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brisingr's review against another edition
4.0
4.5
A book about the measures taken right now against climate change - and what the past of such measures looked like, and what the future might look like. It's a much needed call for action, and I recommend this book to anyone who wants a show introductory book into how climate activism looks like across the world. May we find the power in us to retake power in our hands after the pandemic.
A book about the measures taken right now against climate change - and what the past of such measures looked like, and what the future might look like. It's a much needed call for action, and I recommend this book to anyone who wants a show introductory book into how climate activism looks like across the world. May we find the power in us to retake power in our hands after the pandemic.
okto's review against another edition
4.75
I really liked and agreed on the message of the book. I enjoyed delving into different historical events and comparisons. The middle of the book didn’t always have me as engaged as the beginning and end.
slyazx's review against another edition
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challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
An eye-opening read about why our environmental protest movement is so stuck and what to do about it.
Spoiler: Violence (read: destruction or sabotage of fossil infrastructure) is ptobably part of the answer if we keep going down this path.
Spoiler: Violence (read: destruction or sabotage of fossil infrastructure) is ptobably part of the answer if we keep going down this path.
mschwartz444's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
savaging's review against another edition
4.0
I don't know if this book will convince anyone to commit acts of sabotage in defense of the earth and all the beings thereon (for one thing, Malm doesn't give a single hint about how to actually blow up a pipeline. Come on!). But it might help prepare readers to not turn their backs on those who are brave enough to risk it.
(Is that the sort of thing I can just write in a public Goodreads review?)
The writing's a little rough. Sometimes I wondered: do I not know how to read sentences or does this author not know how to write them? Some sections didn't seem necessary, though I appreciate that Malm reads and refutes Jonathan Franzen and Lierre Keith so I don't have to. Some arguments seem to wander.
But at a time when governments are so eager to plop the label 'terrorism' on even the tamest acts of civil disobedience in defense of ecosystems, this book might be a helpful reorientation.
(Is that the sort of thing I can just write in a public Goodreads review?)
The writing's a little rough. Sometimes I wondered: do I not know how to read sentences or does this author not know how to write them? Some sections didn't seem necessary, though I appreciate that Malm reads and refutes Jonathan Franzen and Lierre Keith so I don't have to. Some arguments seem to wander.
But at a time when governments are so eager to plop the label 'terrorism' on even the tamest acts of civil disobedience in defense of ecosystems, this book might be a helpful reorientation.