{"product_id":"abolishing-fossil-fuels-lessons-from-movements-that-won-paperback","title":"Abolishing Fossil Fuels: Lessons from Movements That Won - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin A. Young\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClimate destruction is a problem of political power.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe have the resources for a green transition, but how can we neutralize the influence of Exxon and Shell? \u003cem\u003eAbolishing Fossil Fuels\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e argues that the climate movement has started to turn the tide against \u003cbr\u003efossil fuels, just too gradually. The movement's partial victories show \u003cbr\u003eus how the industry can be further undermined and eventually abolished. \u003cbr\u003eActivists have been most successful when they've targeted the industry's\u003cbr\u003e enablers: the banks, insurers, and big investors that finance its \u003cbr\u003eoperations, the companies and universities that purchase fossil fuels, \u003cbr\u003eand the regulators and judges who make life-and-death rulings about \u003cbr\u003epipelines, power plants, and drilling sites. This approach has \u003cbr\u003ejeopardized investor confidence in fossil fuels, leading the industry to\u003cbr\u003e lash out in increasingly desperate ways. The fossil fuel industry's \u003cbr\u003efinancial and legal enablers are also its Achilles heel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most \u003cbr\u003epowerful movements in US history succeeded in similar ways. The book \u003cbr\u003ealso includes an in-depth analysis of four classic victories: the \u003cbr\u003eabolition of slavery, battles for workers' rights in the 1930s, Black \u003cbr\u003efreedom struggles of the 1950s and 1960s, and the fight for clean air. \u003cbr\u003eThose movements inflicted costs on economic elites through strikes, \u003cbr\u003eboycotts, and other mass disruption. They forced some sectors of the \u003cbr\u003eruling class to confront others, which paved the way for victory. \u003cbr\u003eElecting and pressuring politicians was rarely the movements' primary \u003cbr\u003efocus. Rather, gains in the electoral and legislative realms were \u003cbr\u003eusually the byproducts of great upsurges in the fields, factories, and \u003cbr\u003estreets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose historic movements show that it's very possible to \u003cbr\u003edefeat capitalist sectors that may seem invulnerable. They also show us \u003cbr\u003ehow it can be done. They offer lessons for building a multiracial, \u003cbr\u003eworking-class climate movement that can win a global green transition \u003cbr\u003ethat's both rapid and equitable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763910115616,"sku":"9798887440330","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/37882866bb20976ac648237155187b70.webp?v=1780242030","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/abolishing-fossil-fuels-lessons-from-movements-that-won-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}