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Wen Stephenson

@learning2live.bsky.social
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Journalist, essayist, activist. Climate justice correspondent @TheNation.com. Latest book: Learning to Live in the Dark www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2523-l… More: wenstephenson.com

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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Important analysis here by scholars with the Sajag-Nepal collaborative www.sajag-nepal.org "Relocation away from hazards like landslides and floods may reduce exposure, but it doesn’t address ... economic precarity and inequality." @theconversation.com theconversation.com/nepal-could-...
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Nepal could show the world how to recover sustainably from a major disaster
Development in known hazard zones is creating untenable risks for communities around the world. Here’s how Nepal and the global community can build back differently.
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yikes. "...climate activists on the forefront of a Gen Z revolution that eventually ushered in a youth-dominated government in March." Nepal's GenZ "revolution" (yes they're still calling it that) had literally nothing to do with climate. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/w...
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Nepal’s Gen Z Is Taking on the World’s Polluters Over Climate Disasters
The young government of Nepal, a nation with a tiny carbon footprint, is seeking reparations from the world’s major economies as it bears the brunt of collapsing Himalayan glaciers.
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The world's attention has moved on. But the Himalayan flood disaster in Nepal is far from over. "Jandra has six children, the youngest just five years old. But no relief has reached the village so far. The food at home has now run out." kathmandupost.com/health/2026/... @coveringclimatenow.org
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24 days after flood, hunger grips three Rusuwa wards
Food is running out in villages cut off after the Bhotekoshi flood swept away bridges.
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Please note: the Loss and Damage Fund has received less than half the $800 million initially pledge. Nepal will receive $20 million, and possibly more later. The latest flood damage is estimated at $5 billion or more. That's one disaster, in one country. kathmandupost.com/national/202...
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Nepal secures $20 million from Loss and Damage Fund, awaits decision on Bhotekoshi plea
The funding was approved based on Nepal’s request made earlier this year. A separate emergency appeal filed after the August 26 disaster awaits approval.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 08/09/2026
A year after its Gen Z uprising, Nepal faces a struggle not only for democracy and human rights but for climate survival. Wen Stephenson reports from Nepal. bit.ly/3UEK9w0
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A Reckoning Comes for Nepal
A year after its Gen Z uprising, Nepal faces a struggle not only for democracy and human rights but for climate survival.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"What I saw, in other words, was the fraught intersection of climate change, social justice, and human rights." "A year after its Gen Z uprising, Nepal faces a struggle not only for democracy and human rights but for climate survival" Wen Stephenson reports from Nepal. ht @advaitarun.bsky.social
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A Reckoning Comes for Nepal
A year after its Gen Z uprising, Nepal faces a struggle not only for democracy and human rights but for climate survival.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 08/09/2026
Climate justice will have to be fought for—and equality and human rights will have to be won—not only among countries but within them. Wen Stephenson reports from Nepal on what "climate justice" means in a place like Nepal. bit.ly/3UEK9w0
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A Reckoning Comes for Nepal
A year after its Gen Z uprising, Nepal faces a struggle not only for democracy and human rights but for climate survival.
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
My new feature in the Oct issue of @thenation.com caps a run of reporting on Nepal that started in Jan 2024. But I'm no expert on Nepal. The experts are the Nepali people. They have been my patient teachers. Isay more here: wenstephenson.substack.com/p/a-reckoning www.thenation.com/article/envi...
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A Reckoning Comes for Nepal
A year after its Gen Z uprising, Nepal faces a struggle not only for democracy and human rights but for climate survival.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 08/09/2026
A year after its Gen Z uprising, Nepal faces a struggle not only for democracy and human rights but for climate survival. Wen Stephenson reports from Nepal. www.thenation.com/article/envi...
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A Reckoning Comes for Nepal
A year after its Gen Z uprising, Nepal faces a struggle not only for democracy and human rights but for climate survival.
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Everyone with the slightest interest in #Nepal should read this latest editorial by Nepali Times editor Sonia Awale, who's also an accomplished climate reporter. (I interviewed her for my Oct. feature in @thenation.com, which will be out tomorrow.) nepalitimes.com/a-disastrous...
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A disastrous state of affairs in Nepal
Nepal’s flood crisis comes on the first anniversary of the GenZ movement, leaving a new government to deal with it
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Important piece here by @michaelemann.bsky.social, maybe the best I've seen, on the connection between Nepal's glacial collapse and our summer of climate catastrophe.
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
In my latest for @thenation.com, Nepali climate expert @manjeetdhakal.bsky.social, head of the UN's Least Developed Countries support team, tells me there are now internal discussions underway about providing emergency Loss and Damage assistance to Nepal. www.thenation.com/article/envi...
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How Will Nepal Pay for the Latest Climate Disaster?
An interview with Nepali UN climate expert Manjeet Dhakal on what the massive Himalayan flood will cost Nepal.
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"Imagine liquid concrete flowing down the river, carrying boulders the size of houses... These are terrifying events... The footage from this flood is the most horrific I have ever seen." Alton Byers @instaar.bsky.social in Nepali Times nepalitimes.com/this-is-by-f...
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"This is by far the most horrific flood I have ever seen"
Himalayan glacier expert Alton C Byers on what happened in Nepal and what should happen now
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"[The river] does not pause at borders. It flows from the Tibetan Plateau through Nepal’s narrow gorges, into the Tarai and the Indian plains, spreading finally across the Bangladesh delta. It carries silt and sorrow and the strange democracy of water." Zakir Kibria nepalitimes.com/we-are-all-d...
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We are all downstream now
The water cycle is the planet's great equaliser. We have forgetten this. The flood is a brutal reminder.
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hard as it is to believe, this disaster may not be over yet, as Kathmandu Post is reporting. New glacial lakes have formed in the area and could bring more devastation. kathmandupost.com/national/202...
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New barrier lake in Nepal raises fresh flood threat, China warns
China warns the lake near the Nepal-Tibet border could breach as 3 million cubic metres of water is expected to flow into it over the next three days, adding to risks after Wednesday’s deadly flood.
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Kunda Dixit of Nepali Times has a good explainer-backgrounder on the devastating Himalayan glacial collapse and flood on the Nepal-Tibet border. nepalitimes.com/central-nepa...
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Central Nepal flood, the day after
Satellite images show the glacial collapse on the North Face of Langtang was in Nepal itself
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This may be the worst thing I've ever seen @theatlantic.com do. Let's rub salt in the wounds of Arday's loved ones, who have just suffered excruciating loss. Wood essentially calls Arday - and anyone suffering "self-contempt and despair" - "pathetic" "losers." A Trumpian level of cruelty. Why?
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
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...
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‘We Will Turn Trauma Into Something Beautiful’
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
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...
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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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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
"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...
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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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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
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-...
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What Just Happened in Nepal?
Nepali Times ईspecial 6 - 12 March 2026 #1301
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
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."
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
"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...
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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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Manjushree Thapa @manjushreethapa.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
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. 🙏🏼
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Maybe the best thing about #NepalElection2026 thus far is how peaceful it's been. Very few incidents reported across the country.
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
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...
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
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...
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An El Niño is brewing
And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight.
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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
An El Niño is brewing. And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight. @billmckibben.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
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An El Niño is brewing
And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/02/2026
‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating
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‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating
Advisory board member says Europe already paying price for lack of preparation but adapting is ‘not rocket science’ Keeping Europe safe from extreme weather “is not rocket science”, a top researcher has said, as the EU’s climate advisory board urges countries to prepare for a catastrophic 3C of global heating. Maarten van Aalst, a member of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC), said the continent was already “paying a price” for its lack of preparation but that adapting to a hotter future was in part “common sense and low-hanging fruit”. Continue reading...
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 09/02/2026
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...
Haymarket Presents: Thea Riofrancos on Extraction

