Burnt: Fighting for Climate Justice

Outspoken by Pluto

By: Chris Saltmarsh

Narrated by: Jonathan Johns

Time is up. The climate crisis is no longer a future to be feared, but a devastating reality. We see it in the wildfires in California and floods across Britain—the "once in a generation" extreme weather events that now happen every year.

In a world where those in charge are constantly letting us down, real change in our lifetime means taking power into our own hands. The task ahead of us is daunting, but the emergence of a new wave of movements focused on climate justice, equality, and solidarity also brings hope.

Asking how we have arrived at this moment, Chris Saltmarsh argues that the profoundly political nature of the environmental crisis has been relentlessly downplayed. After all, how can solar panels save us while capitalism places profit over the future of the planet? Analyzing the failures of NGOs, the limitations of Extinction Rebellion and Youth Strikes, the role of trade unions, and the possibilities of a Green New Deal, Burnt issues a powerful call for a radical collective movement: saving the world is not enough; we must build a better one in the process.

©2021 Chris Saltmarsh (P)2021 Tantor Media

Capitalism, okay we get it

I’m a diehard liberal, but the constant dribble of ideology against capitalism was a bit too much to bear. Stopped in first chapter. And I do get that people seeking self-interest in the market leads to harm to our neighbor. But the same exact spirit of indifferent self-interest can happen in socialistic mobs.