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XR Nottingham Book Club

September 10, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Free

Chatting about ‘How to Blow up a Pipeline’ by Andreas Malm
Mammoth Cinema 7-9pm
Tue 10th September

Read or listen to the book and join us for a relaxed conversation upstairs at Mammoth Cinema.

A bit more about the bookHow to Blow Up a Pipeline, in this lyrical manifesto, noted climate scholar (and saboteur of SUV tires and coal mines) Andreas Malm makes an impassioned call for the climate movement to escalate its tactics in the face of ecological collapse. We need, he argues, to force fossil fuel extraction to stop–with our actions, with our bodies, and by defusing and destroying its tools. We need, in short, to start blowing up some oil pipelines.

Offering a counter-history of how mass popular change has occurred, from the democratic revolutions overthrowing dictators to the movement against apartheid and for women’s suffrage, Malm argues that the strategic acceptance of property destruction and violence has been the only route for revolutionary change. In a braided narrative that moves from the forests of Germany and the streets of London to the deserts of Iraq, Malm offers us an incisive discussion of the politics and ethics of pacifism and violence, democracy and social change, strategy and tactics, and a movement compelled by both the heart and the mind. Here is how we fight in a world on fire.

No obligation to have finished the book to come along.
All welcome.
Hot and cold drinks available to buy at low prices (bring cash)

We have a XR Nottm Book Club WhatsApp chat, if you’d like to join it, either ask at this next meeting, or email email hidden; JavaScript is required with your phone number and we’ll send you a link to join.

Details

Date:
September 10, 2024
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost:
Free

Organizer

Extinction Rebellion Nottingham
Email
info@xrnottingham.org

Venue

Mammoth Cinema, 25 Broad St, Nottingham NG1 3AP
Mammoth Cinema, 25 Broad St, Nottingham NG1 3AP + Google Map