Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.  Ten days out from Election Day, it looks like the worst has been averted. A presidential candidate who ran on the most ambitious climate platform the US has ever seen soundly defeated one who has spent the last four years torching environmental regulations, installing fossil fuel barons in the highest executive offices, and casting doubt on the reality of the climate crisis itself.  Yet the early days of the transition have underlined that Joe Biden is far from the candidate that the climate movement dreamed of—and that his plans for mitigating the crisis fall far short of what the science demands. Further clouding the picture, Democrats’ chances of winning control of the Senate and passing anything even close to meaningful climate legislation have been whittled down to just one date: January 5, when Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock will have a second chance at ousting Georgia’s Republicans. So where should the climate movement be focusing its energy over the coming weeks, months, and years as we enter the Biden era? Kate and Daniel sit down to debrief a tumultuous election—and what could be an even more tumultuous next phase.Further reading Kate: Will Biden Repeat Obama’s Mistakes? (New Republic) Kate: The Democrats Will Suffer if They Abandon the Green New Deal (New Republic) Daniel: With Joe Biden, There’s Still a Case for Climate Optimism (Novara Media) Daniel: The Case for Social Housing (with Mark Paul, The Justice Collaborative) Climate Change | President-Elect Joe Biden  Climate Mandate – The Team We Need to Combat the Climate Crisis (Sunrise Movement, Justice Democrats) The Climate21 Project Deconstructed: What Happened? (Ryan Grim with Ilhan Omar and Mike Siegel, The Intercept)   What Went Wrong for Congressional Democrats in 2020 (Open letter from New Deal Strategies, Justice Democrats, Sunrise Movement, Data for Progress) Andy Levin viewed as likely contender for Biden’s labor secretary (Melissa Nann Burke, Detroit News) Obama and the Arugula Scandal (Daily Kos) Joe Biden and climate change: 10 executive actions President-elect Biden is planning (Umair Irfan, Vox) Belabored: Labor at the Ballot Box  Working People Dragged Joe Biden Over the Finish Line (Jane McAlevey, The Nation) Rio Grande Valley Republicans (Mike Davis, London Review of Books) Strikes during the New Deal, via Raj Patel A Crisis Wasted: Barack Obama’s Defining Decisions by Reed Hundt The post Hot &amp; Bothered: A Glide Path to Ruin appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. Ten days out from Election Day, it looks like the worst has been averted. A presidential candidate who ran on the most ambitious climate platform the US has ever seen soundly defeated one who has spent the last four years torching environmental regulations, installing fossil fuel barons in the highest executive offices, and casting doubt on the reality of the climate crisis itself.  Yet the early days of the transition have underlined that Joe Biden is far from the candidate that the climate movement dreamed of—and that his plans for mitigating the crisis fall far short of what the science demands. Further clouding the picture, Democrats’ chances of winning control of the Senate and passing anything even close to meaningful climate legislation have been whittled down to just one date: January 5, when Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock will have a second chance at ousting Georgia’s Republicans. So where should the climate movement be focusing its energy over the coming weeks, months, and years as we enter the Biden era? Kate and Daniel sit down to debrief a tumultuous election—and what could be an even more tumultuous next phase.Further reading Kate: <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/160169/will-biden-repeat-obamas-mistakes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Will Biden Repeat Obama’s Mistakes?</a> (New Republic) Kate: <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/160142/democrats-will-suffer-abandon-green-new-deal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Democrats Will Suffer if They Abandon the Green New Deal</a> (New Republic) Daniel: <a href="https://novaramedia.com/2020/10/28/with-joe-biden-theres-still-a-case-for-climate-optimism/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">With Joe Biden, There’s Still a Case for Climate Optimism</a> (Novara Media) Daniel:<a href="https://tjcinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20.10_The-Case-for-Social-Housing-1.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Case for Social Housing</a> (with Mark Paul, The Justice Collaborative) <a href="https://buildbackbetter.com/priorities/climate-change/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Climate Change | President-Elect Joe Biden</a> <a href="https://climatemandate.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Climate Mandate – The Team We Need to Combat the Climate Crisis</a> (Sunrise Movement, Justice Democrats) <a href="https://climate21.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Climate21 Project</a> <a href="https://theintercept.com/2020/11/06/decon-2020-what-happened/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deconstructed: What Happened?</a> (Ryan Grim with Ilhan Omar and Mike Siegel, The Intercept)   <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000175-b4b4-dc7f-a3fd-bdf660490000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What Went Wrong for Congressional Democrats in 2020</a> (Open letter from New Deal Strategies, Justice Democrats, Sunrise Movement, Data for Progress) <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/11/andy-levin-likely-contender-bidens-labor-secretary/6245438002/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andy Levin viewed as likely contender for Biden’s labor secretary</a> (Melissa Nann Burke, Detroit News) <a href="https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2007/8/20/374027/-" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Obama and the Arugula Scandal</a> (Daily Kos) <a href="https://www.vox.com/21549521/joe-biden-transition-climate-change-senate-runoff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joe Biden and climate change: 10 executive actions President-elect Biden is planning</a> (Umair Irfan, Vox) <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/belabored-labor-at-the-ballot-box" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Belabored: Labor at the Ballot Box</a> <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-election-union-contract/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Working People Dragged Joe Biden Over the Finish Line</a> (Jane McAlevey, The Nation) <a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n22/mike-davis/short-cuts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rio Grande Valley Republicans</a> (Mike Davis, London Review of Books) <a href="https://twitter.com/DissentMag/status/1251220154006020096" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Strikes during the New Deal</a>, via Raj Patel <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/a-crisis-wasted-barack-obama-s-defining-decisions/9781948122313" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Crisis Wasted: Barack Obama’s Defining Decisions</a> by Reed Hundt The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/hot-bothered-a-glide-path-to-ruin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered: A Glide Path to Ruin</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Hot & Bothered: A Glide Path to Ruin

In the final episode of this pandemic edition of Hot &amp; Bothered, Kate and Daniel reflect on the lessons of the last few months and the prospects for ecosocialism in this decade. They discuss a new, $1.5 billion green infrastructure bill introduced by House Democrats; why dismantling the carceral state is key to climate politics; how the climate movement and the left more broadly has advanced in terms of contesting for power over the last decade; and why the zombie neoliberalism metaphor is, itself, undead.          Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.  Many thanks to everyone who pitched in on Patreon to make the season possible. If you liked this edition of Hot &amp; Bothered, it’s also not too late to rate and review us on iTunes or your podcast platform of choice, and to join the conversation on Twitter with #HotBotheredClimate.Summer syllabus Democrats unveil $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan (Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill)  Latin America’s Green New Deal (Daniel Aldana Cohen and Thea Riofrancos, NACLA Report on the Americas) A Crisis Wasted (Reed Hundt, Simon &amp; Schuster) Kate: Why Abolishing ICE Is Good Climate Policy (In These Times) Crisis Cities: Disaster and Redevelopment in New York and New Orleans (Kevin Fox Gotham and Miriam Greenberg, Oxford University Press) We, The Sovereign (Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Wiley) Katrina: A History, 1915–2015 (Andy Horowitz, Harvard University Press) Jamaal Bowman Set to Oust Rep. Eliot Engel in Major Progressive Power Grab (Aída Chávez, The Intercept) Kate: Inside the Fight to Shape Biden’s Climate Policy (New Republic) Colin: French city of Dunkirk tests out free transport – and it works (France 24) Colin: Paris’s new public housing push aims to offset soaring rents (France 24) The post Hot &amp; Bothered: A Decade to Win appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

In the final episode of this pandemic edition of Hot &amp; Bothered, Kate and Daniel reflect on the lessons of the last few months and the prospects for ecosocialism in this decade. They discuss a new, $1.5 billion green infrastructure bill introduced by House Democrats; why dismantling the carceral state is key to climate politics; how the climate movement and the left more broadly has advanced in terms of contesting for power over the last decade; and why the zombie neoliberalism metaphor is, itself, undead.  <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. Many thanks to everyone who pitched in on Patreon to make the season possible. If you liked this edition of Hot &amp; Bothered, it’s also not too late to rate and review us on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast/id1115786839" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a> or your podcast platform of choice, and to join the conversation on Twitter with <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23hotbotheredclimate&amp;f=live" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">#HotBotheredClimate</a>.Summer syllabus <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/503427-democrats-unveil-15-trillion-infrastructure-plan" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Democrats unveil $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan</a> (Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill)  <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10714839.2020.1768726" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Latin America’s Green New Deal</a> (Daniel Aldana Cohen and Thea Riofrancos, NACLA Report on the Americas) <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Crisis-Wasted/Reed-Hundt/9781948122313" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">A Crisis Wasted</a> (Reed Hundt, Simon &amp; Schuster) Kate: <a href="https://inthesetimes.com/article/21222/abolish-ICE-Department-homeland-security-jeff-sessions-donald-trump" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Why Abolishing ICE Is Good Climate Policy</a> (In These Times) <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/crisis-cities-disaster-and-redevelopment-in-new-york-and-new-orleans/9780199752218" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Crisis Cities: Disaster and Redevelopment in New York and New Orleans</a> (Kevin Fox Gotham and Miriam Greenberg, Oxford University Press) <a href="https://www.wiley.com/en-us/We%2C+the+Sovereign-p-9781509521357" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">We, The Sovereign</a> (Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Wiley) <a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674971714" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Katrina: A History, 1915–2015</a> (Andy Horowitz, Harvard University Press) <a href="https://theintercept.com/2020/06/24/jamaal-bowman-eliot-engel-new-york-primary/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Jamaal Bowman Set to Oust Rep. Eliot Engel in Major Progressive Power Grab</a> (Aída Chávez, The Intercept) Kate: <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/158198/inside-fight-shape-bidens-climate-policy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Inside the Fight to Shape Biden’s Climate Policy</a> (New Republic) Colin: <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/20190831-france-dunkirk-free-transportation-bus-success-climate-cities" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">French city of Dunkirk tests out free transport – and it works</a> (France 24) Colin: <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/20200311-paris-seeks-to-double-down-on-new-public-housing-to-offset-soaring-rents" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Paris’s new public housing push aims to offset soaring rents</a> (France 24) The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/hot-bothered-a-decade-to-win/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered: A Decade to Win</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Hot & Bothered: A Decade to Win

