9781915672117
280 pp
PB 197 x 130 mm
Mono
£10.99 / $14.95
Politics
World rights available
This world is exhausted — capitalism has extracted almost everything it can from the oceans, rivers, land and skies, and from us, our world and our lives. So where do we go from here?
To answer this question, Ajay Singh Chaudhary addresses both the science and politics of climate collapse head on. He shows why there is no “market-based” solution to climate collapse, and that in order halt the destruction of the environment, we instead need a bitter political struggle between those attached to the power, wealth, and security of “business-as-usual” and all of us, those exhausted, in every sense of the word, by the status quo.
The Exhausted of the Earth shows that overcoming climate collapse can be something far greater than mere survival, but only if it is grasped politically.
AJAY SINGH CHAUDHARY is the executive director of the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. He has written for The Guardian, The Nation, n+1, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, among others.
9781915672186
250 pp
PB 197 x 130 mm
Mono
£10.99 / $14.95
Politics
World rights available
The Rentier City traces the contemporary history of Manchester, examining how and why it became the poster-child for neoliberal development.
As the crane capital of Europe, Manchester’s transformation since the financial crisis has been profound. Capital has flooded into the city, transforming its skyline and rocketing rents. At the same time, it remains a city of stark inequalities — home to some of the poorest wards in the country.
Bursting the bubble of the boosters and giving renters a toolkit for reclaiming their homes, communities and cities from Big Capital, The Rentier City punctures the hypocrisies that surround the “Manchester miracle”, showing how everyone can fight back against rising rents, gentrification and the financialisaton of the places they live
ISAAC ROSE is a writer and tenant organiser with Greater Manchester Tenants Union and Greater Manchester Housing Action.