I've started a Substack where I'll write occasional, free-form, essays and notes about my work. The blog is meant as a way for me to organise my thoughts as I start a new project, but I hope others will find it useful. open.substack.com/pub/thesecon...

How can we protect democracy from capital, not the other way around? Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social @bertrussell.bsky.social @abundance-org.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social reviewed by Ivan Radanović @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

How to transition from capitalism’s scarcity to radical abundance - LSE Review of Books

Kai Heron, Keir Milburn & Bertie Russell's Radical Abundance calls for a transition from capitalism to a “radical abundance” that benefits people & the planet.

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"The US wants our riches—our oil and minerals—but we defend our sovereignty" - Luisana Antúnez, a resident of Venezuela's Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune. venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/f...

Fisherfolk Resisting Imperialism: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune (Part IV) - Venezuelanalysis

The US blockade brought much suffering to Lake Maracaibo communities, but people responded and resisted by deepening their bonds of solidarity and cooperation.

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This book by @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social ky.social @bertrussell.bsky.social is really interesting! Great read, with novel ideas

Marxism is foundational to the discipline of political ecology, and yet in the past few years there’s been a notable decline of Marxist perspectives in the discipline’s leading conferences and forthcoming handbooks. 1/5

This is probably my favourite comment from a review of Radical Abundance so far: “Struck a strange tone (not in a bad way) between policy/‘wonk’-ness while also engaging most seriously with communisation theory and their interpretation of secular stagnation of all things.”

Article w/ Rory Rowan & Pat Brodie now online in the excellent SI of the Journal of Labor and Society edited by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @alejopedregal.bsky.social & Nemanja Lukić. 'Militarising FDI: Geopolitical Ecology, Dependency, and Ireland’s Twin Transition.' brill.com/view/journal...

Our special issue of Labor and Society on the ecomodernist features of imperialism is now online in full. The issue makes a stronger contribution to theorising contemporary imperialist dynamics than I could have ever hoped for. Here's a thread introducing each contribution. 🧵

US imperialism no longer operates within the post-WWII 'rules based order' it created with its (false) appeals to international rights, freedom, and win-win scenarios. It works through zero-sum calculations, violence, and misinformation. Palestine and Venezuela are front lines.

This government is satisfied that its "robust...procedures are being enacted" as Palestine Action hunger strikers waver on the brink of death because of its inaction. I can't put into words how contemptible this Labour government is. www.thenational.scot/news/2570167...

MPs laugh after minister rejects meeting Palestine Action hunger strikers' families

MPs laughed as a minister rejected a request to meet with the families of imprisoned Palestine Action-affiliated hunger strikers.

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US companies are vying for contracts to rebuild Gaza. This is what a lot of people don't grasp about war and climate change. Their destructive effects always open new avenues of capital accumulation. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead

Exclusive: group behind notorious Florida immigration detention center created bid for reconstruction deal

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I have a new open access article out, co-authored with @alejopedregal.bsky.social and Nemanja Lukić, called 'For an Anti-Imperialist Ecological Modernity'. The article introduces a special issue we've edited on ecomodernism and imperialism. But it does much more than that. A thread. 1/13

I was thrilled to contribute an essay to this special issue of JLSO on anti-imperialism and ecological modernity. It’s one of the more robustly cohesive special issues you’ll see anywhere, with awesome editing and introduction by @alejopedregal.bsky.social, @kaiheron.bsky.social, and Nemanja Lukic.

Alejandro Pedregal@alejopedregal.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I'm counting the hours to tell you all about this Special Issue that I had the privilege of co-editing with comrades @kaiheron.bsky.social and Nemanja Lukić for JLSO. Meanwhile, you can already find many of its articles on the journal's site, some open access, including our intro.

The Future Observatory Journal interviewed me about the concept of abundance, socialist transition, and ecology for their latest issue. fojournal.org/interview/ra...

Radical Abundance - Future Observatory Journal

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I’m pleased to have joined the Journal of Labor and Society’s editorial advisory board. A special issue of the journal edited by @alejopedregal.bsky.social, Nemanja Lukić, and I on imperialism and ecomodernism will be out shortly!

Is anyone else staring at their copy of Sven Beckert's 1,000+ page history of global capitalism with both excitement and dismay about when they'll ever find the time to read it?

