Andrew Ahern

Ecological politics, philosophy, and science 🌻
Blue sky: andrewonearth 🦋

[Andrew Ahern @AndrewsonEarth]

Capital from Zero: Reading Marx in the Age of Climate Catastrophe by @koheisaito0131 out in July, 2026

[Andrew Ahern @AndrewsonEarth]

I am in @Dollars_Sense today with an article about the aging outdoor workforce, the rising trend of using child labor, and what that means in an increasingly warming world
https://t.co/hIG9CokrcW

[Dollars & Sense @Dollars_Sense]

Who Will Work in a Warming World?
https://t.co/EeOH1UBAHn

[Andrew Ahern @AndrewsonEarth]

@mbickhardt_ Stoked to read. Great work

[Andrew Ahern @AndrewsonEarth]

“capitalism is both more and less than sheer growth. More, because growth does not illuminate the class and property relations central to capital accumulation; less, capitalism has difficulty accommodating the system’s tendencies toward the opposite”
https://t.co/Ib6waqiBRM

[Andrew Ahern @AndrewsonEarth]

@johnpmerrick It was a great interview

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“These cooperatives are not merely a source of inspiration: they provide a blueprint for cooperatives around the world as seeds of a just future that exist within the confines of capitalism today.”

[Tricontinental Institute for Social Research @tri_continental]

Can workers run the economy?
Kerala says yes.

16,429 cooperatives. 4.8 million women in Kudumbashree. Asia's largest workers' cooperative. Small tea growers defeating Big Tea.

Our new study on how communist-led class struggle built "possible communism."

https://t.co/2JdLZQq2vi

[Andrew Ahern @AndrewsonEarth]

@its_mccarthy I don’t think many academic Marxists realize (or care) how alienating they make Marxism with their interpersonal squabbles and Holier than Thou Exegesis on What Marx Really Meant.

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https://t.co/4PiAr4iigU

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Emissions rose in 2024 according to a new report.

“Researchers predict that emissions rose in several of the world’s largest economies. U.S. emissions were expected to have increased by 1.9%, India’s by 1.4% and China’s by 0.4%. Emissions from aviation had a rise of 6.8%.”

[Andrew Ahern @AndrewsonEarth]

Do you like food? Do you want stable agriculture moving forward? Do you want to reduce pollution, emissions, bad labor practices, harm to animals? Because its at risk in a warming world & not coincidentally the foods that cause warming are highly inflated.
https://t.co/7RXJqMoSRv

[Andrew Ahern @AndrewsonEarth]

Democrats should be the party of expanded fossil fuels. Got it. We already have that. It’s called the two party system we already operate in.

There’s really no need to make this an advocacy campaign because the party is already doing this. Somehow the warming will stop though

[Jesse D. Jenkins @JesseJenkins]

Okay. I finally read the op ed. @MattYglesias is right. (98% right at least, which is an A+ for a NYT op ed). Don't @ me. It's the holidays and I don't have the appetite. But Matty's position is pragmatic, substantively sound, and the only way we have a chance of making any progress on climate in this moment.

[Andrew Ahern @AndrewsonEarth]

According to new polling, most votes see the climate crisis as impacting affordability. These are not mutually exclusive.

But Democrats, including their elite consultants and academics has FAILED on all accounts in making this connection.
https://t.co/AHekvqZFL5

[Andrew Ahern @AndrewsonEarth]

This perfectly encapsulates why capitalism will not solve the climate crisis:

Solar power is lowering electricity costs in Spain, thereby impacting profits for solar developers. So the developers are starting to retreat from building more solar.
https://t.co/t7c4uUDR9v

[Andrew Ahern @AndrewsonEarth]

“The first major study into public attitudes toward degrowth—the notion that high-income economies should prioritize well-being over growing production—reveals significant public support for its key ideas across both the UK (74–84%) and US (67–73%).”
https://t.co/V8tVEcSDm7

[Andrew Ahern @AndrewsonEarth]

Gabriel Rockhill: Who Paid the Piper of Western Marxism?
https://t.co/LVr41tIiae

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