Martin Empson is a British author whose works delve into the complex interplay between society, economics, and the environment. Employing a Marxist framework, he examines how historical development and capitalist relations have shaped our interactions with nature, leading to contemporary ecological crises. Empson highlights the pivotal role of human action in both environmental degradation and the potential for sustainable solutions. His writings offer historical context and analyze the social roots of environmental issues, contributing to discussions on the planet's future and socialist possibilities.
Martin Empson draws on a Marxist understanding of history to grapple with the contradictory potential of our relationship with our environment. In so doing he shows that human action is key, both to the destruction of nature and to the possibility of a sustainable solution to the ecological crises of the 21st century.
Capitalism has unleashed an environmental crisis it cannot solve. It destroys the planet and simultaneously prevents us addressing the crisis. Environmental protesters around the world are demanding 'system change' because they know that capitalism puts the pursuit of profit before the lives of people and the planet's ecology. The only conclusion can be that capitalism must go and so the struggle for a sustainable world needs revolutionary politics. Building a sustainable future will require the end of capitalism and the creation of a new, socialist, world. In this book, socialist and environmental activist Martin Empson, outlines the sort of politics we need, and argues that revolution is not an abstract concept from history - but an 'actuality' for the 21st century. Indeed revolution is the only hope for humanity's long-term future.
The modern countryside is the result of centuries of environmental change, but also brutal class struggle. While Wat Tyler's Peasants' Revolt is well known, and Jack Cade and Robert Kett are remembered for their rebellions, there are countless lesser known struggles. Modern agriculture, the food we eat and how it is produced, is a direct result of these historic struggles. Martin Empson's new book rescues these forgotten moments of history and places them in the context of the political and economic changes that have taken place over the last 700 years.
We are in the midst of the greatest environmental crisis humanity has ever seen. Yet despite politicians' rhetoric, repeated warnings from the scientific community and countless international conferences, the situation is getting worse. This book brings together articles from leading socialist and environmental activists who argue that the problem is the capitalist system.
Soubor článků od českých i zahraničních autorů, které přibližují sociální, ekonomické a politické rozměry současné klimatické krize, i systémové koncepty jejího řešení.