Destruction of Palestine Is the Destruction of the Earth

Israel's pulverization of Gaza since October 7, 2023 is not only a humanitarian crisis, but an environmental catastrophe. Far from the first event of its kind, the devastation Israel has inflicted on Palestine since October 2023 has merely ushered in a new phase in a long history of colonization and extraction that reaches back to the nineteenth century. In this book, Andreas Malm argues that a true understanding of the present crisis requires a longue duree analysis of Palestine's subjugation to fossil empire. Returning to the British empire's first use of steam-power in war, in which it destroyed the Palestinian city of Akka, Malm traces the development of Britain's fossil empire and shows how this enduring commitment to fossil energy continues to drive Western support for the destruction of Palestine today.

Product details

• Authors: Andreas Malm, Malm Andreas
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.01.2025
• EAN: 9781836740070
• ISBN: 978-1-83674-007-0
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 180 mm x 5 mm
• Series: The Verso Palestine Pamphlets
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, Palestine, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution