{"product_id":"the-path-to-a-livable-future-9780872868786","title":"The Path to a Livable Future","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Regional Independent Bookstore Bestseller!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn urgent call for the political transformation needed to address the common causes of climate change, COVID-19, and racism.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“ . . . some big titles will address emergencies that have outlived Trump. \u003ci\u003eThe Path to a Livable Future\u003c\/i\u003e by Stan Cox, explores the connections among the many crises of the past year and a half.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Dorany Pineda, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2020 was a year defined by crisis. For decades, scientists have been sounding the alarm about the urgency of addressing climate change, but it took COVID-19 to demonstrate clearly that the future of human life on Earth is interconnected and at risk. While the virus quickly spread across the globe, extreme weather events compounded the suffering and economic catastrophe. 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Brundage, \u003ci\u003eResilience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Stan Cox cuts through the fog of mediocrity and offers a clear, honest vision for how social movements can win a truly just and sustainable society. There are few books I would recommend as wholeheartedly as this one. Don't miss it.\"—\u003cstrong\u003eJason Hickel\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of\u003cem\u003e Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As Cox shows in this devastating but clear-eyed assessment, the multiple existential crises of our modern world—from climate change to pandemics—are interrelated and can be traced back to centuries of colonial domination of land and people.\"—\u003cstrong\u003eDina Gilio-Whitaker,\u003c\/strong\u003e author of \u003cem\u003eAs Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice from Colonization to Standing Rock\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Stan Cox stands in a class of his own. . . . \u003cem\u003eThe Path to a Livable Future \u003c\/em\u003eis a testament to the fact that meaningful responses to the multifarious crises we face are unlikely to come—first and foremost—from traditional urban liberal strongholds.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—Felix Marquardt\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of\u003cem\u003e The New Nomads: How the Migration Revolution is Transforming our Lives for the Better\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Stan Cox] offers clear steps to achieving the state of being required to launch a desperate fight to save the Earth (and our position in it) from all-out disaster. . . . His latest book must be read and his clarion call heeded.”— \u003cstrong\u003eRomi Mahajan\u003cem\u003e, Countercurrents\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Path to a Livable Future\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA NEW POLITICS TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE, RACISM, AND THE NEXT PANDEMIC\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBY STAN COX\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Cruelest Year\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Tangled Roots of Our Predicaments\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA To-Do List for the 2020s\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCan We Beat the Odds?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEndnotes\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e About the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884897317207,"sku":"9780872868786","price":11.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-path-to-a-livable-future-9780872868786","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}