GND Media GND Classic: Climate Reparations with Dr Keston Perry
This episode was first broadcast on June 14th 2021
This week on the show we are joined by Dr Keston Perry. Keston is a lecturer in economics and political economy at University of West of England (UWE).
We discuss in practical terms what reparations would mean, the historical racism embedded into Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal and how a Green New Deal must be designed in that context, as well as the reverberations of the Haitian Revolution and how taking a paternalistic approach to defeating climate change won't bring justice to those most effected by it.
Links
Sorting out the Mixed Economy by Amy Offner
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ehr.12988
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney
https://www.versobooks.com/books/2785-how-europe-underdeveloped-africa
William Sandy Darity on reparations
https://reparations4slavery.com/william-sandy-darity-jr/
Shout outs
Professor Maxine Burkett
Asad Rehman
@chilledasad100
Alex O'keefe- Ex Sunrise Movement leader for holding the movement to a higher standard
@_dotgov
Alex's Thread on the situation at Sunrise
https://twitter.com/_dotgov/status/1402249288818769920
Cycling UK- for their campaign Big bike revival
@WeAreCyclingUK
The fantastic organisations supporting refugees across the UK to mark Refugee Week 2021
@RefugeeAction
@GMIAU
@AmnestyUK
@FreefromTorture
@AsylumMatters
@FootballMuseum