Introduction. The Ecological Revolution -- Pt. 1. The Planetary Crisis -- 1. The Ecology of Destruction -- 2. Ecology: The Moment of Truth -- 3. Rachel Carson's Ecological Critique -- 4. Peak Oil and Energy Imperialism -- 5. The Pentagon and Climate Change -- 6. The Jevons Paradox: Environment and Technology under Capitalism -- 7. A Planetary Defeat: The Failure of Global Environmental Reform -- Pt. 2. Marx's Ecology -- 8. Marx's Ecology in Historical Perspective -- 9. Marx's Theory of Metabolic Rift: Classical Foundations for Environmental Sociology -- 10. Capitalism and Ecology:The Nature of the Contradiction -- 11. The Communist Manifesto and the Environment -- 12. Ecological Imperialism: The Curse of Capitalism -- Pt. 3. Ecology and Revolution -- 13. Envisioning Ecological Revolution -- 14. Ecology and the Transition from Capitalism to Socialism.