Class Struggle in the Climate Crisis: Strategic Considerations for Life-Making In and Against a Settler-Colony

It is vital to understand the climate crisis in terms of class struggle, using social reproduction theory and an intersectional perspective. This makes the climate struggle a struggle for life-making, and not for emissions reduction. I look at a cohort of thirteen prominent climate action organizations operating in the settler-colonial petro-state of so-called “British Columbia, Canada,” focusing on the calls to action the organizations make to their members or potential members on Facebook, the social media site where they have the most followers. They most frequently call on people: to petition elected officials; to donate money; and to engage in or to assist illegalized blockades. I argue that turning towards a class struggle approach opens up new possibilities.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Political Economy

Grantor dc:publisher

Carleton University

Year dc:date.issued

2024

Author dc:creator

• Becherer, Ariel

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• Copyright © 2023 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, distribution to students, research and scholarship. Theses may only be shared by linking to the Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be copied without proper attribution to the author; no part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.

Language dc:language.iso

en

DOI

10.22215/etd/2024-15889

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/41804