The Rise of Ecofascism, by Sam Moore and Alex Roberts

Earlier this year I ran a brace of posts by Harriet Bergman on eco-fascism (here and here). It’s a topic I want to keep half an eye on, and so I picked up a copy of Sam Moore and Alex Roberts’ book The Rise of EcoFascism: Climate Change and the Far Right.

One of the first things the authors do is question the term ‘eco-fascism’. It was coined by the environmentalist Murray Bookchin in response to a radical green fringe whose views had taken a particularly ugly turn. They were suggesting ...