{"product_id":"abolishing-fossil-fuels-9798887440330","title":"Abolishing Fossil Fuels","description":"\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\n argues that the climate movement has started to turn the tide against \nfossil fuels, just too gradually. The movement’s partial victories show \nus how the industry can be further undermined and eventually abolished. \nActivists have been most successful when they’ve targeted the industry’s\n enablers: the banks, insurers, and big investors that finance its \noperations, the companies and universities that purchase fossil fuels, \nand the regulators and judges who make life-and-death rulings about \npipelines, power plants, and drilling sites. This approach has \njeopardized investor confidence in fossil fuels, leading the industry to\n lash out in increasingly desperate ways. The fossil fuel industry’s \nfinancial and legal enablers are also its Achilles heel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most \npowerful movements in US history succeeded in similar ways. The book \nalso includes an in-depth analysis of four classic victories: the \nabolition of slavery, battles for workers’ rights in the 1930s, Black \nfreedom struggles of the 1950s and 1960s, and the fight for clean air. \nThose movements inflicted costs on economic elites through strikes, \nboycotts, and other mass disruption. They forced some sectors of the \nruling class to confront others, which paved the way for victory. \nElecting and pressuring politicians was rarely the movements’ primary \nfocus. Rather, gains in the electoral and legislative realms were \nusually the byproducts of great upsurges in the fields, factories, and \nstreets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose historic movements show that it’s very possible to \ndefeat capitalist sectors that may seem invulnerable. They also show us \nhow it can be done. They offer lessons for building a multiracial, \nworking-class climate movement that can win a global green transition \nthat’s both rapid and equitable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kevin A. Young","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48543089033467,"sku":"9798887440330","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_0f162e4a-8d0b-4193-b097-fc02971db9bb.jpg?v=1774186578","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/abolishing-fossil-fuels-9798887440330","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}