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'The Interview': Rebecca Solnit Says the Left's Next Hero Is Already Here

March 7, 2026·38 min·3-min readinterviewpolitics
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Rebecca Solnit’s new book, The Beginning Comes After the End, offers a hopeful, historically grounded philosophy of change, arguing that progress—though nonlinear and contested—is real and driven by collective action, interconnection, and deep cultural shifts rather than individual savi

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Rebecca Solnit

interview on The Daily

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Rebecca SolnitDavid MarcheseThich Nhat Hanh

Books

The Beginning Comes After the Endby Rebecca SolnitHope in the Darkby Rebecca SolnitMen Explain Things to Meby Rebecca SolnitA Field Guide to Getting Lostby Rebecca Solnit

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Climate ChangeLgbtq RightsLong Form JournalismPhilosophyRacial JusticeUs Politics

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