Wen Stephenson
@learning2live.bsky.social
Journalist, essayist, activist. Climate justice correspondent @TheNation.com. Contributor, @TheBaffler.com etc. New book, LEARNING TO LIVE IN THE DARK: Essays in a Time of Catastrophe https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2523-learning-to-live-in-the-dark
Having spent the past seven weeks in this country reporting for @thenation.com on Nepal's "GenZ Revolution" and what comes next, I can assure you there has been no "revolution." Nor was that even what Nepal's GenZ movement was aiming for. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/w...
‘We Will Turn Trauma Into Something Beautiful’
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Here's my latest for @thenation.com about the stunning election results in Nepal six months after the GenZ uprising that took down the government. I sat down with two brilliant young Nepali women at the center of the GenZ movement to talk about what comes next. www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Sweeping Victory for Gen Z in Nepal—But Not Yet a “Revolution”
Nepal’s “Gen Z revolution” achieved historic and unexpected electoral success—but transformational change remains elusive.
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"Nepal’s traditional political parties faced a dramatic collapse as a wave led by rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah...powered the [RSP] towards a historic two-thirds majority..., a result not seen...in nearly seven decades." #NepalElection2026 kathmandupost.com/money/2026/0...
Old parties crumble as RSP heads for two-thirds majority
Voters’ frustration with decades of instability and corruption fuels sweeping mandates, raising hopes for political stability and economic reforms.
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Always read Kunda Dixit's wickedly ironic weekly newsletter for Nepali Times. "We will miss covering all that horse-trading... where MPs were bought and sold... Journalism will be boring because there will be no wrong-doing to investigate and expose." nepalitimes.substack.com/p/what-just-...
What Just Happened in Nepal?
Nepali Times ईspecial 6 - 12 March 2026 #1301
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If you want to delve into Nepal's contemporary political history - past 35 years since democratic revolution of 1990 & Maoist war - you can't do better than @manjushreethapa.bsky.social books "Forget Kathmandu" and "The Lives We Have Lost," along with Prashant Jha's "Battles of the New Republic."
"In a damning indictment of the established political parties, the 3-year-old Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is giving them a run for their money.... candidates of the Congress, UML and NCP were being trounced, with the RSP on course to win a thumping majority." kathmandupost.com/politics/202...
Rastriya Swatantra Party surges towards landslide victory
Observers say voters punished old parties for their failure to deliver, abuse of power, and widespread corruption.
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It’s an era of trickster politics. It’s not useful to be naive. But Nepal’s trajectory in our lifetime has been steadily—and every now and then, extremely unsteadily—towards more and more democracy. I sincerely hope the country continues along this path after March 5. 🙏🏼
Maybe the best thing about #NepalElection2026 thus far is how peaceful it's been. Very few incidents reported across the country.
Nepali Times' Sonia Awale has the score: Five possible scenarios for election outcome, and what they could mean for new government and Nepal’s future. #NepalElection2026 nepalitimes.com/editorial/th...
The magic 138
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I'm glad to be back in Kathmandu, covering #NepalElection2026, called by interim govt after the GenZ uprising of Sept 8-9. Polls have closed here on this Election Day, turnout reported to be large, voting overwhelmingly peaceful. Here's Singha Durbar yesterday, armored vehicle inside the gate.
One thing that may dramatically shake up our political life on this planet is the advent of a strong new El Niño. (Also our, you know, life life) billmckibben.substack.com/p/an-el-nino...
An El Niño is brewing
And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight.
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An El Niño is brewing. And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight. @billmckibben.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
An El Niño is brewing
And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight.
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Chicago! Haymarket Presents: @triofrancos.bsky.social in conversation with @gabrielwinant.bsky.social. Monday, February 16th at 6:30 PM CT Live from @haymarkethouse.bsky.social with @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social RSVP to attend (in-person and virtual) events.haymarketbooks.org/events/hayma...
Today, as Gaza continues to be stuck in a bloody limbo, we are turning our website over to Gaza and its people in an initiative we are calling “A Day for Gaza.” There will be no pieces published on our website today that do not come directly from Gaza.
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
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General strikes are workers’ most powerful weapon. But it takes more than hashtags to make them real. Here’s how we can build a real general strike to stop ICE in the US www.laborpolitics.com/p/how-to-org...
How to Build a Real General Strike Against ICE
Minnesota shows what’s possible—here’s how we turn that spark into the kind of disruptive power that can actually stop ICE
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Very glad Chris wrote this, so now I can stop thinking about writing something along the same lines, which wouldn't be as good.
chrislehmann@chrislehmann.bsky.social · 6mo agoBobo takes bullshit job: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
MLK was only 39 when he was killed. Growing up, I thought that was old. But I’m 43 now and I’m stunned by the burden he shouldered at such a young age. I’m also a lot more aware of how hard it is, at any age, to carry the hopes and dreams of an oppressed people on your shoulders, as so many do.
“The strategic imperative,” he argued, “must be clear: nothing less than the total defeat of the organized political interests of oil, gas, and coal producers is necessary to make any other climate justice goals even a remote possibility.” @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social (via @learning2live.bsky.social)
There’s No Quitting the Climate Fight
This is the worst-ever year for climate politics—but the struggle is far from over.