Jasson Perez

The growing call to defund the police is inextricable from a wider push to democratize our institutions—from city governments up to the Federal Reserve Bank—so that they serve the multiracial working class rather than Wall Street. This, at its core, is what the Green New Deal is all about. But what does an abolitionist, ecosocialist program look like in practice?  This week, Kate and Daniel speak to Jasson Perez, Senior Research Analyst at ACRE (the Action Center on Race and the Economy) and organizer with the Afro-Socialists &amp; Socialists of Color Caucus of DSA. They discuss why defunding the police is an essential step toward ending anti-Black violence; how the Fed could step in to end austerity from the municipal level up; and what leftists around the country can learn from the coalition-building efforts that are transforming Chicago. Perez, who has previously worked as an organizer at SEIU Local 73 and BYP100, and as a researcher at the Cook Center on Social Equity, explains why working toward police and prison abolition is key to building social movements more broadly and, ultimately, expanding the horizon of a vibrant working-class life.          Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.  Also, an announcement: our next episode will be the last in this season of Hot &amp; Bothered. Many thanks to everyone who pitched in on Patreon to make the season possible. If you’re one of those generous people, look out for an email from us in the coming days with more details. And don’t miss our virtual happy hour on Monday, June 22.  If you liked the season, it’s also not too late to rate and review us on iTunes or your podcast platform of choice, and to join the conversation on Twitter with #HotBotheredClimate.Further reading Critical Resistance The answer to police violence is not ‘reform’. It’s defunding. Here’s why (Alex S. Vitale, The Guardian) Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police (Mariame Kaba, New York Times) Andrea J. Ritchie on Why We Need a World Without Police (Colorlines) The Federal Reserve Can Help Workers in a Time of Crisis (Jasson Perez, Jacobin) Fed Up: The National Campaign for a Strong Economy On “targeted universalism”: From a Tangle of Pathology to a Race-Fair America (Alan Aja, Daniel Bustillo, William Darity, Jr., and Darrick Hamilton, Dissent) ‘Cops,’ Long-Running Reality Show That Glorified Police, Is Canceled (Nicole Sperling, New York Times) Aiming to Underachieve: How a Federal Reserve Lending Program for Local Governments is Designed to Fall Short (Center for Public Democracy) The post Hot &amp; Bothered: An Abolitionist Green New Deal, with Jasson Perez appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

The growing call to defund the police is inextricable from a wider push to democratize our institutions—from city governments up to the Federal Reserve Bank—so that they serve the multiracial working class rather than Wall Street. This, at its core, is what the Green New Deal is all about. But what does an abolitionist, ecosocialist program look like in practice?  This week, Kate and Daniel speak to Jasson Perez, Senior Research Analyst at <a href="https://acrecampaigns.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">ACRE</a> (the Action Center on Race and the Economy) and organizer with the Afro-Socialists &amp; Socialists of Color Caucus of DSA. They discuss why defunding the police is an essential step toward ending anti-Black violence; how the Fed could step in to end austerity from the municipal level up; and what leftists around the country can learn from the coalition-building efforts that are transforming Chicago. Perez, who has previously worked as an organizer at SEIU Local 73 and BYP100, and as a researcher at the Cook Center on Social Equity, explains why working toward police and prison abolition is key to building social movements more broadly and, ultimately, expanding the horizon of a vibrant working-class life. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. Also, an announcement: our next episode will be the last in this season of Hot &amp; Bothered. Many thanks to everyone who pitched in on Patreon to make the season possible. If you’re one of those generous people, look out for an email from us in the coming days with more details. And don’t miss our virtual happy hour on Monday, June 22.  If you liked the season, it’s also not too late to rate and review us on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast/id1115786839" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a> or your podcast platform of choice, and to join the conversation on Twitter with <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23hotbotheredclimate&amp;f=live" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">#HotBotheredClimate</a>.Further reading <a href="http://criticalresistance.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Critical Resistance</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/31/the-answer-to-police-violence-is-not-reform-its-defunding-heres-why" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The answer to police violence is not ‘reform’. It’s defunding. Here’s why</a> (Alex S. Vitale, The Guardian) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police</a> (Mariame Kaba, New York Times) <a href="https://www.colorlines.com/articles/excerpt-andrea-j-ritchie-why-we-need-world-without-police" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Andrea J. Ritchie on Why We Need a World Without Police</a> (Colorlines) <a href="https://jacobinmag.com/2020/05/federal-reserve-coronavirus" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Federal Reserve Can Help Workers in a Time of Crisis</a> (Jasson Perez, Jacobin) <a href="http://whatrecovery.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Fed Up: The National Campaign for a Strong Economy</a> On “targeted universalism”: <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/from-a-tangle-of-pathology-to-a-race-fair-america" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">From a Tangle of Pathology to a Race-Fair America</a> (Alan Aja, Daniel Bustillo, William Darity, Jr., and Darrick Hamilton, Dissent) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/business/media/cops-canceled-paramount-tv-show.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">‘Cops,’ Long-Running Reality Show That Glorified Police, Is Canceled</a> (Nicole Sperling, New York Times) <a href="https://populardemocracy.org/news/publications/aiming-underachieve-how-federal-reserve-lending-program-local-governments-designed" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Aiming to Underachieve: How a Federal Reserve Lending Program for Local Governments is Designed to Fall Short </a>(Center for Public Democracy) The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/hot-bothered-podcast-an-abolitionist-green-new-deal-with-jasson-perez/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered: An Abolitionist Green New Deal, with Jasson Perez</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Hot & Bothered: An Abolitionist Green New Deal, with Jasson Perez

Patrick Houston

It took the mainstream climate movement a long time to come around to the idea that racial justice is climate justice. And while that understanding has solidified in recent years under pressure from frontline communities—shaping the push for a Green New Deal—many environmental groups are still uncertain about how to put it into practice.  For New York Communities for Change (NYCC), connecting the dots between racial injustice and the climate crisis isn’t just a question of principle—it’s a daily reality. In places like the Rockaways, NYCC members living in disinvested public housing were among the hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Others, in neighborhoods like Brownsville, live in some of the city’s worst heat islands and food deserts.  The grassroots, membership-based organization—which was instrumental in iconic campaigns like the Fight for $15—has recently mobilized its base of working-class Black and Brown New Yorkers to enable some its biggest climate victories, from low-carbon buildings legislation to blocked pipelines to state-level energy policy. In this episode, Kate and Daniel talk to NYCC’s Climate and Inequality Campaigns Organizer Patrick Houston to learn more about the group’s organizing model and how it has helped make New York a national leader on climate justice.  If the mainstream climate movement wants to center racial justice in its work—and win in the process—it could learn a lot from NYCC and Patrick Houston.         Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.  If you like the episode and want to hear more, sign up as a monthly member at patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal  by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more.  Don’t hesitate: sign up on Patreon today.Further reading New York Communities for Change This Group Pioneered the Fight for $15. Can They Transform the Fight for Affordable Housing Too? (Sarah Jaffe, the Nation) New York City is about to pass its own Green New Deal (Adele Peters, Fast Company) Third Strike for Williams Pipeline (Jarrett Murphy, City Limits) The post Hot &amp; Bothered: Putting Racial Justice First, with Patrick Houston appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

It took the mainstream climate movement a long time to come around to the idea that racial justice is climate justice. And while that understanding has solidified in recent years under pressure from frontline communities—shaping the push for a Green New Deal—many environmental groups are still uncertain about how to put it into practice.  For New York Communities for Change (NYCC), connecting the dots between racial injustice and the climate crisis isn’t just a question of principle—it’s a daily reality. In places like the Rockaways, NYCC members living in disinvested public housing were among the hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Others, in neighborhoods like Brownsville, live in some of the city’s worst heat islands and food deserts.  The grassroots, membership-based organization—which was instrumental in iconic campaigns like the Fight for $15—has recently mobilized its base of working-class Black and Brown New Yorkers to enable some its biggest climate victories, from low-carbon buildings legislation to blocked pipelines to state-level energy policy. In this episode, Kate and Daniel talk to NYCC’s Climate and Inequality Campaigns Organizer Patrick Houston to learn more about the group’s organizing model and how it has helped make New York a national leader on climate justice.  If the mainstream climate movement wants to center racial justice in its work—and win in the process—it could learn a lot from NYCC and Patrick Houston. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. If you like the episode and want to hear more, sign up as a monthly member at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate</a> today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal  by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more.  Don’t hesitate: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">sign up on Patreon today</a>.Further reading <a href="https://www.nycommunities.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">New York Communities for Change</a> <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/this-group-pioneered-the-fight-for-15-can-they-transform-the-fight-for-affordable-housing-too/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">This Group Pioneered the Fight for $15. Can They Transform the Fight for Affordable Housing Too?</a> (Sarah Jaffe, the Nation) <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90336307/new-york-city-is-about-to-pass-its-own-green-new-deal" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">New York City is about to pass its own Green New Deal</a> (Adele Peters, Fast Company) <a href="https://citylimits.org/2020/05/16/third-strike-for-williams-pipeline/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Third Strike for Williams Pipeline</a> (Jarrett Murphy, City Limits) The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/hot-bothered-putting-racial-justice-first-with-patrick-houston/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered: Putting Racial Justice First, with Patrick Houston</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Hot & Bothered: Putting Racial Justice First, with Patrick Houston

