USAID has a complicated history. Its destruction represents an extension of, rather than a break with, decades of US foreign policy. Youssef Bouchi writes for RIGHT TURN (ISSUE #1)

“As climate disasters land with an increasingly regular rhythm, their causes and consequences are filtered through the same conspiratorial lens spread from the most prominent positions and platforms.” The Zetkin Collective writes for RIGHT TURN (ISSUE #1).

"This notion that the enemy had changed from red to green was surprisingly, recurrent in the early 1990s and, of course, now follows through the decades that followed." – Quinn Slobodian Listen to the FULL discussion from our ISSUE #1 launch party👇 linktr.ee/breakdownradio

“The fingerprints of both historical and present-day energy and military objectives are clearly visible in the vapid techno-solutionism of much US government-sponsored climate science.” VERONIQUE CARIGNAN writes for RIGHT TURN (ISSUE #1)

In Florida, risk is a feature of life. In a deepening climate crisis, financial capitalism gives risk new meaning. Beki McElvain writes for RIGHT TURN (ISSUE #1)

To live in temporal exile is to exist outside of time, confined by deliberate social and infrastructural policies that erase history and foreclose the future. Kahron Spearman writes for RIGHT TURN (ISSUE #1).

DEADLINE Tomorrow is the final day to send in your pitches in for ISSUE #2 (Climate Frontiers)! For more details, read below ⬇️

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As the idea of the "just transition" has become mainstream, it has increasingly been co-opted. We need a transition away from both fossil fuels and from the extractive systems harming both people and planet. 📚 From the archive: 'What is a Just Transition?' by MIJIN CHA.

“Today’s far right largely espouses climate 'denihilism': a combination of overt denialism and perpetuation of the fossil fuel economy. In other words, drill baby drill, and party like it’s 1999.” 📚 From the archive: 'On Disaster Nationalism' by Richard Seymour

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Woke Capital is dead. Its post-mortem exposes the failure of Western governments to act on climate—long before Trump's return. BRETT CHRISTOPHERS writes for RIGHT TURN (ISSUE #1)

In our era of global economic interdependence, the face of geopolitics has changed. Ilias Alami writes for RIGHT TURN (ISSUE #1) break-down.org/post/a-green-c…

Wrote a new piece for The BREAK–DOWN on how the Second Cold War is shaping the future climate and energy transition, including in developing countries break-down.org/post/a-green-c… Politics and International Studies Cambridge Second Cold War Observatory a few quotes in the thread below: 1/6

The "Second Cold War" is being fought for control over the networks of green capitalism. Our essay of the week posits that Global South nations are deploying "polyalignment" as a tool for national development. By Ilias Alami in The BREAK–DOWN buff.ly/I2Z4sYq

“Degrowth is a gateway into socialist thought for the 21st century” To mark the 5-year anniversary of his book, Less is More, Jason Hickel spoke to @andrewsonearth for the first edition of the BREAK–DOWN newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/breakdownj…

I am extremely honored to share my interview with Jason Hickel for the 5-year anniversary of his groundbreaking book, Less is More. Also very grateful to be the first feature for the The BREAK–DOWN‘s new newsletter as well. Go read and subscribe! breakdownjournal.substack.com/p/interview-wi…