This is a great review. I am disappointed that Klien and his co-author appear to be about 10 years behind the curve, but I appreciate that the conversation is being had, and that books like this lead to reviews like this.
I’d never heard the term “Solar communism”. I appreciate being introduced to that and to the work of David and Peter Schwartzman.
A great read! Thanks for sharing!
I hadn’t heard of the Schwartzmans either, I really enjoy their “Web 1.0 vibes”. Very, well… solarpunk!
The author of the review, Malcolm Harris, also wrote Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World. I’m currently working my way through it - Malcolm is a lucid writer with an incredible breadth of knowledge. It should be required reading for all my fellow tech workers, at least!
Oh, that sounds good. Where are you located? I live in Oakland and work for Agilent.
Large increases in material output, we are assured, can save liberalism from the civilizational choice between socialism and barbarism. I disagree; refusing to be forthright about society’s structural antagonisms opens the door to demagogues who peddle false conflicts that still ring truer than the liberals’ false peace.
