Table of contents : Introduction / Martin Empson ... 6 Chapter 1 Hopelessly Devoted to Fossil Fuels / Amy Leather ... 14 Chapter 2 Marxism and the Anthropocene / Camilla Royle ... 23 Chapter 3 The Discovery and Rediscovery of Metabolic Rift / Ian Angus ... 51 Chapter 4 Karl Marx's Idea of Ecosocialism in the 21st Century / Kohei Saito ... 68 Chapter 5 Natural Capital: A Neoliberal Response to Species Extinction / Ian Rappel ... 73 Chapter 6 Food, Agriculture and Climate Change / Martin Empson ... 96 Chapter 7 Capitalism and the Biodiversity Crisis / Sarah Ensor ... 133 Chapter 8 Why Capitalism Loves Plastic / Amy Leather ... 140 Chapter 9 Canada's Tar Sands, Indigenous Sovereignty and Just Transition for Workers / Carolyn Egan and Michelle Robidoux ... 149 Chapter 10 Up Against the Clock: Climate, Social Movements and Marxism / Suzanne Jeffery ... 154 Chapter 11 Can We Build a Sustainable Society? / Martin Empson ... 174 Further Reading