**A Regional Independent Bookstore Bestseller!
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An urgent call for the political transformation needed to address the
common causes of climate change, COVID-19, and racism.
" . . . some big titles will address emergencies that have outlived
Trump. The Path to a Livable Future by Stan Cox, explores the
connections among the many crises of the past year and a
half."--Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times
2020 was a year defined by crisis. For decades, scientists have been
sounding the alarm about the urgency of addressing climate change, but
it took COVID-19 to demonstrate clearly that the future of human life on
Earth is interconnected and at risk. While the virus quickly spread
across the globe, extreme weather events compounded the suffering and
economic catastrophe. In the U.S., public demonstrations of outrage over
the murder of George Floyd expanded to include a growing awareness of
the pandemic's disproportionate impact on communities of color. In
cities around the world, people took to the streets to protest racial
inequity in all of its forms.
In The Path to a Livable Future, Stan Cox makes plain the connections
between the multiple crises facing us today, and provides an inspired
vision for how to resolve them. With a deeply informed, clear to-do
list, Cox shows us how we can work together to address the climate
emergency, white supremacy, and our vulnerability to future pandemics
all at once. Our future depends on it.
"An iconoclast of the best kind, Stan Cox has an all-too-rare commitment
to following arguments wherever they lead, however politically
dangerous that turns out to be."--Naomi Klein
"Cox lays out a refreshingly grounded roadmap for the survival of all
life on earth, based on up-to-date science, and anchored in the racial
justice imperative."--Leah Penniman, co-founder of Soul Fire Farm,
author of Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to
Liberation on the Land
"Above all, he shows that a healthy, just, sustainable future is
possible if we reduce our ecological footprint and share the earth's
gifts equitably. For this we need to organize, resist, imagine, and
forge another path together."--Vandana Shiva, author of Who Really
Feeds the World?: The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of
Agroecology
