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Kai Heron

@kaiheron.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Political Ecology at Lancaster University. Co-author of "Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green and Democratic Future" (2025)

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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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...
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
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
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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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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
"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...
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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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Carlos Rodríguez - Pardo @carlosrodriguezp.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
This book by @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social ky.social @bertrussell.bsky.social is really interesting! Great read, with novel ideas
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
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
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
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.”
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
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...
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
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. 🧵
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
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.
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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...
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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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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
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...
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‘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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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
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
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David Temin @davidtemin.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
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.
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The Future Observatory Journal interviewed me about the concept of abundance, socialist transition, and ecology for their latest issue. fojournal.org/interview/ra...
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Radical Abundance - Future Observatory Journal
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
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!
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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?
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
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...
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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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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
"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...
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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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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
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.
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Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
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...
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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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Ben Lockwood, PhD @benlockwood.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
My latest is a review of Radical Abundance by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social, Bertie Russell, and @plutopress.bsky.social 👇
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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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-...
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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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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
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
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
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.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 28/10/2025
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...
Cover of "Radical Abundance" shows a detailed illustration of a strawberry plant with fruits and leaves. Green and red text conveys a hopeful, eco-friendly tone.
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
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.
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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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.
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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...
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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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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
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...
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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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Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
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
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Cascading ecological crises are going to shake the infrastructures of everyday life in the UK by 2050. Heatwaves in 4 out of 5 years, peak river flows up to 40% higher, intensified storms, and homes, transport links, food systems, and cities unprepared for any of it. Link below.
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
This year's Nobel Peace Prize winner was an apt choice. An islamophobic Zionist who rubs shoulders with Europe's far-right including Geert Wilders and Marie Le Pen and who has expressed support for a renewed Reconquista. Europe's direction of travel encapsulated.
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
If you're in Manchester for #TheWorldTransformed tonight, consider coming to our panel. We'll be hearing from struggles in the Basque country, Berlin, and London about how to build institutions of popular power. theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...
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The World Transformed 2025 // What Does Winning Look Like? A Strategy for Radical Abundance
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Over concerns that its findings were 'too negative', Downing Street has censored a government-backed report which found British food prices will increase because of the deforestation of tropical rainforests. A shocking and dangerous will to ignorance. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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No 10 blocks report on impact of rainforest collapse on food prices
Downing Street has vetoed release of an assessment that says the loss of the Amazon ecosystem could drive up food inflation as well as lead to mass migration
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Sarah Jaffe interviewed us for In These Times about our book, Radical Abundance. We talked about economic planning, worker control, and the necessity of revolutionary transition today. inthesetimes.com/article/radi...
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Transitioning Out of Capitalism Towards a Green Future
A conversation with the authors of "Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future" about what it will take to build a livable world for all.
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
In just six days Europe’s June 2025 heatwave led to 16,500 excess deaths and caused €43 billion in short-term lost earnings. But the effects of heatwaves linger long after the stifling temperatures have passed. By 2029 the cost of those six days is expected to climb to €126 billion.
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Unhappily, I'm reading Dipesh Chakrabarty's The Climate of History in a Planetary Age. The judo moves he makes to let capital off the hook for global heating are something to behold.
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Britain's authoritarian Labour government has given the police even more power to suppress protests. But this won't stop them. When your government is participating in genocide the only option is to throw wrenches into the machine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests
The move is not a ban on protests but
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Degrowth has never been a coherent political perspective, nor has it had an agreed political strategy. This interview with Jason Hickel and reply by Vincent Liegey, Anitra Nelson, and Terry Leahy pair well to highlight the dividing lines. Links below.
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
"Famines are wars over the right to existence" - Mike Davis www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...
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457 Palestinians killed by starvation in Gaza, health ministry says
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
The attack in Manchester is utterly deplorable. I am also dismayed to see members of Parliament and parts of our media ecology attempting to use this tragedy to suppress protests against Israel's genocide in Palestine. 1/8
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
"The future is not inscribed in the present even if it is circumscribed by the past" - Wallerstein
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
“This plan was formulated without the participation of Hamas or any Palestinian party, including the Palestinian Authority. So how can the U.S. administration reach an agreement with one side of the conflict while excluding the Palestinian side?” www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-hamas...
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How Hamas Is Navigating Trump’s Gaza Ultimatum
In an exclusive interview, veteran Hamas official Mohammad Nazzal discusses strategy, red lines, and Israel’s attempt to assassinate Palestinian negotiators.
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I’m looking forward to this event. I’ll be riffing off the London-Edinburgh Weekend Return Group’s idea of being ‘in and against the state’ to reflect on what it means to pursue an academic career ‘in, against and beyond’ the university. Which is something I'm still trying to figure out myself...
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
"You know those books which spend seven or eight chapters elegantly diagnosing a problem in our society and then add 10 pages on at the end with some solutions? This is precisely the opposite." It's an honor to feature in this Autumn reading list: www.shortlist.com/health-and-f...
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10 new non-fiction books to read for your Autumn reset
The bell’s ringing, school’s very much in: learn a lesson from these new non-fiction book must-reads
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
“This has been the main goal of the US policy against Cuba for more than six decades – to make life as economically difficult, unbearable as possible,” Rodríguez asserted. But imperialism “cannot make us abandon the path of socialism.” peoplesdispatch.org/2025/09/30/i...
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Imperialism “cannot make us abandon the path of socialism,” reaffirms Cuban foreign minister : Peoples Dispatch
Bruno Rodríguez Parilla, Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, condemns UN inaction on Palestine and US blockade of Cuba at solidarity event
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Labour's wager that economic growth will limit Reform's appeal is foolish. Growth is slowing and won't bounce back by 2029 - falling productivity, under investment, an aging population, and the cascading effects of ecological crises are all beyond this government's control. 1/2
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
This is a very kind review of Radical Abundance and a good summary of its arguments.
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
I'm grateful for this conversation about our new book, Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future. As fans of Future Histories might expect, Jan pushed us on questions of economic planning and institutional design.
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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
"once we begin to speak of men mixing their labour with the earth, we are in a whole world of new relations between man and nature, and to separate natural history from social history becomes xtremely problematic." Raymond Williams 1/5
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