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The breaking news today is of course the stunning #brexit vote in the UK meaning it will leave the EU, and this presents a very real possibility that the entire EU will break apart. Between Trump, Bernie Sanders, the brexit vote, the various "springs" around the world etc etc etc. One thing is certain, people are pissed and are lashing out whether or not this is a disaster, or the flames before a great rebirth we will simply have to wait and see but it is undeniable the entire world is going through some giant lurching changes right now. The team discusses the political and environmental implications of this vote and the possible repercussions all over the world. This is just a brief! Please check the website here for full show notes: https://greenmajoritymedia.wordpress.com/2016/06/24/burn-this-puppy-down-brexit-508/ We are 100% member supported and need your help! Please check out our Patreon page to learn more: www.patreon.com/greenmajority

Peabody Energy is a massive coal company that recently filed for bankruptcy, and during these proceedings has revealed the monumental degree to which this company was funding public deception and political lobbying around science denial regarding climate change. The question is, was this a lone wolf? A bad actor? Or the norm. In the middle of the program we take a bit of a break from the heavy news to chat with Toronto's music station voice from CHUM FM for the last 40 years Ingrid Schumacher. Ingrid talks about her thoughts on how Toronto has grown up in the last 40 years, animal cruelty and her ability to use her giant microphone to talk about important issues of the day as a music programmer. Finally Stefan and Daryn can't NOT mention the horrific shooting over the weekend, Stefan was already writing a piece about activism in the age of global terror, and so we preview that with some comments about recent events at the end of the program. This is just a brief! Please check the website here for full show notes: https://greenmajoritymedia.wordpress.com/2016/06/17/activism-in-the-age-of-terror-507/ We are 100% member supported and need your help! Please check out our Patreon page to learn more: www.patreon.com/greenmajority

Shell's Oily Shell Game (506) by Green Majority Media

Just Move! (506) by Green Majority Media

Regeneration Gap (505) by Green Majority Media

Oil and Water (504) [Radio Edit] by Green Majority Media

Oil & Water (504) by Green Majority Media

We are in the middle of an unprecedented wave of global action on climate change, CNN is covering airport wait times. This week the team draws the lines from Christy Clark's comments on the need for more resource exploitation to the clear message being sent by grassroots organizations across the world saying that her future is not our future.

On this week's episode, we delve further into our series The Limits of Democracy, focusing specifically on Capitalism, and our system that increasingly seems to be based on a faulty belief in infinite resources. In the news, we look at the Fort McMurray wildfires, and why climate change is not part of the media coverage. Finally, we touch on the impending nomination of Donald Trump and the implications of his potential presidency.

The old saying goes that capitalism is the worst system out there... except for all others. Daryn this week makes a similar argument about Democracy itself, that while it aims for the best possible system to serve all citizens it has some really critical problems that lead to some of the systemic issues it attempts to solve. This is not to say that we should have something other than democracy... no-one on this show promote communism or tyranny. However the time has come to realize that our current model of democracy is designed to create it's own tyranny. The first part of a three part series, the limits of democracy episode takes a cold look at what are the limits of this system we've created, so that we can improve it in the future. Systemic problems require systemic change... all else is foolishness. This is just a brief! Please check the website here for full show notes: We are 100% member supported and need your help! Please check out our Patreon page to learn more: www.patreon.com/greenmajority