His structure reminded me of one of my top reads of recent years, The Climate Book, by Greta Thunberg: analyse the problem, then help the reader to become engaged as an activist. On October 11, she launched Fire Drill Fridays (FDF), and has since led thousands of people in non-violent civil disobedience, risking arrest to protest for action. Prison Book Program is a grassroots organization that exists for one purpose—to send free books to prisoners.

The populist leaders who have been dominant at home and abroad are a symptom of rotten politics and media cultures, as well as a cause.To get a feel for his writing here is the last chapter: My top ten reasons to think about going into politics.

The various specific issues include water, migration and human rights, consumer culture, health, plastics, food and agriculture, jobs and a just transition, forests, Feminism, banking. At least for anyone with some interest in politics, - which in today’s world, as Campbell argues - should be everyone.Who find politics inaccessible, incomprehensible even, and so turn away from it in frustration and disgust. I learned so much, even though it’s mainly focused on The United States, (rightly so)💪🏽Loved all the indigenous voices too. An interesting take on how people can get more actively involved in politics, with some memorable ideas. I love Jane Fonda, and I was really glad for the thorough explanation of the Green New Deal as well as ideas for practical applications of climate conservation in my own life.

You may disagree with AC politics but it is much harder to disagree with his analysis of our politics and the critical sate it is in now.With that said, this book is the perfect start for people interested in climate change activism and learning about various climate issues. But this woman really cares, and she’s taken the time to learn as much as she can, to lead the weekly climate change demonstrations of the civil disobedience group Fire Drill Fridays. Autism is not due to a lack of ability to fight for the future and saying so is just ignorant and damaging. At times, however, when analysing current populist trends in politics, the author’s arguments were too broad-brush or jumped to conclusions about politics outside the US and UK without offering much detail or evidence.

A mix of polemic, analysis and practical advice, this is a political masterclass from a master political commentator and strategist.As Annie Leonard, Executive Director of Greenpeace US and Fonda's partner in developing FDF, has declared, "Change is inevitable; by design, or by disaster. The next year she won the Best Actress Academy Award for Klute, and the year after that she made her way to Hanoi, in North Vietnam, where she famously posed on an anti-aircraft gun in protest of the war.