J. Mijin Cha

As uprisings against police violence and for black liberation have swept the nation over the past ten days, the climate movement has taken note. Groups ranging from the Sierra Club to the League of Conservation Voters have issued statements condemning racist violence; the Sunrise Movement and 350.org have gone further, echoing the call from racial justice organizers to defund the police.  What will it take for the climate movement to move beyond statements of solidarity and advance a strategy of targeted divestment from racist institutions, in order to reinvest those resources—and many more, besides—in communities of color? This week, Kate and Daniel talk to J. Mijin Cha, a professor at Occidental College whose research focuses on climate and environmental justice, and in particular on how to shape a just transition to a low-carbon economy. They discuss the last week’s uprisings; California’s not-so-successful attempt to achieve environmental justice through a cap-and-trade program; and what a post-pandemic jobs program needs to look like.         Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.  If you like the episode and want to hear more, sign up as a monthly member at patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal  by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more.  Don’t hesitate: sign up on Patreon today.Further reading Freedom to Thrive: Reimagining Safety &amp; Security in Our Communities (Center for Popular Democracy, Law for Black Lives, Black Youth Project 100) Movement for Black Lives Policy Platform Mijin Cha Environmental Justice, Just Transition, and a Low-Carbon Future for California (J. Mijin Cha, Madeline Wander, and Manuel Pastor, Environmental Law Institute) Rising from the ashes, a Buffalo suburb ends its dependence on coal (Elizabeth McGowan, Grist) Reversing Inequality, Combatting Climate Change: A Climate Jobs Program for New York State (J. Mijin Cha and Lara Skinner, The Worker Institute) A Green Stimulus to Rebuild Our Economy (Medium) The post Hot &amp; Bothered: Why Defunding the Police is Key to a Just Transition, with J. Mijin Cha appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

As uprisings against police violence and for black liberation have swept the nation over the past ten days, the climate movement has taken note. Groups ranging from the <a href="https://www.sierraclub.org/michael-brune/2020/05/christian-cooper-antiracism-outdoors?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=scblogs&amp;utm_content=20200529_Antiracism" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Sierra Club</a> to the <a href="https://twitter.com/LCVoters/status/1266441793085808641" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">League of Conservation Voters</a> have issued statements condemning racist violence; the <a href="https://twitter.com/sunrisemvmt/status/1267081138511712256" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Sunrise Movement</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/350/status/1267229924613447680" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">350.org</a> have gone further, echoing the call from racial justice organizers to defund the police.  What will it take for the climate movement to move beyond statements of solidarity and advance a strategy of targeted divestment from racist institutions, in order to reinvest those resources—and many more, besides—in communities of color? This week, Kate and Daniel talk to J. Mijin Cha, a professor at Occidental College whose research focuses on climate and environmental justice, and in particular on how to shape a just transition to a low-carbon economy. They discuss the last week’s uprisings; California’s not-so-successful attempt to achieve environmental justice through a cap-and-trade program; and what a post-pandemic jobs program needs to look like. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. If you like the episode and want to hear more, sign up as a monthly member at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate</a> today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal  by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more.  Don’t hesitate: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">sign up on Patreon today</a>.Further reading <a href="https://populardemocracy.org/news/publications/freedom-thrive-reimagining-safety-security-our-communities" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Freedom to Thrive: Reimagining Safety &amp; Security in Our Communities</a> (Center for Popular Democracy, Law for Black Lives, Black Youth Project 100) <a href="https://m4bl.org/policy-platforms/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Movement for Black Lives Policy Platform</a> <a href="https://mijincha.com/about-me/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mijin Cha</a> <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339749958_Environmental_Justice_Just_Transition_and_a_Low-Carbon_Future_for_California" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Environmental Justice, Just Transition, and a Low-Carbon Future for California</a> (J. Mijin Cha, Madeline Wander, and Manuel Pastor, Environmental Law Institute) <a href="https://grist.org/justice/a-working-class-buffalo-suburb-retired-a-coal-plant-the-right-way/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Rising from the ashes, a Buffalo suburb ends its dependence on coal</a> (Elizabeth McGowan, Grist) <a href="https://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/reports/65/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Reversing Inequality, Combatting Climate Change: A Climate Jobs Program for New York State</a> (J. Mijin Cha and Lara Skinner, The Worker Institute) <a href="https://medium.com/@green_stimulus_now/a-green-stimulus-to-rebuild-our-economy-1e7030a1d9ee" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">A Green Stimulus to Rebuild Our Economy</a> (Medium) The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/hot-bothered-why-defunding-police-key-just-transition-j-mijin-cha/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered: Why Defunding the Police is Key to a Just Transition, with J. Mijin Cha</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Hot & Bothered: Why Defunding the Police is Key to a Just Transition, with J. Mijin Cha

Bethany McLean

On April 20, oil prices did something they’ve never done before. The value of West Texas Intermediate crude, a U.S. benchmark, dipped below zero for a few hours—trading as low as negative $40 a barrel. “I don’t think any of us can really believe what we saw today,” one industry analyst told AP. “This kind of rewrites the economics of oil trading.” Like so many other facets of the COVID-19 crisis, however, this unprecedented crash exposed long-running cracks in the facade. The fracking boom that drove a decade of record U.S. oil and gas production was never really profitable to begin with. Has its bubble finally burst? This week, Kate and Daniel talk to Bethany McLean, author most recently of Saudi America: The Truth about Fracking and How It’s Changing the World as well as the bestselling The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron, with Peter Elkind.  In this episode, McLean—who has tracked the industry’s shaky footing for years—traces the ups and downs of the industry from the 1970s to 2008 to today, and assesses whether a new recession will speed the transition away from fossil fuels—or hand oil barons a life raft.          Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.  If you like the episode and want to hear more, sign up as a monthly member at patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more.  Don’t hesitate: sign up on Patreon today.Further reading The Next Financial Crisis Lurks Underground (Bethany McLean, New York Times) Coronavirus May Kill Our Fracking Fever Dream (Bethany McLean, New York Times) Fracking, explained (Brad Plumer, Vox) Are Crude Oil &amp; Natural Gas Prices Linked? (Adila Mchich, CME Group)  Fractivism: Corporate Bodies and Chemical Bonds (Sarah Ann Wylie) The Fracktivists (Colin Kinniburgh, Dissent)  Oil Fall (Gregor Macdonald)  Kate: A Moderate Proposal: Nationalize The Fossil Fuel Industry (The New Republic) The post Hot &amp; Bothered: Has the Fracking Bubble Finally Burst? with Bethany McLean appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

On April 20, oil prices did something they’ve never done before. The value of West Texas Intermediate crude, a U.S. benchmark, dipped below zero for a few hours—trading as low as negative $40 a barrel. “I don’t think any of us can really believe what we saw today,” one industry analyst told AP. “This kind of rewrites the economics of oil trading.” Like so many other facets of the COVID-19 crisis, however, this unprecedented crash exposed long-running cracks in the facade. The fracking boom that drove a decade of record U.S. oil and gas production was never really profitable to begin with. Has its bubble finally burst? This week, Kate and Daniel talk to Bethany McLean, author most recently of <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/saudi-america-the-truth-about-fracking-and-how-it-s-changing-the-world/9780999745441" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Saudi America: The Truth about Fracking and How It’s Changing the World</a> as well as the bestselling <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-smartest-guys-in-the-room-the-amazing-rise-and-scandalous-fall-of-enron/9781591846604" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron</a>, with Peter Elkind.  In this episode, McLean—who has tracked the industry’s shaky footing for years—traces the ups and downs of the industry from the 1970s to 2008 to today, and assesses whether a new recession will speed the transition away from fossil fuels—or hand oil barons a life raft. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. If you like the episode and want to hear more, sign up as a monthly member at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate</a> today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more.  Don’t hesitate: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">sign up on Patreon today</a>.Further reading <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/opinion/the-next-financial-crisis-lurks-underground.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Next Financial Crisis Lurks Underground</a> (Bethany McLean, New York Times) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-texas-fracking-layoffs.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Coronavirus May Kill Our Fracking Fever Dream</a> (Bethany McLean, New York Times) <a href="https://www.vox.com/2014/4/14/18076690/fracking" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Fracking, explained</a> (Brad Plumer, Vox) <a href="https://www.cmegroup.com/education/articles-and-reports/are-crude-oil-natural-gas-prices-linked.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Are Crude Oil &amp; Natural Gas Prices Linked?</a> (Adila Mchich, CME Group)  <a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/fractivism" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Fractivism: Corporate Bodies and Chemical Bonds</a> (Sarah Ann Wylie) <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/anti-fracking-new-york-global-algeria-poland" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Fracktivists</a> (Colin Kinniburgh, Dissent)  <a href="https://gregor.us/ebook/oil-fall/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Oil Fall</a> (Gregor Macdonald)  Kate: <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/156941/moderate-proposal-nationalize-fossil-fuel-industry" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">A Moderate Proposal: Nationalize The Fossil Fuel Industry</a> (The New Republic) The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/hot-bothered-has-the-fracking-bubble-finally-burst-with-bethany-mclean/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered: Has the Fracking Bubble Finally Burst? with Bethany McLean</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Hot & Bothered: Has the Fracking Bubble Finally Burst? with Bethany McLean

