There is a recent film How to Blow Up a Pipeline portraying some people that could be called eco-terris as the heroes. The new film is presenting a very specific type of climate activism which is more severe than anything we're really seeing so far. We have not seen this level, that level of destruction of property yet as a common practice amongst climate activists. It's not to say we won't in the future. As somebody who actually has a screenplay that is currently being considered amongst production companies based on one of my books, I would say we need so much more popular culture to be thinking about and discussing and understanding this world.
From the Boston Tea Party to the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, activists have long sought to bring pressing issues into the public consciousness. Climate activism is no different. This past Earth Day spawned a new ripple of climate activism. Activists protested at the headquarters of BlackRock in New York City, smeared paint on the casing around an Edgar Degas statue and even tried to block the entrance of the White House Correspondents dinner in DC. But that’s not the only style of activism that’s happening. Some are working from within big institutions to effect change. So what actions really move the needle?
Guests:
Dana Fisher, Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland
Rose Abramoff, Earth Scientist and Climate Activist
Ilana Cohen, Lead Organizer, Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard
For show notes and related links, visit ClimateOne.org.
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