Wen Stephenson

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

This looks great! I'll definitely be listening.

@oilchange.bsky.social
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Yes indeed, it will be recorded and archived at @haymarketbooks.org YouTube channel (I think!)

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.

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!

There’s No Quitting the Climate Fight This is the worst-ever year for climate politics—but the struggle is far from over.

Yes, it would be so much easier to declare defeat. But the climate fight is far from over.

My latest for @thenation.com opens with the 2025 "state of the climate report" by a team of top scientists - incl @michaelemann.bsky.social - then gets personal & political.
www.thenation.com/article/envi...

Update from @desmog.com:

Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg

www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...

Opinion | How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country

"...weighing leaving against staying, moral obligation against fear, flying under the radar against taking a risk — and opting for the risk." M. Gessen

A necessary piece. For all of us.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...

Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year from combined effects of failure to tackle climate crisis

I'm sure I'm not the first to notice this, but it's kinda ironic that Bill Gates' "memo" telling us to tamp down the climate "alarmism" and refocus on "human welfare" rather than fossil fuel emissions landed on the same day as this latest Lancet study.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I wonder how many support "climate action" at the speed and scale required, rather than false/inadequate solutions.

How many would support nationalizing fossil fuel co's and phasing them out of existence as renewables scale up? How many support trillions in climate finance to the global south?

What Should You Do with Climate Despair? Activist and journalist Wen Stephenson has some ideas about ‘Learning to Live in the Dark’.

It's rare that an interviewer connects with one's work the way Adam Lowenstein does here with my new book. Huge thanks to Adam and to @amywestervelt.bsky.social

Yes, we talk about despair. That's where it starts, but not where it ends.
@drilledmedia.bsky.social
drilled.media/news/wen-QA

Tens of thousands marched through Midtown Manhattan and the local paper of record appears to have ignored it. Way to go, @nytimes.com

And I was with you!

Organizers say 25,000 marched in Midtown Manhattan today to #MakeBillionairesPay

By the way, that's Kathmandu at sunrise in my profile pic.

My conversation with Jane Hirshfield yesterday got very real. Thanks so much to Jane, and to everyone at @haymarketbooks.org for making it possible, especially John McDonald. The recording is available below on Haymarket's YouTube channel.

Take good care, everyone. 🙏🏻

Did Nepal Just Have a Revolution? Kunda Dixit, one of Nepal’s top journalists, talks about the stunning turn of events in the South Asian nation and how its society reached the boiling point.

My latest for @thenation.com is an interview with veteran Nepali journalist Kunda Dixit about the stunning turn of events there in the past week. Did Nepal just have a revolution?

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

I profiled the great poet & eco-advocate Jane Hirshfield in a feature for @thenation.com, now included in my book Learning to Live in the Dark.

Tomorrow, 9/16, at 5pm ET, Jane joins me in conversation about "faith, humanism, and radical solidarity in a time of catastrophe." RSVP below...

This is good, and needs to be said. I'm glad they published it. (though it may be time to reconsider the name of the magazine).

Learning to Live in the Dark A Conversation on Faith, Humanism, and Radical Solidarity in a Time of Catastrophe Wen Stephenson and Jane Hirshfield September 16th at 5PM ET

Learning to Live in the Dark

Join @learning2live.bsky.social of @thenation.com
and Jane Hirshfield for a conversation on faith, humanism, and radical solidarity in the face of fascism and climate catastrophe.

Tuesday, September 16th at 5 PM ET

RSVP to attend:
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

Welcome to fossil fascism.

I had a deep and wide-ranging conversation with XR Radio @xrglobal.bsky.social about climate + fascism and my book Learning to Live in Dark: Essays in a Time of Catastrophe (@haymarketbooks.org). Big thanks to hosts Matthew Kearney & Alycee Lane.

www.spreaker.com/episode/lear...

First, stop thinking like a "climate movement."

wondered for years if there's literally anything that could happen that could dislodge some people's weird personal resentments from the center of their political analysis. pretty sure the answer is no. some people's diaries from the camps will be about what nouns other leftists should've used most

UChicago Freezing Ph.D. Admissions for Multiple Programs The indebted institution tasked committees of faculty and staff with planning for changes. But this week, a dean forged ahead and announced broad cuts. Two other units are also pausing admissions.

I thought the whole point of UChicago's whole right-wing friendly "free speech university" schtick was that it would keep them from being attacked by Republican administrations the way the Ivies are. Turns out it doesn't matter. www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...

Armed federal officers dressed for war in neck gaiters showing up to the press conference of a political opponent. This is America under Trump. You either resist it, or you lose your nation.

We’re Going After Wells Fargo—Here’s Why | Common Dreams On August 15, we’re planning a nationwide day of actions at Wells Fargo’s headquarters, corporate offices, and branches across the country, to make it clear that the bank cannot bend the knee to Trump...

Wells Fargo has done more to advance Trump’s agenda than any other Wall Street bank.

This week, we're holding them accountable during our national day of action.

Find an event: stmp.link/aug15dayofac...

Read this piece in @commondreams.org:
www.commondreams.org/opinion/hold...

No showers, sleeping on concrete floors: The “squalid” conditions for immigrants in NYC Detainees at 26 Federal Plaza are being denied access to attorneys, medication, hygiene products, and adequate food, according to a legal filing.

No showers, sleeping on concrete floors: The “squalid” conditions for immigrants in NYC

Anti-ICE protesters arrested outside 26 Federal Plaza in NYC New York City police made multiple arrests at another anti-ICE rally outside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan.

Comrades of mine in NYC were part of this. Wish I'd been there. We need more of this kind of righteous action. Much more.

www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...