Billy Fleming

The New Deal is often remembered for bringing the United States Social Security, the Works Progress Administration, and a blossoming of working-class culture underwritten by federal arts programs. In many parts of the country, it also cemented the vicious institutional racism of Jim Crow, the result of a devil’s bargain struck with the Southern Dixiecrats.  Equally important, though, was the New Deal’s transformation of the American landscape. Federally backed and locally implemented programs created virtually all U.S. state parks, electrified much of rural America, and put millions of people to work building and renovating everything from the Appalachian Trail to local sewer systems.   What can we learn from this history as the climate movement fights for a Green New Deal today? On this week’s show, Kate and Daniel talk to Billy Fleming, director of the McHarg Center in the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania. Fleming, who also worked in the Obama administration’s White House Domestic Policy Council and coauthored the Indivisible Guide, connects the dots from the 1930s to the present, discussing not just the kinds of policies that should anchor a Green New Deal, but how to advance an effective inside-outside strategy to win them as we gear up for 2021. Kate and Daniel also touch on the defeat of the Williams Pipeline in New York, why climate politics always comes back to housing, and why Democrats should really be pushing for a green jobs program in states like Pennsylvania and Texas, which are hemorrhaging fossil fuel jobs—and also happen to be key swing states.         Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.  If you like the episode and want to hear more, sign up as a monthly member at patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more.  So don’t hesitate: sign up on Patreon today.Further reading Third Strike for Williams Pipeline (Jarrett Murphy, City Limits) Kate: How Democrats Can Win Coal Country—and the 2020 Election (New Republic) Kate, on Heather Zichal: Joe Biden’s Sketchy Climate Record (New Republic) Design and the Green New Deal (Billy Fleming, Places Journal) Creative Competition: Georgia Power, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Creation of a Rural Consumer Economy, 1934–1955 (Brent Cebul, Journal of American History) The Living New Deal To Rebuild Our Towns and Cities, We Need to Design a Green Stimulus (Billy Fleming and Alexandra Lillehei, Jacobin)  Letter: A Green Stimulus to Rebuild Our Economy (Medium) The post Hot &amp; Bothered: Designing a Green New Deal, with Billy Fleming appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

The New Deal is often remembered for bringing the United States Social Security, the Works Progress Administration, and a blossoming of working-class culture underwritten by federal arts programs. In many parts of the country, it also cemented the vicious institutional racism of Jim Crow, the result of a devil’s bargain struck with the Southern Dixiecrats.  Equally important, though, was the New Deal’s transformation of the American landscape. Federally backed and locally implemented programs created virtually all U.S. state parks, electrified much of rural America, and put millions of people to work building and renovating everything from the Appalachian Trail to local sewer systems.   What can we learn from this history as the climate movement fights for a Green New Deal today? On this week’s show, Kate and Daniel talk to Billy Fleming, director of the McHarg Center in the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania. Fleming, who also worked in the Obama administration’s White House Domestic Policy Council and coauthored the <a href="https://indivisible.org/guide" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Indivisible Guide</a>, connects the dots from the 1930s to the present, discussing not just the kinds of policies that should anchor a Green New Deal, but how to advance an effective inside-outside strategy to win them as we gear up for 2021. Kate and Daniel also touch on the defeat of the Williams Pipeline in New York, why climate politics always comes back to housing, and why Democrats should really be pushing for a green jobs program in states like Pennsylvania and Texas, which are hemorrhaging fossil fuel jobs—and also happen to be key swing states. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. If you like the episode and want to hear more, sign up as a monthly member at<a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate</a> today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more.  So don’t hesitate: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">sign up on Patreon today</a>.Further reading <a href="https://citylimits.org/2020/05/16/third-strike-for-williams-pipeline/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Third Strike for Williams Pipeline</a> (Jarrett Murphy, City Limits) Kate: <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/157741/democrats-can-win-coal-countryand-2020-election" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">How Democrats Can Win Coal Country—and the 2020 Election</a> (New Republic) Kate, on Heather Zichal: <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/156801/joe-bidens-sketchy-climate-record" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Joe Biden’s Sketchy Climate Record</a> (New Republic) <a href="https://placesjournal.org/article/design-and-the-green-new-deal/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Design and the Green New Deal</a> (Billy Fleming, Places Journal) <a href="https://academic.oup.com/jah/article-abstract/105/1/45/5000189" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Creative Competition: Georgia Power, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Creation of a Rural Consumer Economy, 1934–1955</a> (Brent Cebul, Journal of American History) <a href="https://livingnewdeal.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Living New Deal</a> <a href="https://jacobinmag.com/2020/04/green-stimulus-new-deal-infrastructure-buildout-coronavirus" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">To Rebuild Our Towns and Cities, We Need to Design a Green Stimulus</a> (Billy Fleming and Alexandra Lillehei, Jacobin)  Letter: <a href="https://medium.com/@green_stimulus_now/a-green-stimulus-to-rebuild-our-economy-1e7030a1d9ee" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">A Green Stimulus to Rebuild Our Economy</a> (Medium) The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/hot-bothered-designing-a-green-new-deal-with-billy-fleming/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered: Designing a Green New Deal, with Billy Fleming</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Hot & Bothered: Designing a Green New Deal, with Billy Fleming

Mary Annaïse Heglar

In its sheer scope, climate change may be an unprecedented threat. But that doesn’t mean communities—in particular communities of color—haven’t faced existential threats before. As we now navigate the twin crises of climate and the COVID-19 pandemic, who better to lead a mass movement for a greener, more equal future?  Mary Annaïse Heglar has addressed many of these themes in her recent writing for outlets including the Boston Globe, the New Republic, and ZORA, as well as on Hot Take, the podcast and newsletter she co-hosts with Amy Westervelt. This week, she talks to Kate and Daniel about climate grief; why we don’t have to choose between caring about police violence and caring about the polar bears; and why Bernie Sanders’s campaign message didn’t resonate with many (especially older) black voters.  Plus, Kate and Daniel talk about the green jobs hidden in the oil fields, and why Joe Biden has his work cut out for him if he really wants to be the next FDR.         Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.  If you like the episode and want to hear more from Kate and Daniel, sign up as a monthly member at patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more.  So don’t hesitate: sign up on Patreon today.Further reading Kate: The Oil Crash Could Be Geothermal’s Big Break (The New Republic)  Kate: There Are Green Jobs Hiding in the Oilfields (The New Republic) Biden Is Planning an FDR-Size Presidency (Gabriel Debenedetti, New York) Climate Change Isn’t the First Existential Threat (Mary Annaïse Heglar, ZORA) What Climate Grief Taught Me About the Coronavirus (Mary Annaïse Heglar, The New Republic) In a shrinking world, what will we pass on to our children? (Mary Annaïse Heglar, Boston Globe) G.O.P. Coronavirus Message: Economic Crisis Is a Green New Deal Preview (Lisa Friedman, New York Times) Some Young Republicans Embrace a Slower, Gentler Brand of Climate Activism (James Bruggers, Inside Climate News) The post Hot &amp; Bothered: A Climate Story to Win a Multiracial Majority, with Mary Annaïse Heglar appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

In its sheer scope, climate change may be an unprecedented threat. But that doesn’t mean communities—in particular communities of color—haven’t faced existential threats before. As we now navigate the twin crises of climate and the COVID-19 pandemic, who better to lead a mass movement for a greener, more equal future?  Mary Annaïse Heglar has addressed many of these themes in her recent writing for outlets including the <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/19/opinion/essay-shrinking-world-what-will-we-pass-our-children/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Boston Globe</a>, the <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/157059/climate-grief-taught-coronavirus" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">New Republic</a>, and <a href="https://zora.medium.com/sorry-yall-but-climate-change-ain-t-the-first-existential-threat-b3c999267aa0" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">ZORA</a>, as well as on <a href="https://realhottake.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Hot Take</a>, the podcast and newsletter she co-hosts with Amy Westervelt. This week, she talks to Kate and Daniel about climate grief; why we don’t have to choose between caring about police violence and caring about the polar bears; and why Bernie Sanders’s campaign message didn’t resonate with many (especially older) black voters.  Plus, Kate and Daniel talk about the green jobs hidden in the oil fields, and why Joe Biden has his work cut out for him if he really wants to be the next FDR. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. If you like the episode and want to hear more from Kate and Daniel, sign up as a monthly member at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate</a> today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more.  So don’t hesitate: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">sign up on Patreon today</a>.Further reading Kate: <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/157646/oil-crash-geothermals-big-break" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Oil Crash Could Be Geothermal’s Big Break</a> (The New Republic)  Kate: <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/157677/green-jobs-hiding-oilfields" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">There Are Green Jobs Hiding in the Oilfields</a> (The New Republic) <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/05/joe-biden-presidential-plans.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Biden Is Planning an FDR-Size Presidency</a> (Gabriel Debenedetti, New York) <a href="https://zora.medium.com/sorry-yall-but-climate-change-ain-t-the-first-existential-threat-b3c999267aa0" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Climate Change Isn’t the First Existential Threat</a> (Mary Annaïse Heglar, ZORA) <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/157059/climate-grief-taught-coronavirus" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">What Climate Grief Taught Me About the Coronavirus</a> (Mary Annaïse Heglar, The New Republic) <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/19/opinion/essay-shrinking-world-what-will-we-pass-our-children/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">In a shrinking world, what will we pass on to our children?</a> (Mary Annaïse Heglar, Boston Globe) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/climate/coronavirus-republicans-climate-change.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">G.O.P. Coronavirus Message: Economic Crisis Is a Green New Deal Preview</a> (Lisa Friedman, New York Times) <a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07052020/young-republican-conservative-climate-activism-green-new-deal" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Some Young Republicans Embrace a Slower, Gentler Brand of Climate Activism</a> (James Bruggers, Inside Climate News) The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/hot-bothered-podcast-a-climate-story-to-win-a-multiracial-majority-with-mary-annaise-helgar/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered: A Climate Story to Win a Multiracial Majority, with Mary Annaïse Heglar</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Hot & Bothered: A Climate Story to Win a Multiracial Majority, with Mary Annaïse Heglar

