Mark Alizart - The Climate Coup

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2 Title Page The Climate Coup Mark Alizart Translated by Robin Mackay polity

3 Copyright Originally published in French © Presses universitaires de France / Humensis, Le coup d’Etat climatique , 2020 This English edition © Polity Press, 2021 Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 101 Station Landing Suite 300 Medford, MA 02155, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4615-2 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Title: The climate coup / Mark Alizart ; translated by Robin Key. Other titles: Coup d’État climatique. English Description: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2021. | Originally published in French (c) Presses universitaires de France / Humensis, Le coup d’Etat climatique, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: “How the rich and powerful stand to gain from the climate crisis”-- Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2020057907 (print) | LCCN 2020057908 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509546138 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509546145 (paperback) | ISBN 9781509546152 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Global warming. | Environmental policy. | Human ecology. Classification: LCC QC981.8.G56 A34413 2021 (print) | LCC QC981.8.G56 (ebook) | DDC 304.2/5--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020057907 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020057908 The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com

4 Acknowledgements Acknowledgements This book includes material from three lectures given at the Kirchner Cultural Center of Buenos Aires on 29 June 2019 and the Brooklyn Library on 2 February 2020, which were updated after the COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020 and Joe Biden’s win in November 2020. All my thanks go to the French Cultural Services in Buenos Aires and New York, who invited me to the two venues. I also thank Laurent-Henri Vignaud for having agreed to review my text, Brune Compagnon-Janin, who encouraged me to publish it, Laurent de Sutter and Monique Labrune, who published it at the Presses Universitaires de France, Robin Mackay for translating it into English, and John Thompson for publishing it at Polity.

5 Epigraph In its final phase, catastrophe is the intrinsic, normal mode of existence for capital. Rosa Luxemburg (1913)

6 1 A New Front Notes

7 2 Short the World Notes

8 3 Reichstag Megafires Notes

9 4 ‘So They Knew ’ Notes

10 5 Carbofascism Notes

11 6 ACT UP for the Climate Notes

12 7 This is Not a Crisis Notes

13 8 The Green Army Notes

14 9 Gaia Must Not Be Deprived of Her Hopes Notes

15 10 The World is Ours! Notes

16 End User License Agreement

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Mark Alizart

Translated by Robin Mackay

polity

Originally published in French © Presses universitaires de France / Humensis, Le coup d’Etat climatique , 2020

This English edition © Polity Press, 2021

Polity Press

65 Bridge Street

Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK

Polity Press

101 Station Landing

Suite 300

Medford, MA 02155, USA

All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.

ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4615-2

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Title: The climate coup / Mark Alizart ; translated by Robin Key.

Other titles: Coup d’État climatique. English

Description: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2021. | Originally published in French (c) Presses universitaires de France / Humensis, Le coup d’Etat climatique, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: “How the rich and powerful stand to gain from the climate crisis”-- Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020057907 (print) | LCCN 2020057908 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509546138 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509546145 (paperback) | ISBN 9781509546152 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Global warming. | Environmental policy. | Human ecology.

Classification: LCC QC981.8.G56 A34413 2021 (print) | LCC QC981.8.G56 (ebook) | DDC 304.2/5--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020057907LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020057908

The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate.

Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition.

For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com

This book includes material from three lectures given at the Kirchner Cultural Center of Buenos Aires on 29 June 2019 and the Brooklyn Library on 2 February 2020, which were updated after the COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020 and Joe Biden’s win in November 2020.

All my thanks go to the French Cultural Services in Buenos Aires and New York, who invited me to the two venues. I also thank Laurent-Henri Vignaud for having agreed to review my text, Brune Compagnon-Janin, who encouraged me to publish it, Laurent de Sutter and Monique Labrune, who published it at the Presses Universitaires de France, Robin Mackay for translating it into English, and John Thompson for publishing it at Polity.