RaveThe Los Angeles Review of BooksNaomi Klein’s new book, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal, tackles questions of power head on. Written in the lucid, urgent prose that characterizes much of Klein’s work, the book collects essays published over the last 10 years, a period Klein calls the \'lost decade,\' when lawmakers missed a crucial opportunity to start decarbonizing the global economy. Klein’s thinking, admirably consistent, develops over this period in subtle but telling ways ... Klein’s sense of strategy sharpens ... There’s no question that Klein is a utopian thinker. But she’s also a realist. Among On Fire’s most valuable contributions is Klein’s effort to reclaim the language of \'realism\' from the do-nothings — the political and business elites who, for years, have dismissed decarbonization proposals as childish fantasies ... For Klein, a global economic overhaul is very much in the cards. But students cutting class is not enough to make it happen ... make no mistake: Klein is perhaps the most important ecosocialist writer today. She doesn’t write for people with power, but for the people who are poised to take it. She not only openly advocates for ecosocialism...but also articulates her position with a clarity and moral force designed to win people to the cause. Such work is not just indispensable. It is the whole point.