From crocus blooms to interstates, the material world we live in sets the conditions for our politics. What would it take to establish collective, democratic rule over the material terms of our shared lives? How can we, as an “infrastructure species,” transform both our physical and political infrastructures—and even ourselves in the process? And how can we build an ecosocialism that can win in the months and years ahead? These are some of the questions guiding the work of Jedediah Britton-Purdy, professor of law at Columbia Law School and author, most recently, of This Land Is Our Land: The Struggle for a New Commonwealth and After Nature. On this week’s show, Kate and Daniel talk to Jedediah about his vision of commonwealth politics; the challenges of organizing in a socially distanced world; where the law fits in; and whether coming together also means naming new enemies.  Kate also suffers through Planet of the Humans so you don’t have to, and Daniel tells us why we should be worried about Joe Biden’s commitment to a green stimulus.          Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.  If you like the episode and want to hear more from Kate and Daniel, sign up as a monthly member at patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more. And as a special thank you to everyone who’s able to pitch in right away, supporters who sign up by May 1 will automatically get bumped up to the next subscription tier.  So don’t hesitate: sign up on Patreon today.Further reading Kate: The Important Debate Planet of the Humans Misses (The New Republic)  Michael Moore’s Planet of the Humans gets clean energy and climate activism terribly wrong (Leah Stokes, Vox)  How did Michael Moore become a hero to climate deniers and the far right? (George Monbiot, The Guardian) Biden Camp Finds Selling Point in Ailing Economy: His Work on 2009 Recovery (Glenn Thrush, New York Times) Kate: The Democrats Screwed Up (The New Republic)  Bernie Sanders’s Campaign Was Trying to Save American Democracy (Jedediah Britton-Purdy, Jacobin) Building a Law-and-Political-Economy Framework: Beyond the Twentieth-Century Synthesis (Jedediah Britton-Purdy, David Singh Grewal, Amy Kapczynski &amp; K. Sabeel Rahman, Yale Law Journal) Law and Political Economy Blog Connecting the Dots Between Mass Incarceration, Health Inequity, and Climate Change (Seth J. Prins and Brett Story, American Journal of Public Health)  The post Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast: A New Commonwealth, with Jedediah Britton-Purdy appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

From crocus blooms to interstates, the material world we live in sets the conditions for our politics. What would it take to establish collective, democratic rule over the material terms of our shared lives? How can we, as an “infrastructure species,” transform both our physical and political infrastructures—and even ourselves in the process? And how can we build an ecosocialism that can win in the months and years ahead? These are some of the questions guiding the work of Jedediah Britton-Purdy, professor of law at Columbia Law School and author, most recently, of <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/this-land-is-our-land-the-struggle-for-a-new-commonwealth/9780691195643" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">This Land Is Our Land: The Struggle for a New Commonwealth</a> and <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/after-nature-a-politics-for-the-anthropocene/9780674979864" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">After Nature</a>. On this week’s show, Kate and Daniel talk to Jedediah about his vision of commonwealth politics; the challenges of organizing in a socially distanced world; where the law fits in; and whether coming together also means naming new enemies.  Kate also suffers through Planet of the Humans so you don’t have to, and Daniel tells us why we should be worried about Joe Biden’s commitment to a green stimulus.  <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. If you like the episode and want to hear more from Kate and Daniel, sign up as a monthly member at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate</a> today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more. And as a special thank you to everyone who’s able to pitch in right away, supporters who sign up by May 1 will automatically get bumped up to the next subscription tier.  So don’t hesitate: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">sign up on Patreon today</a>.Further reading Kate: <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/157595/important-debate-planet-humans-misses" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Important Debate Planet of the Humans Misses</a> (The New Republic)  <a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/4/28/21238597/michael-moore-planet-of-the-humans-climate-change" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Moore’s Planet of the Humans gets clean energy and climate activism terribly wrong</a> (Leah Stokes, Vox)  <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/07/michael-moore-far-right-climate-crisis-deniers-film-environment-falsehoods" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">How did Michael Moore become a hero to climate deniers and the far right?</a> (George Monbiot, The Guardian) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/04/us/politics/biden-obama-stimulus.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Biden Camp Finds Selling Point in Ailing Economy: His Work on 2009 Recovery</a> (Glenn Thrush, New York Times) Kate: <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/156994/democrats-screwed" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Democrats Screwed Up</a> (The New Republic)  <a href="https://jacobinmag.com/2020/04/bernie-sanders-presidential-campaign-solidarity-democracy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Bernie Sanders’s Campaign Was Trying to Save American Democracy</a> (Jedediah Britton-Purdy, Jacobin) <a href="https://www.yalelawjournal.org/feature/building-a-law-and-political-economy-framework" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Building a Law-and-Political-Economy Framework: Beyond the Twentieth-Century Synthesis</a> (Jedediah Britton-Purdy, David Singh Grewal, Amy Kapczynski &amp; K. Sabeel Rahman, Yale Law Journal) <a href="https://lpeblog.org" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Law and Political Economy Blog</a> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6987916/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Connecting the Dots Between Mass Incarceration, Health Inequity, and Climate Change</a> (Seth J. Prins and Brett Story, American Journal of Public Health) The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/hot-bothered-podcast-a-new-commonwealth-with-jedediah-britton-purdy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast: A New Commonwealth, with Jedediah Britton-Purdy</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Hot & Bothered Podcast: A New Commonwealth, with Jedediah Britton-Purdy

Astra Taylor

Under the weight of COVID-19, every lie we’ve been told about how the economy works is busting open, and our institutions are revealing themselves to be incapable of offering a path to recovery. Worse yet, many governments are using the crisis as a pretext for a punishing return to austerity.  Why? The answer can be summed up in one word: debt, an issue that Astra Taylor has spent the last several years organizing around as co-founder of the Debt Collective. Also a prolific writer and documentarian, Astra is the author most recently of Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone and director of the companion film What Is Democracy? She has recently written about both the food system and debt crises as they intersect with the pandemic (and climate change, too). On this week’s show, Kate and Daniel talk to Astra about what the coronavirus pandemic has to do with eating meat, whether we really need a technocratic savior, why debt relief is inherently tied to democracy, and more. Kate and Daniel also take a look at the toxic record of Larry Summers, and why Democrats shouldn’t let him anywhere near the party platform.          Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.  If you like the episode and want to hear more from Kate and Daniel, sign up as a monthly member at patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more. And as a special thank you to everyone who’s able to pitch in right away, supporters who sign up by May 1 will automatically get bumped up to the next subscription tier.  So don’t hesitate: sign up on Patreon today.Further reading Kate: Don’t Let Larry Summers Block Climate Progress Again (The New Republic)  Progressive groups call on Biden to remove Summers as economic adviser (J. Edward Moreno, The Hill) Petition: Tell Joe Biden to remove Larry Summers as economic advisor (Sunrise Movement and Justice Democrats) Astra: The Covid-19 pandemic shows we must transform the global food system (with Jan Dutkiewicz and Troy Vettese, The Guardian) Kate: The World Order Is Broken. The Coronavirus Proves It. (The New Republic)  Astra: Cancelling student debt was always the right thing to do. Now it’s imperative (The Guardian) Astra: Bad ancestors: does the climate crisis violate the rights of those yet to be born? (The Guardian) Why Mitch McConnell Wants States to Go Bankrupt (David Frum, The Atlantic)  The Fed could undo decades of damage to cities. Here’s how. (Destin Jenkins, Washington Post) Daniel and Dan Kammen: Climate crisis will deepen the pandemic. A green stimulus plan can tackle both (The Guardian) The Debt Collective   The post Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast: Debt vs. Democracy, with Astra Taylor appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Under the weight of COVID-19, every lie we’ve been told about how the economy works is busting open, and our institutions are revealing themselves to be incapable of offering a path to recovery. Worse yet, many governments are using the crisis as a pretext for a punishing return to austerity.  Why? The answer can be summed up in one word: debt, an issue that Astra Taylor has spent the last several years organizing around as co-founder of the <a href="https://debtcollective.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Debt Collective</a>. Also a prolific writer and documentarian, Astra is the author most recently of <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/democracy-may-not-exist-but-we-ll-miss-it-when-it-s-gone/9781250179845" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone</a> and director of the companion film <a href="http://www.whatisdemocracy.info/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">What Is Democracy?</a> She has recently written about both the food system and debt crises as they intersect with the pandemic (and climate change, too). On this week’s show, Kate and Daniel talk to Astra about what the coronavirus pandemic has to do with eating meat, whether we really need a technocratic savior, why debt relief is inherently tied to democracy, and more. Kate and Daniel also take a look at the toxic record of Larry Summers, and why Democrats shouldn’t let him anywhere near the party platform. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. If you like the episode and want to hear more from Kate and Daniel, sign up as a monthly member at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate</a> today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more. And as a special thank you to everyone who’s able to pitch in right away, supporters who sign up by May 1 will automatically get bumped up to the next subscription tier.  So don’t hesitate: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">sign up on Patreon today</a>.Further reading Kate: <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/157459/dont-let-larry-summers-block-climate-progress" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Don’t Let Larry Summers Block Climate Progress Again</a> (The New Republic)  <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/494475-progressive-groups-call-on-biden-to-remove-economic-advisor" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Progressive groups call on Biden to remove Summers as economic adviser</a> (J. Edward Moreno, The Hill) Petition: <a href="https://go.justicedemocrats.com/signup/larry-summers" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Tell Joe Biden to remove Larry Summers as economic advisor</a> (Sunrise Movement and Justice Democrats) Astra: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/16/coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-food-animals" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Covid-19 pandemic shows we must transform the global food system</a> (with Jan Dutkiewicz and Troy Vettese, The Guardian) Kate: <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/157328/world-order-broken-coronavirus-proves-it" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The World Order Is Broken. The Coronavirus Proves It.</a> (The New Republic)  Astra: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/07/cancel-student-debt-coronavirus" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Cancelling student debt was always the right thing to do. Now it’s imperative</a> (The Guardian) Astra: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/01/bad-ancestors-climate-crisis-democracy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Bad ancestors: does the climate crisis violate the rights of those yet to be born?</a> (The Guardian) <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/why-mitch-mcconnell-wants-states-go-bankrupt/610714/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Why Mitch McConnell Wants States to Go Bankrupt</a> (David Frum, The Atlantic)  <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/27/fed-could-undo-decades-damage-cities-heres-how/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Fed could undo decades of damage to cities. Here’s how.</a> (Destin Jenkins, Washington Post) Daniel and Dan Kammen: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/20/climate-crisis-will-deepen-the-pandemic-a-green-stimulus-plan-can-tackle-both?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Climate crisis will deepen the pandemic. A green stimulus plan can tackle both</a> (The Guardian) <a href="https://debtcollective.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Debt Collective</a> The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/hot-bothered-podcast-debt-vs-democracy-with-astra-taylor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast: Debt vs. Democracy, with Astra Taylor</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

