The Green New Deal and Beyond. Stan Cox
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR
THE GREEN NEW DEAL AND BEYOND
“A searing and provocative critique of our growth-based oil economy. Stan Cox suggests remedies that should ignite lively discussion and intense debate, which is sorely needed. A must-read for those who care about our shared planetary future.”
—Mary Evelyn Tucker, Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and co-author of Journey of the Universe
“Stan Cox isn’t just another member of the chorus speaking truth to power about climate change. He has the courage, intelligence and resolve in this vital book to speak truth to the half-formed plans that are currently being offered as a balm to the crisis. The difficult truth is that there’s going to need to be radical change in the way we all live our lives. With analysis as crystal clear as his prose, Cox explains why. His is a warning well worth heeding, and sharing, while we still have time.”
—Raj Patel, co-author of A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet
“In The Green New Deal and Beyond, Stan Cox presents a smart, sane, and plausibly optimistic alternative to abandoning all hope.”
—David Owen, author of Volume Control: Hearing in a Deafening World
“Change is inevitable. The question is who controls the change. Indigenous Peoples’ covenant with Mother Earth was the original Green Deal, yet our communities have been laid to waste by the economics of the Wiindigo—the monster of settler colonialism. For too long, we’ve relinquished control over our future to corporations and governments that have brought us to the present crisis. Across the world, people with vision, hope, and commitment are making plans and building infrastructure for our future. The teachings of Indigenous Peoples are still here, and it’s up to the present generation to muster the courage and resources to follow those instructions. Stan Cox reminds us of this historic dialogue and development of the Green New Deal, and helps us find the path back to those instructions.”
—Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabe), is author of many books, including All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life and LaDuke Chronicles
“If we as a species are going to survive climate change, we need a plan that is urgent, imaginative, and actionable. On most days, that struggle can feel hopeless. But reading Stan Cox and The Green New Deal and Beyond—analysis that’s both innovative and pragmatic—it’s hard not to feel like we just might have a fighting chance. An invaluable contribution to what must become an unprecedented international revolution.”
—Will Potter, author of Green Is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege
“Stan Cox makes the rare but much needed point that if the economic system can’t tolerate our doing what is necessary to prevent ecological breakdown, then it’s the system that needs to be changed. He speaks with clarity and historical grounding about the fact that half measures will still take us off a cliff, yet follows with what can—and must—be done. Be inspired, and support what must happen to create conditions conducive to life. A low-energy society will lead us closer to peace and a healthy, sustainable planet.”
—Jodie Evans, co-founder CODEPINK and board chair Rainforest Action Network
PRAISE FOR HOW THE WORLD BREAKS (CO-AUTHORED WITH PAUL COX, 2016)
“Highly recommended.”
—Library Journal
“A frightening, from-the-trenches overview of ‘natural’ and man-made disasters—and responses to them—across the globe.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“This is an important book. The Coxes with eyes wide deep see beneath the shimmering surface of progress and development. They name our demons, revealing how the assumptions we make for the sake of our behavior are burdening to death the most vulnerable people of the world and accelerating our demise.”
—Godfrey Reggio, director of The Qatsi Trilogy
“In this period of ecological, social, and economic collapse, How the World Breaks is a must-read for all.”
—Dr. Vandana Shiva, founder of Navdanya
“This book, crafted with stunning, moving, and crisp story-telling, settles the score about the stark human fingerprint on our own civilization’s agonies and misfortunes. It is clearly a battle we cannot afford to lose, and How the World Breaks is the reality jolt we need. I will hold Stan and Paul Cox responsible for that day when we walk towards a new dawn declaring triumph over the madness.”
—Yeb Saño, former climate diplomat and leader of the People’s Pilgrimage
“I found How the World Breaks intriguing and unexpected in how it uses major disasters to illuminate inequalities of both wealth and power—and cases where a society acted wisely.”
—Adam Hochschild, author of Spain in Our Hearts and other books
“Think climate change is a far off, distant threat? Then think again. In their must-read new book How the World Breaks, father and son team Stan and Paul Cox travel the world exploring how the devastating impacts of disasters are made notably worse by human-caused climate change.”
—Michael E. Mann, distinguished professor, Penn State University, and author of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars
“A devastating account of how regular working people show great bravery and generosity in the face of disaster, but also how the sheer number of disasters can overwhelm a society’s ability to recover.”
—Erik Loomis, author of Out of Sight
“With powerful prose and meticulous scrutiny, How the World Breaks strips naked the dynamics of risk creation and the consequent disasters. Alternating chapters of keen analysis and veracious case studies elucidate the false notion that disasters bring about beneficial change, demonstrate who profits as opposed to who pays the price, and illuminate how failed disaster policies have led to horrific duress. A must-read for everyone in all the fields relating to disaster studies, and indeed all who are asking what is breaking apart the world today.”
—Dr. Susanna Hoffman, editor of The Angry Earth and Catastrophe and Culture
“A breathtaking new view of crisis and recovery on the unstable landscapes of the Earth’s hazard zones.”
PRAISE FOR ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT (2013)
“An iconoclast of the best kind, Stan Cox has an all-too-rare commitment to following arguments wherever they lead, however politically dangerous that turns out to be. In this richly informative and deeply courageous book, he tackles one of the greatest taboos of our high-consumer culture: the need to consume less and to fairly share what’s left.”
—Naomi Klein
“Today, rationing is about as acceptable a topic of conversation as hemorrhoids. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. In fact, we do it every day, and our reluctance to admit it serves us poorly. From death panels to water wars, Any Way You Slice It explains with wit and sophistication how rationing happens. More important, Stan Cox gives us the tools to talk about rationing sensibly. And if we heed him, those conversations will not only be better informed, but might even lead to a better democracy.”
—Raj Patel, author of The Value of Nothing
“A cool and cogent analysis of a taboo subject . . . a brilliant opening of a global dialogue on who gets what, when, why, and how.”
—David W. Orr, Paul Sears Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics, Oberlin College
“The warning signs are flashing ominously everywhere you turn: warming climate, swelling populations, dwindling water supplies, rising food costs, a host of new deadly diseases,