On Fire, Naomi Klein
On Fire, Naomi Klein
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On Fire
The Case for the Green New Deal

Author: Naomi Klein

Narrator: Rebecca Lowman

Unabridged: 10 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/17/2019

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

#1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author Naomi Klein makes the case for a Green New Deal in this “keenly argued, well-researched, and impassioned” manifesto (The Washington Post).

An instant bestseller, On Fire shows Klein at her most prophetic and philosophical, investigating the climate crisis not only as a profound political challenge but also as a spiritual and imaginative one. Delving into topics ranging from the clash between ecological time and our culture of “perpetual now,” to the soaring history of humans changing and evolving rapidly in the face of grave threats, to rising white supremacy and fortressed borders as a form of “climate barbarism,” this is a rousing call to action for a planet on the brink.

An expansive, far-ranging exploration that sees the battle for a greener world as indistinguishable from the fight for our lives, On Fire captures the burning urgency of the climate crisis, as well as the fiery energy of a rising political movement demanding a catalytic Green New Deal.

“Naomi Klein’s work has always moved and guided me. She is the great chronicler of our age of climate emergency, an inspirer of generations.” —Greta Thunberg, climate activist

"If I were a rich man, I’d buy 245 million copies of Naomi Klein’s 'On Fire' and hand-deliver them to every eligible voter in America…Klein is a skilled writer." —Jeff Goodell, The New York Times

About Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, columnist, and author of the New York Times and international bestsellers The Shock DoctrineNo LogoThis Changes Everything, and No Is Not Enough. A Senior Correspondent for The Intercept, reporter for Rolling Stone, and contributor for both The Nation and The Guardian, Klein is the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University. She is cofounder of the climate justice organization The Leap.


Reviews

We can create heaven or hell on earth, change the system or drive it against the wall, go towards a real utopia or a dystopia. With the climate as a cruel tyrant, wiping many of us from the planet. Klein presents a collection of essays and concrete ideas towards an ecosocial change. As living exampl......more

Goodreads review by Kevin

Beyond “No!” protests: building a future not on fire. The Good: --(2022 Update) Accessibility: unlike social science textbook hieroglyphs, I take the time to read Klein’s works to experience how she engages with the wider public. --This book is a collection of her articles/lectures on one of the great......more

First off, I got this book from the publisher sponsored by LitHub.com. I have read other books by Klein that were though provoking and moving. I expected no less from this book. This book is a collection of essays that Klein has written over the years about the Earth heating up and what individuals a......more

Η κλιματική αλλαγή είναι ίσως το πιο καυτό θέμα των τελευταίων χρόνων. Δεν είναι τυχαίο που η Klein ασχολείται για δεύτερη φορά με αυτή μετά το 2014 (και το βιβλίο This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate). Oι συνέπειές της είναι καταστροφικές, ωστόσο παρουσιάζεται μια μεγάλη πρόκληση. Ba......more


Quotes

"Naomi Klein's collection of previously published articles on climate change is likely to divide listeners along political lines, but that's a shame. Perhaps Rebecca Lowman's evenhanded narration will go some way toward widening the audience for Klein's work. Lowman manages to capture the edge and the urgency of the author's voice without ever being cloying. Klein's plea for action on climate change stretches beyond reducing the use of fossil fuels and includes unabashedly left-leaning calls for income equality and improved access to healthcare and postsecondary education. These ideas are backed up with thoughtful and practical arguments about how and why they must be part of the bigger plan to cool our planet. Lowman's narration makes them sound even more palatable."