Carol Schaeffer, journalist

A party piñata for the far-right

Hello everyone and welcome to another interview with someone from somewhere on the left. What a turbulent week. When I last emailed, the fires in Los Angeles were just beginning to really pick up. All climate catastrophes both terrify me and break my heart, but this is the first one endangering a lot of people I know. They’re all fine, as I hope your friends and family are too, but already, the number of displaced and homeless people is devastating. I keep finding myself wondering what the tipping point will be. If you haven’t read Kim Stanley Robinson’s ‘The Ministry for the Future’, I’d really recommend it. I typically hate sci-fi and ‘cli-fi’ because I read fiction at night to relax, but I pushed through and learned so much from this novel. Also, I’m going to try and book some guests about climate change soon, so please let me know if there is anyone you’d like to hear from. And in the meantime, please keep safe.