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Rebecca Solnit

Rebecca Solnit

Rebecca Solnit is an activist and author of many books, including: "Men Explain Things to Me (2015), "Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities" (2016), "The Faraway Nearby" (2014),  "A Paradise Built in Hell" (2010), "Wanderlust: A History of Walking" (2001), "The Battle of The Story of the Battle in Seattle" (2009, with her brother David), and "Storming The Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics" (2008). She is a contributing editor to Harper's Magazine.

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Climate activists holding a bullhorn

Declare Your Climate Emergency Today

We don't need to wait for so-called leaders. The climate emergency has been declared over and over by Nature and by human suffering and upheaval in response to its catastrophes.

Rebecca Solnit ·

Fossil fuel pollution

We Know What to Do on Climate. We Know How to Do It. Only Question: Will We?

The latest IPCC report on the climate emergency is a devastating document, but it contains plenty of reasons for hope.

Rebecca Solnit ·

Greta Thunberg arrives in New York after a 15-day journey crossing the Atlantic. (Photo: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)

Welcome to the US, Greta. With Your Help We Can Save the Planet and Ourselves

Even in such a divided and troubled country, there is hope. Between us we can beat the climate destroyers.

Rebecca Solnit ·

The Curious Case of Elizabeth Warren and the "Charter School Lobbyist" Who Wasn't

How internet insinuation can quickly become campaign fact

Rebecca Solnit ·

Students from the Youth Strike 4 Climate movement during a climate change protest in London on 15 February. (Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Thank you, Climate Strikers. Your Action Matters and Your Power Will Be Felt

Nothing is possible without action, and almost anything is when we rise up together, as you are today

Rebecca Solnit ·

Being considered a person who should be believed – is foundational to one’s standing as a member of a family, of a university, of a workplace, of a society. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Dear Christine Blasey Ford: You Are a Welcome Earthquake

It was made at great personal cost, but your brave testimony has had incalculable benefits for the country at large

Rebecca Solnit ·

Feminists Have Slowly Shifted Power. There’s No Going Back

The #TimesUp and #MeToo movements are a revolution that could not have taken place without decades of quiet, painstaking groundwork

Rebecca Solnit ·

We Could’ve Avoided President Donald Trump. Now, We Must Learn the Lessons

There were hundreds of opportunities to stop the Republican demagogue. That should focus our minds as he takes the oath of office

Rebecca Solnit ·

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