{"product_id":"storming-the-wall-climate-change-migration-and-homeland-security-paperback","title":"Storming the Wall: Climate Change, Migration, and Homeland Security - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTodd Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRECIPIENT OF THE 2018 IZZY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Every so often a book comes along that can dramatically change, or elevate, one's thinking about a global problem. Much like Naomi Klein's books, Todd Miller's \u003cem\u003eStorming the Wall\u003c\/em\u003e is such a book and deserves far more attention and discussion.\"--\u003cb\u003eIzzy Award Judges, Ithaca College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNamed one of the \"15 Books on Climate Change That Are Essential Reading\" - \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A galvanizing forecast of global warming's endgame and a powerful indictment of America's current stance.\"--\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs global warming accelerates, droughts last longer, floods rise higher, and super-storms become more frequent. With increasing numbers of people on the move as a result, the business of containing them--border fortification--is booming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eStorming the Wall\u003c\/em\u003e, Todd Miller travels around the world to connect the dots between climate-ravaged communities, the corporations cashing in on border militarization, and emerging movements for environmental justice and sustainability. Reporting from the flashpoints of climate clashes, and from likely sites of futures battles, Miller chronicles a growing system of militarized divisions between the rich and the poor, the environmentally secure and the environmentally exposed. Stories of crisis, greed and violence are juxtaposed with powerful examples of solidarity and hope in this urgent and timely message from the frontlines of the post-Paris Agreement era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTodd Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e's writings about the border have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTom Dispatch\u003c\/em\u003e, and many other places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eStorming the Wall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nothing will test human institutions like climate change in this century--as this book makes crystal clear, people on the move from rising waters, spreading deserts, and endless storms could profoundly destabilize our civilizations unless we seize the chance to re-imagine our relationships to each other. This is no drill, but it is a test, and it will be graded pass-fail\"--\u003cstrong\u003eBill McKibben\u003c\/strong\u003e, author \u003cem\u003eEaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As Todd Miller shows in this important and harrowing book, climate-driven migration is set to become one of the defining issues of our time.... This is a must-read book.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eChristian Parenti\u003c\/strong\u003e, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, author of \u003cem\u003eTropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Todd Miller reports from the cracks in the walls of the global climate security state--militarized zones designed to keep powerful elites safe from poor and uprooted peoples.... Miller finds hope--hope that may not survive in Trumpworld.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eMolly Molloy\u003c\/strong\u003e, Research librarian for Latin America and the border at New Mexico State University and creator of \"Frontera List\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Miller delivers a prescient and sober view of our increasingly dystopian planet as the impacts of human-caused climate disruption continue to intensify.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eDahr Jamail\u003c\/strong\u003e, award-winning independent journalist, author of \u003cem\u003eThe End of Ice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Todd Miller's important book chronicles how existing disparities in wealth and power, combined with the dramatic changes we are causing in this planet's ecosystems, mean either we come together around our common humanity or forfeit the right to call ourselves fully human.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Jensen\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe End of Patriarchy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePlain Radical\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eArguing for Our Lives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the past fifteen years Todd Miller has researched, written about, and worked on immigration and border issues from both sides of the U.S. Mexico divide for organizations such as BorderLinks, Witness for Peace, and NACLA. He did the brunt of this work in Tucson, Arizona and Oaxaca, Mexico, with stints in New York City sprinkled in. Between Tucson and the Buffalo\/Niagara Falls region of New York state where he grew up, he has spent the majority of his life close to the U.S. international boundary, south and north. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBorder Patrol Nation\u003c\/i\u003e (City Lights, 2014), and his writings about the border have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTomDispatch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAl Jazeera English\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e among other places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 6.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758111195424,"sku":"9780872867154","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8401deec558cc2ec32132c545f8f0d03.webp?v=1780118287","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/storming-the-wall-climate-change-migration-and-homeland-security-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}