New Book Highlights Need for Solidarity for Humans to Survive Global Collapse Protesters block an entrance to Ineos plant on BoâNess Road on on October 23, 2020, in Grangemouth, Scotland.
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Is this the end? The end of capitalism? The end of the human species?
Anyone who has closely observed developments of the last 10 years can be forgiven a quick affirmative response. In a decade that has seen startling discoveries in climate science (none positive), unprecedented fires, and increasingly frequent and far more destructive tropical storms and hurricanes, the evidence is clearer than ever that our economic plunder of the planetâs natural bounty has gone too far. Add to that the emergence of a deadly worldwide pandemic with devastating economic consequences, and the question does seem to answer itself.