'Russell Warfield expertly traces how successive crises of global capitalism have exposed the divide between the 1% benefitting from our economic model, and the 99% suffering from it. Warfield shows that ecosocialism is the only answer to the crises we face. Essential reading for any serious left organiser' Grace Blakeley, author of Vulture Capitalism 'A much-needed book. Brilliantly explains that the Green Party was in search of a leader like Polanski and why we should not be surprised that this is a movement still moving leftwards' Danny Dorling, author of The Next Crisis 'A serious and much-needed book that challenges the media belief in the Zack Polanski surge as a flash in the pan, and argues for the viability of the Green Party in England and Wales as a necessary political vehicle for the transformation of the whole country' James Meadway, host of Macrodose podcast 'Russell has been in the heart of the Greens for all our major steps forward over the past decade, so this action-packed must-read is for anyone wanting to understand how the party seems to have come out of nowhere to strike a chord with a new generation' Sian Berry MP 'We know the British Left is in urgent need of a new politics. Warfield makes a nuanced, compelling case that Polanski's leadership of the Green Party now offers our best chance of defeating the rising racist, reactionary politics of our time through his commitment to an egalitarian, eco-populism capable of reviving the Left in our warming world. Beautifully written, this book deserves a wide readership' Lynne Segal, author of Lean on Me: A Politics of Radical Care 'Brilliantly written, this book offers an unparalleled inside track on both Polanski the figure and the movement behind him, seamlessly shifting gears between deep history and fresh analysis. This is the outstanding read on the new Green left of the 2020s - insightful, entertaining and essential' Michael Chessum, author of This Is Just The Beginning: The Making of a New Left, From Anti-Austerity to the Fall of Corbyn 'Polanski's success as the Greens' leader has stirred conversations about the party's formation, its politics and trajectory. Warfield's fantastic book answers those questions and then some, scoping the tensions, controversies and opportunities that await this insurgent eco-populism.

It's an essential read' Jonas Patrick Marvin, cohost of Life of the Party podcast and author of The Breaking of the English Working Class 'A brilliantly readable, insightful, balanced and optimistic account of arguably the most important political development of our times: the emergence of the Green Party as a serious electoral force to Labour's left' Jeremy Gilbert, author of Twenty-First Century Socialism.