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@ -37,6 +37,19 @@ There are evident parallels between the global ecological destabilisation and th
With the about-turn in the socio-economic doctrine and the sense of what is possible, we can see this as a historic opening to re-set the terms of the political debate over a long-term threat and to organise collective action to push for a just and sustainable future that will save lives and ecosystems. What is happening now is a drastic departure from the political status quo, showing that human lives come before capitalist accumulation. If people can understand the crisis precipitated in a sudden spike of viral spread, now more than ever we should be able to visualise the crisis precipitated by the slow and even more deadly ecological destabilisation. A radical, socially managed transformation has been shown to be possible. It has to be, however, made urgent. And it has to start from the conditions of socio-economic trouble that the pandemic will leave in its wake.
# Further reading
**For texts referenced in this session see the Notes section below.**
- [Robert G. Wallace, Rodrick Wallace (eds.): "Neoliberal Ebola: Modeling Disease Emergence from Finance to Forest and Farm"](http://93.174.95.29/_ads/8D07B63757F066F0203EE0F4A68B18DD)
- [Robert G. Wallace: "Big Farms Make a Big Flu"](https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/5d5484679ff37c2d4c622bf8)
- [What would happen if the world reacted to climate change like it’s reacting to the coronavirus?](https://www.fastcompany.com/90473758/what-would-happen-if-the-world-reacted-to-climate-change-like-its-reacting-to-the-coronavirus?fbclid=IwAR3GF--L8EW5IqGFCH4p6RQqZ2ylLGKw7x7iAPXwg1kbMuu5mp6_LUk2Z1o)
- [Can Capitalist Reform Save The Environment?](http://www.leftcom.org/en/articles/2020-02-24/can-capitalist-reform-save-the-environment?fbclid=IwAR0RiK8pOb46Ea0bHIKTZki-JxOjhNjahEiJivUnqxHMTVXOcMGPs_BS7Lc)
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# Notes
[^0]: [EcoHealth Alliance's Publication](https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/publications)
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[^7]: [Eric Holthaus: "No, the coronavirus is not good for the climate"](https://thecorrespondent.com/330/no-the-coronavirus-is-not-good-for-the-climate/43687590870-ae5ff40e)
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# Further reading
- [Robert G. Wallace, Rodrick Wallace (eds.): "Neoliberal Ebola: Modeling Disease Emergence from Finance to Forest and Farm"](http://93.174.95.29/_ads/8D07B63757F066F0203EE0F4A68B18DD)
- [Robert G. Wallace: "Big Farms Make a Big Flu"](https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/5d5484679ff37c2d4c622bf8)
- [What would happen if the world reacted to climate change like it’s reacting to the coronavirus?](https://www.fastcompany.com/90473758/what-would-happen-if-the-world-reacted-to-climate-change-like-its-reacting-to-the-coronavirus?fbclid=IwAR3GF--L8EW5IqGFCH4p6RQqZ2ylLGKw7x7iAPXwg1kbMuu5mp6_LUk2Z1o)
- [Can Capitalist Reform Save The Environment?](http://www.leftcom.org/en/articles/2020-02-24/can-capitalist-reform-save-the-environment?fbclid=IwAR0RiK8pOb46Ea0bHIKTZki-JxOjhNjahEiJivUnqxHMTVXOcMGPs_BS7Lc)