Radical Abundance
How to Win a Green Democratic Future
Keir Milburn author Kai Heron author Bertie Russell author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pluto Press
Published:20th Sep '25
Should be back in stock very soon
'Rigorously argued and radically hopeful' - Grace Blakeley, author of Vulture Capitalism
'Indispensable ... resets the terms of left debate' - Jodi Dean, author of Capital's Grave
Capitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance, where we have too much of what we don’t need and too little of what we do. Through this system’s pursuit of profits, we have been put on a collision course with social and ecological limits that can no longer be ignored.
We need an alternative. We need radical abundance. A world of human and non-human flourishing made possible by democratically planned production. But radical abundance can’t just be voted into existence through parliamentary means, it must be made by taking control of our collective reproduction in the here and now.
Packed with fascinating research and real-life examples of communal planning and resistance, this book will convince you that a better future is possible, if we want it.
'Degrowth or ecomodernism? This book offers a compelling alternative. More than a utopian ideal, radical abundance is the guiding principle of a socialist revolution already in action'
-- Kohei Saito, author of Slow Down: How Degrowth Communism Can Save the Earth'The crises we face—mass deprivation and ecological breakdown—cannot be resolved within capitalism. We need a pathway out. Radical Abundance delivers exactly that. If you're looking for practical steps to a post-capitalist future, don't miss this book'
-- Jason Hickel, author of Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World'Radical Abundance resets the terms of left debate. With its concrete, compelling, and creative embrace of class struggle as a politics of transition, it is indispensable to anyone committed to building popular power on a rapidly heating planet'
-- Jodi Dean, author of Capital's Grave: Neofeudalism and the New Class Struggle'A rigorously argued and radically hopeful book, which exposes the gross inefficiency of modern capitalism and shows precisely how we can begin to build societies that guarantee a good life for all'
-- Grace Blakeley, author of Vulture Capitalism: How to Survive in an Age of Corporate GreedISBN: 9780745351353
Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
Weight: unknown
272 pages