didn't "technically' break a manifesto pledge.