Reviews of the book and interviews with the authors.
Book impressions
“Like a hot bread from an oven, this book appears from inside one of the most effective European branches of the climate movement, Climaximo of Portugal. It does not shy away from the enormity of the task this movement has set itself. Activists will find much to chew on. Perhaps they will even discern some recipes for the cook shop where – if anywhere – a future is made.”
“Desde el campesinado defendemos una manera de cultivar la tierra que antepone la vida humana, animal y vegetal, sobre los intereses del Capital, una economía propia para alimentar al mundo. El Capitalismo está en guerra contra quienes defendemos nuestros territorios, nos desplaza a las ciudades para ser mano de obra barata mientras saquea los recursos. Es urgente organizarnos a nivel global para construir este nuevo mundo, las de abajo van por los de arriba”.
"All In é teoria militante no melhor sentido: comprometida, baseada em princípios, fundada numa experiência militante de que não hesita em tirar lições, mesmo as desconfortáveis. É um livro que expressa a íngreme curva de aprendizado dos movimentos ambientais da última década, e que por isso fala sem medo de estratégia, de organização, de construir ecologias capazes de vencer e de pensar grande – porque grandes são os desafios que enfrentamos."
“This book shows the importance and strength of unifying our struggles, going beyond focusing only on our campaigns, and being in solidarity with the struggles of others. This is the way to build peoples power, as this book reveals. If you read this book, you need to start organizing, if not, you must read again. We all must stop being part of the problem and be part of the solution.”
“Only the overwhelming force of free multitudes, unstoppable like a river in full flood, surging past every obstacle, aware of their transformative power and constituted as a true power, the ONLY SEAT OF POWER, can pave the way for a revolution that will finally dismantle the historical structures of oppression threatening the survival of humanity as a whole. Today more than ever, if we want to live, we must recognize the monster before us. But above all, we need inspirational ideas to guide us into ACTION. This book offers that clarity and direction. I highly recommend it.”
“This book is an honest and passionate 'recruitment tool'. Enrooted in struggling and organizing experience, it offers proposals on how 'to find courage inside our fears' for the climate emergency, and to move beyond thought into collective action. Whatever your position in the climate movement, don't miss it.”
“There are few books of this sort. It is a crisp critique of struggles as well as a manual for action. It dips into history, outlines current efforts, cracks and fissures and asks the unavoidable question: why are we complacent in the face of unfolding disasters? This question is for us all to answer.”
“We are heading towards climate hell, with capital's feet on the accelerator. What can one do? The authors of this remarkable essay call for a state of climate emergency, and propose a road map for (anticapitalist) system change. Essential reading for climate activists, ecosocialists and ... everyone.”
“En el libro All In, Mariana y Sinan, nos vuelan la cabeza desde una pregunta inicial, somos concientes de la gravedad de lo que está pasando. Nos muestra la responsabilidad del Capitalismo de la actual crisis sistémica, nos muestran la necesidad de una acción global ahora y la necesidad de construir una alternativa. Para ello nos convocan a la unidad y trabajar por un sujeto global que asuma la responsabilidad de la acción de transformación profunda, por un camino de revolución. Basado en un recorrido histórico de aprendizajes, nos proponen un camino a seguir para lograr el objetivo de derrumbar el capitalismo, acción global Revolucionaria ahora”.
"All In describes our challenge in stark terms. Capitalism is driving the climate crisis and there’s only a decade or so to stop already dangerous climate change becoming runaway climate chaos. So the task is to dismantle capitalism and do it in short order. The prospect, perhaps, does not look good. Imperial capital appears entrenched and fiercely reactionary – but also ridden by successive crises. More to the point, the climate justice movement has no coherent plan, nor even a coherent space in which to plan, for its overthrow. All In invites us to get real about what we have to do to make that space and plan together. "
“If Rosa Luxemburg was correct that it’s either “socialism or barbarism” and Naomi Klein that capitalism is the root cause of the climate crisis, then the authors of All In! ask the next logical question: How do we overthrow capitalism in time to preserve a livable planet? Their conclusions and the revolutionary roadmap they lay out should shock us all into immediate action.”
"All In recupera o debate clássico das hipóteses estratégicas da revolução socialista, há muito abandonado, para colocar o colapso climático no centro das reflexões e das lutas anticapitalistas e internacionalistas do século XXI. É um sopro de oxigênio revigorante e um empurrão indispensável para esquerdas que, frequentemente, encontram-se perplexas e sem rumo."
"All In is a short, sharp, shock of a book; and it does exactly what it says on the tin. ... The ambition of the project is compelling, the breadth of history taken as a reference is impressive, the depth of intellectual references is persuasive."
"All In wrestles with questions that should be on the minds of everyone who is concerned about the state of the world we live in."
"All In is an ambitious and necessary book. It doesn't just theorize, but calls for concrete action, offering analytical tools and operational strategies."