Andrew Ahern

@mbickhardt_ Stoked to read. Great work

New paper in CNS: 'Cold War Ecology. Socialist Environmental Reflexivities from the “Club of Moscow” to Harich's “Degrowth Communism” in the GDR' This link gives full access ⤵️ tandfonline.com/eprint/VNGYF4E… An illustrated thread Part 1 ⬇️

“capitalism is both more and less than sheer growth. More, because growth does not illuminate the class and property relations central to capital accumulation; less, capitalism has difficulty accommodating the system’s tendencies toward the opposite” thebaffler.com/latest/gimme-m…

@johnpmerrick It was a great interview

Very funny that the anglo-futurists have found the interview with David Edgerton and are now calling him a declinist

“These cooperatives are not merely a source of inspiration: they provide a blueprint for cooperatives around the world as seeds of a just future that exist within the confines of capitalism today.”

@its_mccarthy I don’t think many academic Marxists realize (or care) how alienating they make Marxism with their interpersonal squabbles and Holier than Thou Exegesis on What Marx Really Meant.

What I find worse than Marxists criticizing other Marxists is the Marxist that spends all their time criticizing activists and organizers while never leaving the comfort of their university office chair. The ones that want to be masters rather than a members.

I disagree (profoundly) with Rockhill's take on Western Marxism, just as I did when I read the Losurdo book. But I don't find either particularly heretical, Marxists criticize Marxists. That's not because of sectarianism, its because that's how theory is built for politics.

Emissions rose in 2024 according to a new report. “Researchers predict that emissions rose in several of the world’s largest economies. U.S. emissions were expected to have increased by 1.9%, India’s by 1.4% and China’s by 0.4%. Emissions from aviation had a rise of 6.8%.”

Do you like food? Do you want stable agriculture moving forward? Do you want to reduce pollution, emissions, bad labor practices, harm to animals? Because its at risk in a warming world & not coincidentally the foods that cause warming are highly inflated. eciu.net/media/press-re…

According to new polling, most votes see the climate crisis as impacting affordability. These are not mutually exclusive. But Democrats, including their elite consultants and academics has FAILED on all accounts in making this connection. climatecommunication.yale.edu/news-events/ma…

Democrats should be the party of expanded fossil fuels. Got it. We already have that. It’s called the two party system we already operate in. There’s really no need to make this an advocacy campaign because the party is already doing this. Somehow the warming will stop though

This perfectly encapsulates why capitalism will not solve the climate crisis: Solar power is lowering electricity costs in Spain, thereby impacting profits for solar developers. So the developers are starting to retreat from building more solar. thetimes.com/business/compa…

“The first major study into public attitudes toward degrowth—the notion that high-income economies should prioritize well-being over growing production—reveals significant public support for its key ideas across both the UK (74–84%) and US (67–73%).” #google_vignette" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">phys.org/news/2025-12-l…

Gabriel Rockhill: Who Paid the Piper of Western Marxism? counterpunch.org/2025/12/15/an-…

@_ericblanc ❤️✊

"Young people motivated by climate concerns should take rank-and-file jobs in strategic sectors that can push industries towards transition & revamp recalcitrant unions into powerful agents of change. Youth climate activists should salt the climate transition" 👏👏👏

Young people looking to fight climate change should consider jobs in strategic industries to organize new unions or revitalize old ones and advocate for green, pro-labor policies. The fight for a livable future can’t be won without organized labor. jacobin.com/2025/11/organi…

I'm in @jacobin today arguing for young climate activists to salt the just transition. "There must be the recognition that we cannot make the transformations needed if we don’t have an organized working class with a militant labor movement at its heart." jacobin.com/2025/11/organi…