Todd Dufresne https://todddufresne.com Professor, Author Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:24:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 151786514 The Future Belongs to Those Who Fight: Climate Revolution for Beginners https://todddufresne.com/writing/the-future-belongs-to-those-who-fight-climate-revolution-for-beginners/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:14:22 +0000 https://todddufresne.com/?p=276

We are living through the sixth mass extinction. Capitalism, the essential driver of carbon emissions, is reaching its inevitably brutal endgame: techno-feudalism. Not only are we facing a climate emergency – we need to prepare for climate revolution.

In a series of reports from the front lines, philosopher-journalist Todd Dufresne provides an urgent analysis of the knowledge and morals that are fuelling this revolution. His manifesto outlines the links between Western values, capitalism, and climate change, rejecting the “pathology of politeness” afflicting mainstream climate activism and warning that the systemic violence of post-capitalist society will be met with violence. Dufresne champions the radical critics of capitalism whose ideas, courage, and exuberant energy have the power to forestall the social murder of humanity in service of short-term profits for a tiny, irredeemable elite.

A fearless – and fearsome – account of the world-historical social and material conditions confronting us, THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO FIGHT is a call to support utopic realism: a vision that embraces empathy, freedom, community, and universal human rights. It lays out what may be the only path to a world worth living in: left populism.

“What an urgent and important book. Todd Dufresne has given us an indispensable primer – a superb introduction to the realities of global climate change. But more than this, he has issued an eloquent and impassioned call to action. Although the clock is indeed ticking, THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO FIGHT is a reminder that, for better or for worse, we have a history yet to make. Let us fight for it.”

David McNally, University of Houston

“This is a very fine book: philosophy perfectly attuned to our precise – and unique – moment, a moment when our species became suddenly very big indeed. Understanding what this means for how we see and understand the world is a crucial first step for the vital project of reducing our impact on everything around us.”

BILL MCKIBBEN, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?

THIS IS NOT A BOOK OF DESPAIR but a manifesto for utopian realism: a demand that we reclaim freedom, equality, and justice from a system built on profit and violence. The message is clear – the future will be won only by those who fight.”
KOHEI SAITO, author of Slow Down:

The Degrowth Manifesto
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It was standing room only at the launch for Dr. Todd’s latest book, ‘The Future Belongs to Those Who Fight: Climate Revolution for Beginners’. In fact, Todd and guest moderator Paul Berger gave up their chairs to members of the audience and stood for the remainder of the evening.

Join Todd at upcoming launches in a city near you:

  • May 7: Winnipeg, McNally Robinson Bookstore (Grant Park)
  • June 2: Toronto, A Different Booklist
  • June 3: Ottawa, Perfect Books

]]> 265 Book Launch — Ottawa: ‘The Future Belongs to Those Who Fight’ https://todddufresne.com/writing/book-launch-ottawa-the-future-belongs-to-those-who-fight/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:00:25 +0000 https://todddufresne.com/?p=261 More]]> Join Todd in Ottawa for the launch of his new book, ‘The Future Belongs to Those Who Fight’ – Wednesday, June 3, 7-8:30PM at Perfect Books (258A Elgin St.).

]]> 261 Book Launch – Toronto: ‘The Future Belongs to Those Who Fight’ https://todddufresne.com/writing/book-launch-toronto-the-future-belongs-to-those-who-fight/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:48:47 +0000 https://todddufresne.com/?p=258 More]]> Join Todd in Toronto for the launch of his new book, ‘The Future Belongs to Those Who Fight’ – Tuesday, June 2, 7-8:30PM at A Different Booklist (779 Bathurst St.).

]]> 258 “Climate change is class warfare — fight back”: OpEd for The Winnipeg Free Press https://todddufresne.com/writing/climate-change-is-class-warfare-fight-back-oped-for-the-winnipeg-free-press/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:45:01 +0000 https://todddufresne.com/?p=256 https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/2026/04/15/climate-change-is-class-warfare-fight-back

]]> 256 Knock on Wood: Todd Reviews “In Trees: An Exploration” by Robert Moor for Literary Review of Canada https://todddufresne.com/book-reviews/knock-on-wood-todd-reviews-in-trees-an-exploration-by-robert-moor-for-literary-review-of-canada/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:41:55 +0000 https://todddufresne.com/?p=253 https://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2026/05/knock-on-wood-review-in-trees/

]]> 253 Book Launch – Winnipeg: ‘The Future Belongs to Those Who Fight’ https://todddufresne.com/writing/book-launch-winnipeg-the-future-belongs-to-those-who-fight/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 03:54:56 +0000 https://todddufresne.com/?p=247 Join Todd at McNally Robinson Bookstore, Grant Park, for the launch of his new book, ‘The Future Belongs to Those Who Fight: Climate Revolution for Beginners’, on Thursday, May 7 at 7pm.

]]> 247 Book Launch – Thunder Bay: ‘The Future Belongs to Those Who Fight’ https://todddufresne.com/writing/book-launch-the-future-belongs-to-those-who-fight/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 03:39:59 +0000 https://todddufresne.com/?p=245 Join Todd as he launches his new book, “The Future Belongs to Those Who Fight: Climate Revolution for Beginners”, at Entershine Bookshop, Thursday April 9 from 7-8:30PM

]]> 245 CBC Radio Interview https://todddufresne.com/interviews/cbc-radio-interview/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 03:36:02 +0000 https://todddufresne.com/?p=243 Todd is interviewed by Superior Morning on CBC Radio on his upcoming book ‘The Future Belongs to Those Who Fight: Climate Revolution for Beginners”

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-391-superior-morning/clip/16204622-todd-dufresne-the-future-belongs-those-who-fight

]]> 243 Video: Interview with Cambridge University Press https://todddufresne.com/interviews/video-interview-with-cambridge-university-press/ Sat, 01 Feb 2025 18:58:29 +0000 https://todddufresne.com/?p=225 Todd discusses Freud, including what Freud’s perspective on current global events may have been, with Janka Romero, Commissioning Editor of Psychology at Cambridge University Press.

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