Against doom
Subtitle: a climate insurgency manual
By: Jeremy Brecher
Publisher: PM Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9781629633855
Subjects: Political aspects; Government policy; Prevention; Environmental justice; Climactic change
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Climate Insurgency vs. Trump; Introduction: Climate Insurgency vs. Doom; Part I: The Global Climate Insurgency; Chapter 1: This Is What Insurgency Looks Like; On Six Continents; Creative Tension; Personal and Global; Chapter 2: Paris: The Promise of Betrayal; Chapter 3: The Power of the People vs. the Forces of Doom; Part II: Climate Insurgency in America; Chapter 4: A Strategic Vision; A Strategic Assessment; A Strategy for Climate Insurgency; Chapter 5: Imposing a Fossil Freeze; Chapter 6: Imposing Climate Action Plans; Chapter 7: Self-Organization for Climate Defense; Chapter 8: Turning the Public against Fossil Fuels; Climate Change in the Public Mind; Public Opinion on Climate Policy; How the Climate Insurgency Can Change Public Views; Chapter 9: Turning Climate Worriers into Climate Warriors; Willing to Act . . .; . . . but What's the Use?; Challenging Powerlessness; Chapter 10: Undermining the Pillars of Support for Climate Destruction; Constituencies; Politics; The Forces of Law and Order; Chapter 11: Just Transitions; Chapter 12: The Right of the People to Protect the Climate; What Is the "Public Trust Doctrine"?; The Right to a Stable Climate; Using the Public Trust Frame; Chapter 13: Dual Power; Climate Tribunals and the Power of the People; Governmental Rebellion; Conclusion: Two Scenarios; Doom; Fossil Free; Notes.