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"I think that the task of building a climate movement is part and parcel of the task of building left political power and social power and organized working-class power more broadly." Compelling words from @triofrancos.bsky.social in @thenation.com with @learning2live.bsky.social and Andreas Malm
What Justice on a Burning Planet?
Andreas Malm and Thea Riofrancos joined The Nation’s Wen Stephenson in an urgent conversation about the left and the climate emergency.
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My new post on this: Has the Left Given Up on Climate Justice? Yes, it's a provocation. But serious. Both Malm and @triofrancos.bsky.social see a left in denial. wenstephenson.substack.com/p/has-the-le...
Has the Left Given Up on Climate Justice?
Excerpts from the live event with Andreas Malm and Thea Riofrancos on the left and the climate emergency.
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New at @thenation.com: excerpts from my conversation with Andreas Malm & @triofrancos.bsky.social, co-sponsored by @haymarketbooks.org & @versobooks.bsky.social It's 2026. This is the kind of discussion the left needs to be having about climate catastrophe. www.thenation.com/article/envi...
What Justice on a Burning Planet?
Andreas Malm and Thea Riofrancos joined The Nation’s Wen Stephenson in an urgent conversation about the left and the climate emergency.
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Today - Dec. 19 at Noon ET What Justice on a Burning Planet? The Left and the Climate Emergency w/ Andreas Malm & Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org @versobooks.bsky.social events.haymarketbooks.org/events/hayma...
Wen Stephenson@learning2live.bsky.social · 8mo agoI'm excited to be hosting this urgent, deeply necessary conversation. Andreas, Wim, and Thea are three of the best thinkers we've got on the climate crisis and the left - and not just the "climate left." Climate catastrophe won't be siloed. Thanks to @haymarketbooks.org for pulling it together.
🚨 Friday Dec 19 @ 12 pm ET @haymarketbooks.org @versobooks.bsky.social
Thea Riofrancos@triofrancos.bsky.social · 8mo agoOn Fri. 12/19 I'll join Andreas Malm and Wim Carton to discuss our new books, the deadly combination of accelerating global warming and stalling political action, and what is to be done from a left perspective. Moderated by @learning2live.bsky.social via @haymarketbooks.org & @versobooks.bsky.social
Read Bill's latest. And not only for the withering takedown of "center-right pundit Matt Yglesias" whose latest NYT op-ed advocating oil & gas is "a woebegone recycling of decades-old bad-faith arguments from a person who has insisted repeatedly that climate change is not an existential risk."
Bill McKibben@billmckibben.bsky.social · 8mo agoClosing NCAR because it produces "climate alarmism" is like closing the fire department because it produces "fire alarmism" billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-low-poin...
Tomorrow at high noon (US Eastern time)... we're going to raise a question that too often gets buried, even on the left. events.haymarketbooks.org/events/hayma...
Register Now – What Justice on a Burning Planet? The Left and the Climate Emergency – YouTube
What Justice on a Burning Planet? The Left and the Climate Emergency – YouTube, Fri Dec 19, 2025 - It's clear, at this late hour of the climate crisis, that nothing short of revolution in some form ca...
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Haymarket Books@haymarketbooks.org · 8mo agoWhat Justice on a Burning Planet? Join Andreas Malm, Wim Carton, @triofrancos.bsky.social, and @learning2live.bsky.social for an urgent conversation on climate catastrophe and the left. With @versobooks.bsky.social. Friday, Dec 19th at 12PM ET RSVP: events.haymarketbooks.org/events/hayma...
Looking forward to this talk with @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social by @learning2live.bsky.social Join us! @thirdactupstateny.bsky.social @thirdactmd.bsky.social @thirdactnyc.bsky.social @thirdactorg.bsky.social
Wen Stephenson@learning2live.bsky.social · 8mo agoTues, 12/16 @ 6pm ET, I'll be speaking to @thirdactorg.bsky.social @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social December meeting, which is open to all. What does a serious climate politics look like at this hour? Is it time to change how we think about the climate fight? Register: thirdact.org/actions-lab/...
What Justice on a Burning Planet? Join Andreas Malm, Wim Carton, @triofrancos.bsky.social, and @learning2live.bsky.social for an urgent conversation on climate catastrophe and the left. With @versobooks.bsky.social. Friday, Dec 19th at 12PM ET RSVP: events.haymarketbooks.org/events/hayma...
Tues, 12/16 @ 6pm ET, I'll be speaking to @thirdactorg.bsky.social @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social December meeting, which is open to all. What does a serious climate politics look like at this hour? Is it time to change how we think about the climate fight? Register: thirdact.org/actions-lab/...
Learning to Live in the Dark, Wen Stephenson Book Talk
Learning to Live in the Dark, book talk by Wen Stephenson At our December general meeting, we will hear from Nation writer and veteran activist Wen Stephenson about his new...
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On Fri. 12/19 I'll join Andreas Malm and Wim Carton to discuss our new books, the deadly combination of accelerating global warming and stalling political action, and what is to be done from a left perspective. Moderated by @learning2live.bsky.social via @haymarketbooks.org & @versobooks.bsky.social