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Hot & Bothered: A Dissent Climate Podcast

We know—it’s been a long, hot summer without us, but the Hot &amp; Bothered team is dipping its toes back in the rising waters of international climate politics with a special project to close out 2017. As we warm up for season two, we’re excited to launch a special, three-part miniseries in collaboration with Cited, an award-winning documentary radio show out of the University of British Columbia. Over the course of these next three broadcasts, Kate and Daniel will be joining Cited producers Sam Fenn, Josh GD, and Gordon Katic to talk environmentalism, jobs, climate migration, indigenous sovereignty, and more. Here’s episode 1.         In the early 1990s, a pathbreaking activist named Judi Bari sought to ally forest workers and environmentalists in the Pacific Northwest against predatory Wall Street investors. What can we learn from her story today? Kicking off a three-part series, Kate joins Sam and Josh to tell the story of tree spiking, a Texas millionaire, and the Northern Spotted Owl. Along the way, we hear from documentary filmmaker Mary Liz Thomson and University of Oregon sociology professor John Bellamy Foster about how activist Judi Bari worked to overcome the antagonisms between loggers and Earth First environmentalists through working-class solidarity. Then, in the second half of the hour, Sam talks to independent forester Herb Hammond about how forest management could help mitigate climate change on a massive scale. If you like what you’re hearing, subscribe to the Hot &amp; Bothered feed on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts to get all three parts of our series with Cited and to catch up on season one. And while you’re at it, tune into more excellent recent episodes from Cited, including a prizewinning documentary on a Vancouver heroin clinic and a series on mass incarceration in collaboration with Jacobin’s The Dig. Special thanks to the Cited team for producing this series and to the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions for partnering.  Read (and watch) more:  Bellamy Foster, John. “The Limits of Environmentalism Without Class: Lessons from the Ancient Forest Crisis of the Pacific Northwest,” Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, vol. 4, no. 1 (March 1993), pp. 11-41. Who Bombed Judi Bari? Directed by Mary Liz Thomson. Hokey Pokey Productions, 2012. Hammond, Herb. “Good Jobs require Healthy Ecosystems and Healthy Communities” 21 November 2014. Unpublished Conference Paper. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-BC. 2017. Web. Plus: Catch up on Kate’s recent reporting on Puerto Rico, Trumpism, and the ongoing COP23 climate talks at In These Times and The Intercept.  Hot &amp; Bothered is hosted by Kate Aronoff and Daniel Aldana Cohen and produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Browse the full archive here.  The post Why Environmentalism Needs Class Politics appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

We know—it’s been a long, hot summer without us, but the Hot &amp; Bothered team is dipping its toes back in the rising waters of international climate politics with a special project to close out 2017. As we warm up for season two, we’re excited to launch a special, three-part miniseries in collaboration with <a href="http://citedpodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Cited</a>, an award-winning documentary radio show out of the University of British Columbia. Over the course of these next three broadcasts, Kate and Daniel will be joining Cited producers Sam Fenn, Josh GD, and Gordon Katic to talk environmentalism, jobs, climate migration, indigenous sovereignty, and more. Here’s episode 1. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> In the early 1990s, a pathbreaking activist named Judi Bari sought to ally forest workers and environmentalists in the Pacific Northwest against predatory Wall Street investors. What can we learn from her story today? Kicking off a three-part series, Kate joins Sam and Josh to tell the story of tree spiking, a Texas millionaire, and the Northern Spotted Owl. Along the way, we hear from documentary filmmaker Mary Liz Thomson and University of Oregon sociology professor John Bellamy Foster about how activist Judi Bari worked to overcome the antagonisms between loggers and Earth First environmentalists through working-class solidarity. Then, in the second half of the hour, Sam talks to independent forester Herb Hammond about how forest management could help mitigate climate change on a massive scale. If you like what you’re hearing, subscribe to the Hot &amp; Bothered feed on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, or wherever you get your podcasts to get all three parts of our series with Cited and to catch up on season one. And while you’re at it, tune into more excellent recent episodes from Cited, including a prizewinning documentary on a Vancouver <a href="http://citedpodcast.com/41-the-heroin-clinic/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">heroin clinic</a> and a series on <a href="http://citedpodcast.com/55-story-behind-americas-mass-incarceration-experiment/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">mass incarceration</a> in collaboration with Jacobin’s The Dig. Special thanks to the Cited team for producing this series and to the <a href="http://www.pics.uvic.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions</a> for partnering. Read (and watch) more: Bellamy Foster, John. “<a href="https://johnbellamyfoster.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Foster_CNS_1993.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Limits of Environmentalism Without Class: Lessons from the Ancient Forest Crisis of the Pacific Northwest</a>,” Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, vol. 4, no. 1 (March 1993), pp. 11-41. <a href="http://whobombedjudibari.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Who Bombed Judi Bari? </a>Directed by Mary Liz Thomson. Hokey Pokey Productions, 2012. Hammond, Herb. “<a href="https://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/WorkingPaper_HerbHammond_GoodJobsConf.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Good Jobs require Healthy Ecosystems and Healthy Communities</a>” 21 November 2014. Unpublished Conference Paper. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-BC. 2017. Web. Plus: Catch up on Kate’s recent reporting on Puerto Rico, Trumpism, and the ongoing COP23 climate talks at <a href="http://inthesetimes.com/community/profile/322171" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">In These Times</a> and <a href="https://theintercept.com/staff/kate-aronoff/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Intercept</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is hosted by Kate Aronoff and Daniel Aldana Cohen and produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Browse the full archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/hot-bothered-cited-climate-podcast-judi-bari-jobs-environment/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why Environmentalism Needs Class Politics</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Why Environmentalism Needs Class Politics

