{"product_id":"dying-for-capitalism-how-big-money-fuels-extinction-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-paperback","title":"Dying for Capitalism: How Big Money Fuels Extinction and What We Can Do About It - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Derber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSuren Moodliar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an original, accessible book for scholars, students, activists, and the general public on the greatest crisis the world has faced. The authors challenge the widespread notion that a green and peaceful set of technological reforms in the current economic and political system - perhaps a \"green capitalism\" - can prevent disaster. \u003ci\u003eDying for Capitalism \u003c\/i\u003eanalyzes the \"triangle of extinction\" that links capitalism, environmental destruction, and militarism as a system that cannot sustain life on the planet. The authors analyze how the extinction triangle evolved historically, how it functions globally as integral to the world capitalist order, and how the United States has become the dominant \"extinction nation.\" They also show how recent anti-democratic and anti-scientific cultural and political forces intensify denial of the threat and subordinate health and survival to profit and extreme concentrated power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book offers a \"slender path\" of social and political transformation that can prevent catastrophe. The path requires moving beyond current ruling systems. But possibilities of survival arise from action at local, state, regional, and global levels through multiple strategies and movements that already exist. The authors draw on the history of abolitionism and emancipation from slavery in the United States to show how a system that appears unchangeable can be transformed, while describing organizations, movements, and practices that are models of hope and a shift from the triangle of extinction to the \"circle of creation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharles Derber \u003c\/strong\u003eis a Professor of Sociology at Boston College and a noted public intellectual who has written 25 books, including several best-sellers reviewed in the \u003ci\u003eNY Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, and other leading media. His books include \u003ci\u003eWelcome to the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSociopathic Society\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCorporation Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeople Before Profit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Pursuit of Attention\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wilding of America\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGreed to Green\u003c\/i\u003e. With Suren Moodliar, he is a co-editor of the Routledge book series Universalizing Resistance. Derber, a life-long activist, has done hundreds of radio, television, internet, and film interviews by prominent media and commentators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuren Moodliar \u003c\/strong\u003eis a scholar and activist who helped found and manage encuentro5, a movement-building center in Boston. He is also managing editor of the journal, \u003ci\u003eSocialism and Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e. He is co-author of \u003ci\u003eA People's Guide to Greater Boston \u003c\/i\u003e(2020). He also co-edited and contributed to \u003ci\u003eTurnout! Mobilizing Voters in an Emergency \u003c\/i\u003e(2020) with Charles Derber and Matt Nelson, and to \u003ci\u003eInternationalism or Extinction \u003c\/i\u003e(2020) and \u003ci\u003eChomsky for Activists \u003c\/i\u003e(2021) with Charles Derber and Paul Shannon. In the 1980s, Suren supported the national liberation movement in his home country, South Africa. He has also participated in public health, peace, solidarity, and pro-immigrant movements and labor organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777378287904,"sku":"9781032512587","price":84.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4f4c04709c2071b18162592e560e2d39.webp?v=1780498274","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dying-for-capitalism-how-big-money-fuels-extinction-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}