
Wanting the Earth: A Reading Group
Wanting the Earth is a reading group on the politics of climate change and possible responses to it. In the early weeks of the reading group, there is a particular focus on left-wing arguments for and against the concept of a “Green New Deal”.
The reading group will meet every fortnight in A4 Sounds studios, as part of our We Only Want the Earth programme. The texts for the first nine sessions are given below. The selection of a text does not imply endorsement; many of the selected texts contradict and critique each other. Participants are asked to read each session’s texts in advance.
Who?
The discussions of each text will be informal and open to anyone interested; no background knowledge of these topics is required.
When?
Tuesdays 7pm – 9pm
Fortnightly from 25th Feb
Reading Sessions
25th Feb | Session 1 | Green New Borders? |
10th Mar | Session 2 | Green Growth? |
24th Mar | Session 3 | Green Extractivism? |
7th Apr | Session 4 | Red Deal |
21st Apr | Session 5 | Lithium |
5th May | Session 6 | Common Wealth |
19th May | Session 7 | Climate Leviathan |
2nd Jun | Session 8 | Thinkin’ Rebellion |
16th Jun | Session 9 | Whose Rebellion? |
30th Jun onwards | Continues | TBD |
Session 1 : Green New Borders?
Session 2: Green Growth?
Text 1 | When the Green New Deal Goes Global | Quinn Slobodian |
Text 2 | Limits of the Green New Deal | John McCollum |
Session 3: Green Extractivism?
Text 1 | Plan, Mood, Battlefield – Reflections on the Green New Deal | Thea Riofrancos |
Text 2 | End the “Green” Delusions: Industrial-scale Renewable Energy is Fossil Fuel+ | Alexander Dunlap |
Session 4: Red Deal
Text 1 | A Red Deal | Nick Estes |
Text 2 | What the coup against Evo Morales means to indigenous people like me | Nick Estes |
Session 5: Lithium
Session 6: Common Wealth
Text 1 | “Living Together Shouldn’t Put Us at War With One Another or With the Earth” | An Interview with Jedediah Purdy by Alyssa Battistoni |
Text2 | Degrowth: a theory of radical abundance | Jason Hickel |
Session 7: Climate Leviathan
Session 8: Thinkin’ Rebellion
Session 9: Whose Rebellion?
Where?
A4 Sounds
St Joseph’s Parade
Upper Dorset Street
Google Maps Link
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