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Introducing AIRBORNE Issue #3!
Publishing 6 May.
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The BREAK–DOWN
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The BREAK–DOWN
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New writing and conversations on capitalism, nature and the climate 🌎 Hosted by @cmmonwealth
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- “Colombia is trying to actually shut down fossil fuel production in their own country … there is no other significant fossil fuel producer on Earth that has said anything like this” Andreas Malm on why we should all be paying attention to Colombia 🔗⬇️ youtu.be/83fZSQNK1Qk?si…
00:00 - “The question of Palestine is a question of the future of the planet. This is not just a slogan.” This week, we have a Special Episode w/author & academic Adam Hanieh on how oil & American imperialism have shaped the history and present of Palestine. break-down.org/post/special-e…
00:00 - Huge news from Mexico, where a climate scientist and IPCC author has just been elected president. Read @KateAronoff on Sheinbaum’s climate plans, which centre on public investment and leveraging the state to transform the energy system. newrepublic.com/article/182099…BREAKING 🇲🇽 Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) reports a landslide victory for Claudia Sheinbaum with a margin of approximately 30% over the opposition.
- “Working-class climate politics ... would say ‘how do we build a better world for everyone?’ not ‘how do we reproduce this world just minus the emissions?’" Ep 8 is LIVE! @kalahar1 unpacks liberalism & the ways it constrains our political imagination. youtu.be/1xPwgvLX8FE?si…
00:00 - “There can be no left case for geoengineering ... the dangers inherent are absolutely overwhelming.” NEW EPISODE: @adribuller is joined by Andreas Malm to break down the future of climate politics, from ecofascism to geoengineering. youtu.be/83fZSQNK1Qk?si…
00:00 - Welcome to The Break Down. A new project focused on exploring how capitalism has shaped, and is being reshaped by, accelerating climate and ecological crisis Stay tuned for our first episode w/Brett Christophers on why markets won't solve the climate crisis TOMORROW / May 30
00:00 - "Unlike a workplace, nature cannot simply be seized by its employees & run under democratic self-management ... it is not just another factor of production ... it is the condition & limit of our existence." Read Jacob Blumenfeld on socialising nature 👇 break-down.org/post/socialisi…
- You can listen to @KatharinaPistor break down how the law encodes capitalism & the climate crisis in Episode 5 of The Break Down, “The Invisible Code of Capitalism” with @KatharinaPistor & @adribuller ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/5qzsPX…
00:00 - “The more you look at them, the more you realise they’re a million miles away from what people might think of as ‘free markets’” Episode 1 of The Break Down is now live! Watch and subscribe on YouTube or at our website: break-down.org
00:00 - 📺🌎 COMING SOON: The Break Down with @adribuller With @Cmmonwealth, we’re launching a new independent media project dedicated to exploring capitalism, climate crisis, and ecological breakdown.
00:00 - “Developing countries are left with crumbs.” ICYMI: In our latest episode, Dr. Ha-Joon Chang and @adribuller break down the unequal international divisions of labour being created by decarbonisation. Watch Episode 4 in full ➡️ break-down.org
00:00 - “What these countries are doing basically replicates the old lopsided international division of labour.” In Ep 4, Dr. Ha-Joon Chang breaks down why mainstream economic thought is failing us on the climate crisis. Tune in from 7am TOMORROW, 27/06, at break-down.org
00:00 - 🚨NEW: In our first contributor essay, @advaitarun_ unpacks the obsession with 'mobilising private capital.’ "Policymakers refuse to recognise that their bias toward austerity makes their goal of mobilising private capital much harder to achieve.’ ⬇️ break-down.org/post/downward-…