In conversation with Gabriel Winant

Feb 16th, 6:30 PM CT
Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave
Chicago, IL
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 03/02/2026
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.
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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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Eric Blanc @ericblanc.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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...
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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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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Very glad Chris wrote this, so now I can stop thinking about writing something along the same lines, which wouldn't be as good.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 19/01/2026
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.
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isaac @sevier.io · 13/01/2026
“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)
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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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isaac @sevier.io · 13/01/2026
"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
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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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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
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...
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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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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
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...
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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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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
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...
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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
🚨 Friday Dec 19 @ 12 pm ET @haymarketbooks.org @versobooks.bsky.social
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
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."
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
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...
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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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Third Act Actions Lab @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
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
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 11/12/2025
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...
What Justice on a Burning Planet? The Left and the Climate Emergency
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
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/...
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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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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
This looks great! I'll definitely be listening. @oilchange.bsky.social oilchange.org/burned/
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Burned: The Price of Oil - Oil Change International
In this limited podcast series from Oil Change International, host Shady Khalil pulls back the curtain on the true cost of fossil fuels and the villains blocking climate action.
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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I'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.
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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Join Verso and @haymarketbooks.org on Dec 19 @ 12pm (EST) for a virtual conversation about climate catastrophe and the left, featuring: Andreas Malm, Wim Carton, @triofrancos.bsky.social, and Wen Stephenson. RSVP at the link below!
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