Global Burning

In Global Burning, Eve Darian-Smith uses catastrophic wildfires in Australia, Brazil, and the United States as a lens to explore the interconnected rise of extreme right-wing governments, anti-environmentalism, and climate change.

She argues that these fires are not isolated events but are linked through global systems of capitalism, colonialism, industrialization, and resource extraction.

The book highlights how political erosion of liberal democracy and environmental degradation are intertwined, emphasizing the disproportionate impacts on Indigenous and minority communities.

Darian-Smith calls for a new political and moral framework that prioritizes people over profits to address the climate crisis and resist authoritarianism.