End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World

Synopsis

The planet burns and shared reality melts as a new iteration of the far right takes shape. In this scathing investigation, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor examine the apocalyptic thinking of Christian nationalists, Silicon Valley technologists, and populist survivalists who increasingly define the contemporary right.

These groups may appear to have little in common, but Klein and Taylor show how they are united by a belief in an approaching cleansing catastrophe—whether through religious prophecy, artificial intelligence, or fears of immigration and cultural replacement. End Times Fascism explores the ideology of those who seek to make the world unlivable and then protect themselves from its consequences, while arguing that their contradictions and inability to imagine a shared future leave them vulnerable to a politics rooted in reverence for our shared existence and the earth we inhabit.

About the Author

Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, author, and activist whose books include No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything, and Doppelganger. She is an associate professor of geography and codirector of the Centre for Climate Justice at the University of British Columbia.

Astra Taylor is an award-winning writer, activist, and documentarian and a cofounder of the Debt Collective. She is the author of The People’s Platform, Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone, and The Age of Insecurity.

Publisher

Knopf Canada

Publication Date

September 15, 2026

Format

Hardcover

Pages

384

Subjects

Art & Ideas · Political Science · Fascism & Totalitarianism · Environmental Politics · Social Criticism

ISBN

9781039059375

us private islands, rocketing off to Mars, or bunkering the nation to keep their enemies at bay. The new survivalists have accumulated power, but they are far from impregnable. As Klein and Taylor show via original reporting and analysis, their many internal conflicts and contradictions and their nihilistic inability to envision a shared future, even for their ostensible allies, leaves them vulnerable to a new kind of “pro-life” politics—rooted in reverence for our shared existence and regard for the earth we inhabit and must protect.