Mikaela Loach's essential climate activism reads
By DK Books
Mikaela Loach's essential climate activism reads
By DK Books
Named in Forbes 2020 as one of the most influential women in the UK climate movement, twenty four year old powerhouse Mikaela Loach is on a mission to action real climate change. Her new book, It's Not That Radical, offers a fresh and radical perspective, focusing on the climate crises and the intersection with anti-racism, feminism, ethical fashion, wealth inequality and refugee rights. Written with hope and candour, it will give you the tools you need to fight for a better future.
In the list below, Mikaela has grouped together some of the essential climate activism reads that informed It's Not That Radical. Let's get to work!
It's Not That Radical: Climate Action to Transform Our World
Mikaela Loach
£16.99 £16.14'Practical and urgent – this is a clarion call for transformation from the front lines of the fight for people and planet.' NAOMI KLEIN
Your Silence Will Not Protect You: Essays and Poems
Audre Lorde
£13.99 £13.29This collection of essays has moved me and guided me so much in my life. Lorde's essay on "The Uses of The Erotic" has guided me so much in my life. She reminds us to imagine, to not be limited by the world as it currently is and to hold our humanity and the humanity of others with us always.
What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition
Emma Dabiri
£7.99 £7.59A brilliant, succinct book on where we go from here - what race is, what whiteness is and the importance of building strong coalitions that can face up to the power of the elite class. I devoured this in a day when I first read it - it is a gift! It was one of the biggest inspirations for writing my book.
Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
Olufemi (Georgetown University) O. Taiwo
£12.99 £12.34This book really informed the chapter "That's Not The Diversity We Want". A foundational text for understanding critiques of inclusion politics.
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate
Naomi Klein
£14.99 £14.24A brilliant deep dive into why capitalism and our planet are at odds with each other and why we must challenge our economic system if we want to survive the climate crisis.
Hope In The Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
Rebecca Solnit
£10.99 £10.44This book will show you what hope is: an active stance we take in the world rather than a passive thing that is given to us by others. It will show you that we have to have create that hope and so many have transformed the world before and will again.
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
Adrienne Maree Brown
£12.50 £11.87A foundational text for any organisers. brown is so generous with us.
The Purpose of Power: From the co-founder of Black Lives Matter
Alicia Garza
£9.99 £9.49I virtually met Alicia Garza, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, on a panel by the Ella Baker School of Organising we were both on at one of the launch events for this book and that conversation really stayed with me. I love what Garza writes on resisting individualism and building leaderful movements.
We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice
Adrienne Maree Brown
£5.00 £4.75I absolutely ADORE this book. adrienne mareé brown is one of my favourite writers and communicators. It was her work that first made me understand the power of our imaginations. With this short book, brown invites us to bring in a liberated, abolitionist world into our lives today.
Are Prisons Obsolete?
Angela Davis
£10.99 £10.44Abolitionist ideals inform all the work I do. This book was the first I ever read on prison abolition and it is a super important book for anyone who wants us to build a better world.
Freedom Is A Constant Struggle
Angela Y. Davis
£10.99 £10.44Angela Davis is one of my biggest inspirations. I love what she says in this book about the importance of resisting hero narratives and individualism in order for our movements to succeed.
A People's Green New Deal
Max Ajl
£14.99A sensational book. Really is a must read if you want to understand how we build climate justice.