The removal of trial by jury in Britain is a HUGE assault on the right to protest. Time and again juries find in favour of climate campaigners, pro-Palestine actioners, and more. Popular opinion on these issues is an inconvenience for the state, so it must be quashed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Justice secretary wants most jury trials scrapped

Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.

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"The “ceasefire” is a diplomatic sham – a cover for the continuing extermination, displacement and erasure of the Palestinian people in Gaza and a distraction for the international public and the media." www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions...

No, there is no ceasefire in Gaza

Israel’s bombing of Gaza is not a ‘violation of the ceasefire'. It is a continuing genocide under diplomatic cover.

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The finishing touches are being put on a special issue of the Journal of Labor and Society edited by @alejopedregal.bsky.social, Nemanja Lukić and I on the ecomodernist features of imperialism. We have some incredible contributions that I can't wait to share.

Capitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance and artificial scarcity. Listen to the latest Radicals in Conversation with the authors of Radical Abundance, @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLrh...

Why Liberal Abundance is Bullsh*t

Capitalism has created a world of bullsh*t abundance and artificial scarcity, where we have too much of what we don’t need and too little of what we do. The system’s pursuit of profits has put us on…

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My latest is a review of Radical Abundance by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social, Bertie Russell, and @plutopress.bsky.social 👇

Brief Ecology@briefecology.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"The value of Radical Abundance is in the authors’ recognition of the complexity of the capitalist economy." In our latest piece, @benlockwood.bsky.social reviews Radical Abundance from @plutopress.bsky.social 🌎🏡🌐🧪 www.briefecology.com/p/actual-abu...

Tomorrow (6pm Tuesday Nov 4th) sees the first online discussion of Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future. @kaiheron.bsky.social, @bertrussell.bsky.social, and I will present the book and discuss it with the audience. Register for free below. www.indep.network/event/indep-...

INDEP online Talk with Kai Heron, Keir Milburn and Bertie Russell on Radical Abundance

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 relentless pursuit of profits, we have been put…

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Hurricane Melissa's 185 mile an hour winds caused damage to Jamaica that experts predict could take decades to recover from. Meanwhile, storms of Melissa's ferocity are now no longer 'once in a century' but more like once every 25 years. 1/2

The tech optimist posts about how renewables are contributing a larger share to the global energy mix, or how EVs are replacing combustion engines are driving me mad. Overall material throughput is continuing to rise, and that's a massive problem.

Recently, @sarahljaffe.bsky.social sat down with @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social, authors of “Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future” to discuss the difference between radical and bullshit abundance. inthesetimes.com/article/radi...

Catherine Connolly wins Ireland’s presidential election. With neutrality under threat and proto-fascist anti-immigrant protests in the streets, this comes at a critical time for the Irish left. The way factions united to get this done is a lesson for everyone. Incredible work.

Here's video of an interview @kaiheron.bsky.social, @bertrussell.bsky.social, and I did with @plutopress.bsky.social recently. The interviewer Chris Browne did a great job and really pushed us to explore the arguments in the book.

Pluto Press@plutopress.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Why Liberal Abundance is Bullsh*t On the latest episode of Radicals in Conversation we're joined by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social & @bertrussell.bsky.social, authors of the new book Radical Abundance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLrh...

A point for Mike Davis' neo-catastrophist thesis in his essay 'cosmic dancers on history's stage', an oft-overlooled essay that has important consequences for historical materialism in general and eco-Marxism in particular. I hope to write about it soon. www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

New evidence reveals dinosaurs were thriving right up to the moment the asteroid hit

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed flourishing communities.

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Climateflation is driving up UK food prices. In other words, the effects of centuries of ecological destruction and labour exploitation is manifesting as a so-called 'cost of living crisis.' Negative feedback loops like this are the new normal. www.ft.com/content/ced8...

Five staples fuelling UK food inflation as climate risks rise, study finds

Findings challenge narrative that food price growth is being driven by higher taxes and wage costs

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I’m me get some Radical Abundance today in Norwich. I’ll be discussing the new book by @bertrussell.bsky.social, @kaiheron.bsky.social, and myself

Pluto Press@plutopress.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🌱TODAY🌱 Join us for a reading of the upcoming book by @kmilb.bsky.social, Radical Abundance. 🗓️ Sat, Oct 18 ⏰ 3 pm 📍Norwich Transformed www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...