Leeds Book Launch: Or Something Worse

Leeds Book Launch: Or Something Worse

Welcome to the Leeds launch event of 'Or Something Worse'! Join us at Hyde Park Book Club and hear from speakers from the climate and justice movement in conversation with author Nicholas Beuret

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Nicholas Beuret is an activist scholar and has been engaged with questions of justice, labour rights, ecological politics and political economy for thirty years. He works as a lecturer at the University of Essex where he teaches environmental and economic politics. He is an active UCU member and has been involved in strike action at his workplace for the last eight years and previously was a Unite rank and file organiser. His writing has been featured in The Guardian, The Ecologist, Open Democracy, Novara Media and Undercurrents.

Nicholas will be in conversation with:

• Cath Long is an ecologist, artist and facilitator with three decades’ experience working with community-led and indigenous people-led projects and campaigns in Europe, Africa and Latin America.
• Keir Milburn is a writer, researcher, and activist. He is an internationally recognised expert on economic democracy, the commons and Public-Common Partnerships, and is co-director of the think tank Abundance and is the co-author of Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future

ABOUT 'OR SOMETHING WORSE'

The net-zero transition isn’t saving the planet — it’s a rigged game where the rich get richer and the rest of us pay the price. Or Something Worse exposes the brutal truth: green capitalism is a scam. Soaring bills. Broken promises. A future stolen in the name of "sustainability."

Governments and corporations are waging a one-sided class war, dressing up exploitation as progress while workers struggle and communities collapse. But resistance is growing.

From “Don’t Pay” rebellions to fossil fuel blockades and community counter-planning - people are fighting back. Or Something Worse reveals how we can seize the transition, dismantle green capitalism, and build a future that works for all — not just the powerful.

This isn’t just a crisis. It’s a war.

pre-order via Verso books - published 23 September 2025

Order via Verso Books - published on 23 September 2025