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Added 2019-12-04 20:17:15 +0000 UTCTitle: Naomi Klein on the Case for a Green New Deal
Description:
The climate crisis is accelerating faster than expected. This November, 11,000 scientists from 153 countries declared that “We’re reaching potentially irreversible climate tipping points—climate chain reactions that could cause significant disruptions to ecosystems, society, and economies...” In this episode of the Laura Flanders Show, author and activist Naomi Klein discusses her new book, On Fire, in which she argues that addressing the climate crisis requires more than simply reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Through a series of essays, Klein makes the case for a Green New Deal that tackles the causes and impacts of climate change while confronting racial and economic inequality. We cannot, she says, address one without the other.
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•Extreme Cities: Ground Zero For Climate Change
•Women of Color Lead the Way +Fire Drill Friday's with Jane Fonda
•How Cities Respond to Climate Change
•Planning For Climate Disaster: David Harvey and Thanu Yakupitiyage
Related Articles and Resources:
•On Fire: the burning case for a green new deal by Naomi Klein
•Forged in Fire: California's Lessons For a Green New Deal
Guest Bio:
Naomi Klein is a Canadian author, activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses and criticism of corporate globalization and of capitalism. She is the Gloria Steinem Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University. Her most recent book is On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal.
Music Featured in the Middle of the Show:
"Wake Up" by Dawn Drake & ZapOte, produced by Chico Mann and Geoff Mann, courtesy of PMX Records.