Facing a deluge of doom-and-gloom reporting on the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Kate and Daniel get together to put things in perspective—and, along the way, manage to find hope for a more equal, low-carbon future. Continue the conversation on Twitter: tag us @KateAronoff, @aldatweets, @dissentmag, and #hotbotheredclimate. You can find links to all the articles mentioned in this episode, and lots more related reading and listening, below. And if you like what you’re hearing, please subscribe to Dissent. You’ll get our latest issue, featuring a special section on housing, and plenty more great Kate and Daniel content in the months to come.         Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.  Further reading At Davos, bosses paint climate change as an opportunity (Alex Whiting, Reuters) California just adopted its boldest energy target yet: 100% clean electricity (David Roberts, Vox) The left vs. a carbon tax (David Roberts, Vox, 2016) A Green New Deal is on the ballot in Washington state this year (David Roberts, Vox) Kate: Climate Change Policy Is Proving Difficult To Enact Even in Liberal States with Democratic Control (The Intercept) Endorsers of Yes on 1631 The Green Jobs Revolution Needs to Include All of Us (Audrea Lim, The Nation) The Economy During Wartime (J.W. Mason, Dissent) “Unhappy with what the military was paying for steel, Bernard Baruch, head of the First World War–era War Industries Board informed U.S. Steel chairman Elbert Gary that if prices didn’t come down, the government would simply take the industry over. When an incredulous Gary asked how U.S. Steel could be managed without its top executives, Baruch replied, ‘Oh, we’ll get a second lieutenant or somebody to run it.’” Kate: Is Nationalization an Answer to Climate Change? (The Intercept) Dems damp down hopes for climate change agenda (Timothy Cama and Mike Lillis, The Hill) Kate: Valuing the World, with Mariana Mazzucato (Dissent) “A carbon-neutral city will require innovation in mobility, nutrition, and how we build houses—all sorts of different areas. At the bottom of that are questions about how to transform government instruments. . . .” Daniel: It Gets Wetter (Dissent)  “No matter what the earth system’s tipping points ultimately are, every fraction of a degree of warming that we avoid means saving millions of lives.” Kate: The U.S. Decided to Show Up for the U.N. Climate Conference — to Lobby for Coal (The Intercept, 2017) “Of the 17 operational large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities worldwide, the vast majority funnel captured carbon dioxide back into oil extraction, or ‘enhanced oil recovery.’ That fact that has led some to coin the acronym CCUS: Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage, a nod to the fact that captured emissions aren’t always stored.” The World We’ve Built (Jedediah Purdy, Dissent) “The scientists’ warning is addressed to ‘humanity’ . . . On one level, the phrases name a bare fact. “On another level, the ‘humanity’ that the self-described ‘world scientists’ address does not exist. There is no ‘we’ that could take the actions that the scientists call for. . . . To face the Anthropocene, humans would need a way of facing one another. We would need, first, to be a we.” Explainer: How ‘Shared Socioeconomic Pathways’ explore future climate change (Carbon Brief) Video: Resisting Extractivism and Climate Change (Panel at “The Future of the Left in the Americas,” hosted by Dissent, NACLA, and the New School) Daniel: The Last Stimulus (Jacobin) The post Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast: What the Climate Doomsayers Get Wrong appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Facing a deluge of doom-and-gloom reporting on the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Kate and Daniel get together to put things in perspective—and, along the way, manage to find hope for a more equal, low-carbon future. Continue the conversation on Twitter: tag us <a href="https://twitter.com/KateAronoff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@KateAronoff</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/aldatweets" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@aldatweets</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/dissentmag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@dissentmag</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23hotbotheredclimate&amp;src=typd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#hotbotheredclimate</a>. You can find links to all the articles mentioned in this episode, and lots more related reading and listening, below. And if you like what you’re hearing, please <a href="http://dissentmagazine.org/subscribe-fall-2018" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">subscribe to Dissent</a>. You’ll get our latest issue, featuring a special section on housing, and plenty more great Kate and Daniel content in the months to come. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. Further reading <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-davos-meeting-climatechange/at-davos-bosses-paint-climate-change-as-an-opportunity-idUSKBN1FE2LK" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">At Davos, bosses paint climate change as an opportunity</a> (Alex Whiting, Reuters) <a href="https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/8/31/17799094/california-100-percent-clean-energy-target-brown-de-leon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">California just adopted its boldest energy target yet: 100% clean electricity</a> (David Roberts, Vox) <a href="https://www.vox.com/2016/10/18/13012394/i-732-carbon-tax-washington" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The left vs. a carbon tax</a> (David Roberts, Vox, 2016) <a href="https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/9/28/17899804/washington-state-climate-policy-1631-carbon-fee-green-new-deal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Green New Deal is on the ballot in Washington state this year</a> (David Roberts, Vox) Kate: <a href="https://theintercept.com/2018/03/23/climate-change-washington-state/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Climate Change Policy Is Proving Difficult To Enact Even in Liberal States with Democratic Control</a> (The Intercept) <a href="https://yeson1631.org/endorsements/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Endorsers of Yes on 1631</a> <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/green-jobs-revolution-needs-include-us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Green Jobs Revolution Needs to Include All of Us</a> (Audrea Lim, The Nation) <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/second-world-war-economy-mark-wilson-destructive-creation-review" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Economy During Wartime</a> (J.W. Mason, Dissent) <blockquote>“Unhappy with what the military was paying for steel, Bernard Baruch, head of the First World War–era War Industries Board informed U.S. Steel chairman Elbert Gary that if prices didn’t come down, the government would simply take the industry over. When an incredulous Gary asked how U.S. Steel could be managed without its top executives, Baruch replied, ‘Oh, we’ll get a second lieutenant or somebody to run it.’”</blockquote> Kate: <a href="https://theintercept.com/2018/09/08/jeremy-corbyn-labour-climate-change/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Is Nationalization an Answer to Climate Change?</a> (The Intercept) <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/411766-dems-damp-down-hopes-for-climate-change-agenda" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dems damp down hopes for climate change agenda</a> (Timothy Cama and Mike Lillis, The Hill) Kate: <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/booked-mariana-mazzucato-the-value-of-everything-wealth-innovation-interview" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Valuing the World, with Mariana Mazzucato</a> (Dissent) <blockquote>“A carbon-neutral city will require innovation in mobility, nutrition, and how we build houses—all sorts of different areas. At the bottom of that are questions about how to transform government instruments. . . .”</blockquote> Daniel: <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/it-gets-wetter-kim-stanley-robinson-new-york-2140" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">It Gets Wetter</a> (Dissent) <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/it-gets-wetter-kim-stanley-robinson-new-york-2140" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <blockquote>“No matter what the earth system’s tipping points ultimately are, every fraction of a degree of warming that we avoid means saving millions of lives.”</blockquote> Kate: <a href="https://theintercept.com/2017/11/20/cop23-un-climate-change-clean-coal-ccs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The U.S. Decided to Show Up for the U.N. Climate Conference — to Lobby for Coal</a> (The Intercept, 2017) <blockquote>“Of the 17 operational large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities worldwide, the vast majority funnel captured carbon dioxide back into oil extraction, or ‘enhanced oil recovery.’ That fact that has led some to coin the acronym CCUS: Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage, a nod to the fact that captured emissions aren’t always stored.”</blockquote> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/world-we-built-sovereign-nature-infrastructure-leviathan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The World We’ve Built</a> (Jedediah Purdy, Dissent) <blockquote>“The scientists’ warning is addressed to ‘humanity’ . . . On one level, the phrases name a bare fact. “On another level, the ‘humanity’ that the self-described ‘world scientists’ address does not exist. There is no ‘we’ that could take the actions that the scientists call for. . . . To face the Anthropocene, humans would need a way of facing one another. We would need, first, to be a we.”</blockquote> <a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-how-shared-socioeconomic-pathways-explore-future-climate-change" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Explainer: How ‘Shared Socioeconomic Pathways’ explore future climate change</a> (Carbon Brief) Video: <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/watch-the-future-of-the-left-in-the-americas-conference-video" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Resisting Extractivism and Climate Change</a> (Panel at “The Future of the Left in the Americas,” hosted by Dissent, NACLA, and the New School) Daniel: <a href="https://jacobinmag.com/2017/08/the-last-stimulus/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Last Stimulus</a> (Jacobin) The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/hot-bothered-podcast-ipcc-report-2018-what-climate-doomsayers-get-wrong/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast: What the Climate Doomsayers Get Wrong</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Hot & Bothered Podcast: What the Climate Doomsayers Get Wrong

Franchelle Hart

We’re just under one month into the Trump regime and prospects for curbing climate change feel bleak. ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson has been confirmed as Secretary of State, the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines look like unkillable zombies, and the EPA is closer to the chopping block than ever. Still, the resistance is alive and well. As thousands flood into the streets to stop a draconian Muslim travel ban and attacks on civil liberties, a coalition of grassroots groups in New York is showing what climate policy might look like in the age of Trump. New York Renews—a coalition of 104 labor, racial justice, green, and community groups from across the state—showed up in Albany this week to pressure Governor Andrew Cuomo into putting climate justice into the budget, allocating state funding for everything from green jobs to infrastructure development in low-income communities. To hear more about this campaign, we caught up with Franchelle Hart, Executive Director of Open Buffalo, a member of the New York Renews one of the organizations leading efforts for a just transition in upstate New York. Before coming to Open Buffalo, Franchelle worked for years on both state and federal policy, and with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. She has served as a board member for the Western New York Area Labor Federation and President for the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists’ Buffalo Chapter. What with the stench of the Trump regime starting to sink in more fully, Kate and Daniel appreciate your loving and constructive feedback bigly—particularly about Daniel’s dad jokes. Tweet your scathing critiques, your deepest fears and your future show ideas to #HotBotheredClimate. Note: we’ll be taking a hiatus after this episode to prepare for our bigger, better second season. That’s right—we’re going refresh the show, find some more funding, and get ready to come out more often. In the meantime, don’t delete Hot &amp; Bothered. There might just be a mid-hiatus episode sometime soon.         Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.  Writing Climate Justice into the Budget Karen Dewitt, Climate change activists urge Cuomo to go further (WBFO 88.7) Rebecca Nathanson, Can This New York State Campaign Finish What the Paris Climate Talks Started? (The Nation) New York Renews Open Buffalo Buffalo Billion The post Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast #11: A Just Transition for New York State? With Franchelle Hart appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

We’re just under one month into the Trump regime and prospects for curbing climate change feel bleak. ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson has been confirmed as Secretary of State, the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines look like unkillable zombies, and the EPA is closer to the chopping block than ever. Still, the resistance is alive and well. As thousands flood into the streets to stop a draconian Muslim travel ban and attacks on civil liberties, a coalition of grassroots groups in New York is showing what climate policy might look like in the age of Trump. New York Renews—a coalition of 104 labor, racial justice, green, and community groups from across the state—showed up in Albany this week to pressure Governor Andrew Cuomo into putting climate justice into the budget, allocating state funding for everything from green jobs to infrastructure development in low-income communities. To hear more about this campaign, we caught up with Franchelle Hart, Executive Director of Open Buffalo, a member of the New York Renews one of the organizations leading efforts for a just transition in upstate New York. Before coming to Open Buffalo, Franchelle worked for years on both state and federal policy, and with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. She has served as a board member for the Western New York Area Labor Federation and President for the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists’ Buffalo Chapter. What with the stench of the Trump regime starting to sink in more fully, Kate and Daniel appreciate your loving and constructive feedback bigly—particularly about Daniel’s dad jokes. Tweet your scathing critiques, your deepest fears and your future show ideas to <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23HotBotheredClimate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HotBotheredClimate</a>. Note: we’ll be taking a hiatus after this episode to prepare for our bigger, better second season. That’s right—we’re going refresh the show, find some more funding, and get ready to come out more often. In the meantime, don’t delete Hot &amp; Bothered. There might just be a mid-hiatus episode sometime soon. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. Writing Climate Justice into the Budget Karen Dewitt, <a href="http://news.wbfo.org/post/climate-change-activists-urge-cuomo-go-further" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Climate change activists urge Cuomo to go further</a> (WBFO 88.7) Rebecca Nathanson, <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/can-this-new-york-state-campaign-finish-what-the-paris-climate-agreement-started/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Can This New York State Campaign Finish What the Paris Climate Talks Started?</a> (The Nation) <a href="http://nyrenews.org/#who-we-are" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York Renews</a> <a href="https://openbuffalo.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Open Buffalo</a> <a href="https://buffalobillion.ny.gov/about-buffalo-billion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buffalo Billion</a> The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/hot-bothered-podcast-11-just-transition-buffalo-ny-renews-franchelle-hart/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast #11: A Just Transition for New York State? With Franchelle Hart</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Hot & Bothered Podcast #11: A Just Transition for New York State? With Franchelle Hart

