The MEP’s Ecosocialist Study Group meets monthly to discuss important new works on the science and politics of the climate emergency, the nature of economic and ecological crises, and related topics.
Previously read:
- Against the Crisis: Economy and Ecology in a Burning World, by Ståle Holgersen
- Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature, by Alyssa Battistoni
- Extraction, by Thea Riofrancos
- The Alibi of Capital, by Timothy Mitchell
- Metabolic Rifts, by Ian Angus
Currently reading (September 2026):
- Anthropocene Communism: Land and Capital in the Age of Disaster, by Paul Guillibert
Under consideration:
- Why We Fear AI: On the Interpretation of Nightmares, by Hagen Blix & Ingeborg Glimmer
- Labour, Nature, Value: André Gorz between Marxism and Degrowth, by Emanuele Leonardi
- Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown, by Wim Carton and Andreas Malm
- The Long Heat: Climate Politics When It’s Too Late, by Carton and Malm
- More, More and More: An All-Consuming History of Energy, by Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
- Working Nature: A History of the Energy Economy, by Daniela Russ
- How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We’re Going, by Vaclav Smil