A tale of two conferences: The social and ecological crises of capitalism

by Chris Williams


“It’s impossible!” I said.“No Johnny, we’re impossible. It’s like it always was ten million years ago.It hasn’t changed. It’s us and the land that’ve changed, become impossible, us!”—Ray Bradbury, from the short story “The Foghorn”—

Sometimes, the calendar of international conferences attended by global elites serves up potent lessons for the rest of us, when they shine