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Climate change is the unifying crisis of our time. But the scale of the problem can be paralyzing, especially when corporations are actively staving off changes that could save the planet but which might threaten their bottom lines. To quote Greta Thunberg, despite very clear science and very real devastation, the adults at the table are still saying “blah blah blah.” Something has to change—but what, and how?

In WHAT'S LEFT, Malcolm Harris cuts through the noise and gets real about our remaining options for saving the world. Just as humans have caused climate change, we hold the power to avert a climate apocalypse, but that will only happen through collective political action. Harris outlines the three strategies—progressive, socialist, and revolutionary—that have any chance of succeeding, while also revealing that none of them can succeed on their own. WHAT'S LEFT shows how we must combine them into a single pathway: a meta-strategy, one that will ensure we can move forward together rather than squabbling over potential solutions while the world burns.

Vital and transformative, WHAT'S LEFT_ _confirms Malcolm Harris as next-generation David Graeber or Mike Davis—a historian-activist who shows us where we stand and how we got here, while also blazing a path toward a brighter future.

“WHAT'S LEFT is a lively, informative, and invigorating book on a subject that truly could not be more important: how to fight for our future on earth.” —Sally Rooney, author of Normal People and Intermezzo

Malcolm Harris is the author of the national bestseller PALO ALTO: A HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA, CAPITALISM, AND THE WORLD, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; KIDS THESE DAYS: THE MAKING OF MILLENNIALS; and SHIT IS FUCKED UP AND BULLSHIT: HISTORY SINCE THE END OF HISTORY. He was born in Santa Cruz, CA and graduated from the University of Maryland.

Maximillian Alvarez is the Editor-in-Chief of The Real News Network and the host of Working People, “a podcast about the lives, jobs, dreams, and struggles of the working class today.” Prior to joining The Real News, he was an Associate Editor at The Chronicle of Higher Education and graduated with a dual-PhD in History and Comparative Literature from the University of Michigan. His work has been featured in a range of outlets, including The Nation, In These Times, Boston Review, Truthout, and The Baffler. He has a book of interviews with OR Books titled THE WORK OF LIVING: WORKING PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THEIR LIVES AND THE YEAR THE WORLD BROKE.