On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal

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For over twenty years, Naomi Klein has chronicled the economic war against people and the planet while championing a comprehensive environmental agenda centered on justice. In her incisive essays, she provides urgent warnings about the future if we fail to act, alongside hopeful visions for a better world. This collection brings together more than a decade of her passionate writing, enriched with new insights on the critical nature of our political and economic choices. Klein explores the climate crisis as not only a political challenge but also a spiritual and imaginative one. She addresses topics such as the conflict between ecological time and our culture of immediacy, the rapid evolution of humanity in the face of threats, and the rise of white supremacy as a form of 'climate barbarism.' Through vivid reports from locations like the Great Barrier Reef and post-hurricane Puerto Rico, she argues that addressing climate change requires transforming the systems that created it. This expansive exploration positions the struggle for a greener world as intertwined with the fight for survival, capturing the urgent need for action and the dynamic energy of a movement advocating for a transformative Green New Deal.