Welcome to the inferno
This deadly heat is an inevitable consequence of the right’s slash-and-burn approach to climate change.
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Richard Seymour
Richard Seymour is a writer, broadcaster and activist. His latest book is The Disenchanted Earth: Reflections on Ecosocialism and Barbarism.
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How postmodernism became the universal scapegoat of the era
The irrational fear of the “pomo”, or pomophobia, has claimed minds from across the political spectrum.
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