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"More rail yes, HS2 maybe not": Simon Nelson wrote that article for Solidarity 535, February 2020. After that is a response by Mark Catterall’, then a reply to that by Simon Nelson. Then there is the Further Reading box. More, a paper version of the booklet For Workers' Climate Action (4th edition), and a contents list, at workersliberty.org/climate-pamphlet *Further reading* We have a weekly environmental column in Solidarity, and hundreds of climate articles on our website. There are countless books we might recommend, beyond those reviewed and mentioned so far. But there are a few notable areas which we wanted to cover in this pamphlet, but couldn’t because of space. What is the ruling class likely to do in response to climate change, in the coming decades? We read and discussed a book, Climate Leviathan, that we were heavily critical of, but which is nonetheless thought provoking. See two reviews: “Against Leviathan, a workers’ plan” bit.ly/against-leviathan and “Four climate futures” bit.ly/4-climate-f How may global warming play out? David Wallace-Wells’ The Uninhabitable Earth attempts to sketch answers. “Climate disaster is already with us” is a review of this book. There have been some critical replies, and a debate, following this. The interlocutors both agree the book is worth reading. See the articles: bit.ly/w-wells Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming by Andreas Malm attempts to chart the rise of steam power and its links to the development of capitalism. We are critical of much of his politics. See workersliberty.org/malm-debate for several differing reviews on Malm’s writings, a debate, plus a critical study guide. We read and discussed several different readings on “Degrowth” from a Marxist perspective. Readings and videos at workersliberty.org/readings-degrowth *Stay updated* The climate, and related science, politics, and activism are constantly changing. This pamphlet will start going out of date as soon as we publish it. We work to make that happen: to build a climate movement to move us onto a different track. Here are some ways to keep up to date: • Our website, workersliberty.org • Articles at workersliberty.org/climate-change • Subscribe to receive our weekly newspaper Solidarity, and support our work, for only £5 per month, at workersliberty.org/sub • Events, including our socialist environmental study group, at workersliberty.org/events • Contact us, and get more involved. Call 020 7394 8923, email awl@workersliberty.org or find us on facebook, twitter, or instagram: @workersliberty