A Radical Approach to the Climate Crisis
By Christian Parenti, Dissent Magazine
A more radical approach to the crisis of climate change begins not with a long-term vision of an alternate society but with an honest engagement with the very compressed timeframe that current climate science implies.
Why climate change will make you love big government
By Christian Parenti, Tomdispatch.com
Climate-change calamities, devastating for those affected, have important implications for how we think about the role of government in our future. During natural disasters, society regularly turns to the state for help, which means such immediate crises are a much-needed reminder of just how important a functional big government turns out to be to our survival.
Why climate change will make you love big government
By Christian Parenti, TomDispatch
During natural disasters, society regularly turns to the state for help, which means such immediate crises are a much-needed reminder of just how important a functional big government turns out to be to our survival.
Reading the world in a loaf of bread: Soaring food prices, wild weather, upheaval, and a planetful of trouble
By Christian Parenti, TomDispatch
What can a humble loaf of bread tell us about the world? The answer is: far more than you might imagine. For one thing, that loaf can be “read” as if it were a core sample extracted from the heart of a grim global economy. Looked at another way, it reveals some of the crucial fault lines of world politics, including the origins of the Arab spring that has now become a summer of discontent.