With Donald Trump at the White House doorstep, we do something different this month. The show features four brief interviews with leaders from across the climate movement on how they’re interpreting this unique moment—and what they plan to do about it. First up, Daniel speaks to Kert Davies, founder of the Climate Investigations Center. Before that, Kert was the chief architect of the Greenpeace web project ExxonSecrets, launched in 2004, which helped expose the oil giant ExxonMobil’s funding of organizations and individuals who work to discredit the validity of climate science and delay climate policy action. Next, Kate talks to Desiree Kane. Desiree is a journalist and a Miwok organizer who has lived out at Standing Rock fighting the Dakota Access pipeline for the last several months, and just arrived in D.C. She’s joining up with #District13, a partially Hunger Games-inspired hub of millennial resistance there to Trump’s agenda. Daniel then turns to Cindy Wiesner. Cindy is the National Coordinator of Grassroots Global Justice Alliance (GGJ), a network of U.S.-based grassroots groups building an agenda for power for working and poor people and communities of color. She is also Co-Chair of the Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) and a leading organizer of the #ItTakesRoots coalition. And Kate closes by interviewing May Boeve, executive director of 350.org—a movement that has profoundly transformed climate organizing in the U.S. and around the world. The clouds are gathering above, but we’re hanging on to the silver linings. Tweet your flinty determination, the climate justice campaigns you’re watching, and any leftover Moscow mischief jokes to #HotBotheredClimate.         Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.  Apocalinks Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance With Attorneys General (Eric Lipton’s 2014 New York Times report on Scott Pruitt and the Republican Attorney Generals Association) Kate: Either Rex Tillerson Lied Under Oath, Or He Doesn’t Know How Fossil Fuel Subsidies Work (In These Times) The post Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast #10: Into the Abyss appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

With Donald Trump at the White House doorstep, we do something different this month. The show features four brief interviews with leaders from across the climate movement on how they’re interpreting this unique moment—and what they plan to do about it. First up, Daniel speaks to <a href="http://www.climateinvestigations.org/kert-davies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kert Davies</a>, founder of the <a href="http://www.climateinvestigations.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Climate Investigations Center</a>. Before that, Kert was the chief architect of the Greenpeace web project <a href="http://exxonsecrets.org/html/index.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ExxonSecrets</a>, launched in 2004, which helped expose the oil giant ExxonMobil’s funding of organizations and individuals who work to discredit the validity of climate science and delay climate policy action. Next, Kate talks to <a href="http://desireekane.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Desiree Kane</a>. Desiree is a journalist and a Miwok organizer who has lived out at Standing Rock fighting the Dakota Access pipeline for the last several months, and just arrived in D.C. She’s joining up with <a href="https://www.crowdpac.com/campaigns/142523/the-district-13-house-taking-the-opposition-to-washington-dc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#District13</a>, a partially Hunger Games-inspired hub of millennial resistance there to Trump’s agenda. Daniel then turns to <a href="http://ggjalliance.org/staff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cindy Wiesner</a>. Cindy is the National Coordinator of <a href="http://ggjalliance.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grassroots Global Justice Alliance </a>(GGJ), a network of U.S.-based grassroots groups building an agenda for power for working and poor people and communities of color. She is also Co-Chair of the <a href="http://www.ourpowercampaign.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Climate Justice Alliance </a>(CJA) and a leading organizer of the <a href="http://ittakesroots.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#ItTakesRoots</a> coalition. And Kate closes by interviewing <a href="https://350.org/may-boeve-next-generation-leader/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">May Boeve</a>, executive director of <a href="http://www.350.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">350.org</a>—a movement that has profoundly transformed climate organizing in the U.S. and around the world. The clouds are gathering above, but we’re hanging on to the silver linings. Tweet your flinty determination, the climate justice campaigns you’re watching, and any leftover Moscow mischief jokes to <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23HotBotheredClimate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HotBotheredClimate</a>. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. Apocalinks <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/us/politics/energy-firms-in-secretive-alliance-with-attorneys-general.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance With Attorneys General</a> (Eric Lipton’s 2014 New York Times report on Scott Pruitt and the Republican Attorney Generals Association) Kate: <a href="http://inthesetimes.com/article/19808/rex-tillerson-confirmation-hearing-fossil-fuel-subsidies-exxon-trump" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Either Rex Tillerson Lied Under Oath, Or He Doesn’t Know How Fossil Fuel Subsidies Work</a> (In These Times) The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/hot-bothered-podcast-10-climate-movement-trump-resistance/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast #10: Into the Abyss</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Hot & Bothered Podcast #10: Into the Abyss

In the eighth episode of Hot &amp; Bothered, we get two perspectives on the crucial links between racial justice and climate justice. First, Kate travels to Standing Rock to talk to Native organizers there about their recent victory and what the growing movement against Trump can learn from the water protectors.  Then, Daniel speaks with Dawn Phillips, Program Director at Causa Justa-Just Cause, a multiracial, grassroots organization building community leadership to achieve justice for low-income San Francisco and Oakland residents. Dawn, who has a background in environmental justice organizing and serves as Chair of the Steering Committee of the Right to the City Alliance, explains how gentrification and the housing crisis are intertwined with environmental racism and systematic disinvestment in communities of color, not just in the Bay Area but across the country.  As we were wrapping up this episode, we learned that Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson is first in line to be Secretary of State in the Trump administration. We’ll be discussing all that and much more in our next few episodes, so stay tuned. Until then, keep sending us your questions, comments, and thoughts how we might still stave off climate dystopia at #HotBotheredClimate.         Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.  Climate and Racial Justice, From Coast to Coast Kate: A People’s Victory at Standing Rock (In These Times) Development Without Displacement: Resisting Gentrification in the Bay Area (Causa Justa-Just Cause) Daniel: The Urban Green Wars (Jacobin) The post Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast #8: Why Climate Justice Means Racial Justice, with Dawn Phillips appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

In the eighth episode of Hot &amp; Bothered, we get two perspectives on the crucial links between racial justice and climate justice. First, Kate travels to Standing Rock to talk to Native organizers there about their recent victory and what the growing movement against Trump can learn from the water protectors. Then, Daniel speaks with Dawn Phillips, Program Director at <a href="http://cjjc.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Causa Justa-Just Cause</a>, a multiracial, grassroots organization building community leadership to achieve justice for low-income San Francisco and Oakland residents. Dawn, who has a background in environmental justice organizing and serves as Chair of the Steering Committee of the<a href="http://righttothecity.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Right to the City Alliance</a>, explains how gentrification and the housing crisis are intertwined with environmental racism and systematic disinvestment in communities of color, not just in the Bay Area but across the country. As we were wrapping up this episode, we learned that Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson is first in line to be Secretary of State in the Trump administration. We’ll be discussing all that and much more in our next few episodes, so stay tuned. Until then, keep sending us your questions, comments, and thoughts how we might still stave off climate dystopia at <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23HotBotheredClimate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#HotBotheredClimate</a>. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. Climate and Racial Justice, From Coast to Coast Kate: <a href="http://inthesetimes.com/article/19696/a-peoples-victory-at-standing-rock" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A People’s Victory at Standing Rock</a> (In These Times) <a href="http://cjjc.org/publication/development-without-displacement-resisting-gentrification-in-the-bay-area/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Development Without Displacement: Resisting Gentrification in the Bay Area</a> (Causa Justa-Just Cause) Daniel: <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/12/this-changes-everything-naomi-klein-climate-change/" rel="bookmark nofollow" target="_blank">The Urban Green Wars</a> (Jacobin) The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/hot-bothered-podcast-8-racial-justice-gentrification-standing-rock/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast #8: Why Climate Justice Means Racial Justice, with Dawn Phillips</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Hot & Bothered Podcast #8: Why Climate Justice Means Racial Justice, with Dawn Phillips

Raj Patel

With half of the planet on lockdown, many people around the world have been suddenly confronted with an issue they’re not used to thinking about in political terms: food. From empty supermarket shelves sparking fears of shortages, to farmers dumping out lagoons’ worth of milk, to endless lines forming outside of food banks and migrant workers facing threats of pay cuts, the coronavirus pandemic has put the contradictions of our global food system on full display.  And who better to help us parse those contradictions than the veteran food writer, scholar, and activist Raj Patel? On this week’s show, Kate and Daniel talk to Patel about the hunger crisis and the current pandemic; climate-friendly agriculture; labor actions ranging from the Great Cowboy Strike of 1883 to Instacart; and much more.          Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.  “Seven out of the ten worst-paying jobs in America are in the food system,” says Patel. “Those workers are now seen as essential and nonetheless are being thrown in harm’s way with little to no protection.” Yet this is also fueling a new wave of worker militancy, he says—if not yet on the scale that followed the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918.  “The high point of US strike activity happened after the 1918 pandemic,” says Patel. That is, until the New Deal: then, “every year of the New Deal, there were more and more strikes… In fact, the sign of success of the New Deal was increasing confrontation and polarization.”  Even if today’s strikes are still on a far smaller scale, Patel says, “this a moment in which [food workers] are recognizing, as their forebears have, the power that they have compared to Wall Street. And that to me is a good sign for democracy.”If you like the episode and want to hear more from Kate and Daniel, sign up as a monthly member at patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more. And as a special thank you to everyone who’s able to pitch in right away, supporters who sign up by May 1 will automatically get bumped up to the next subscription tier.  So don’t hesitate: sign up on Patreon today.Further reading Dumped Milk, Smashed Eggs, Plowed Vegetables: Food Waste of the Pandemic (David Yaffe-Bellany and Michael Corkery, New York Times) White House Seeks To Lower Farmworker Pay To Help Agriculture Industry (Franco Ordoñez, NPR)  A Green New Deal for Agriculture (Raj Patel and Jim Goodman, Jacobin) The Long New Deal (Raj Patel and Jim Goodman, The Journal of Peasant Studies) COVID-19 and the Crisis in Food Systems (iPES Food, Communiqué) Food Chain Workers Alliance  The post Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast: Why Food Doesn’t Cure Hunger, with Raj Patel appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

With half of the planet on lockdown, many people around the world have been suddenly confronted with an issue they’re not used to thinking about in political terms: food. From empty supermarket shelves sparking fears of shortages, to farmers dumping out lagoons’ worth of milk, to endless lines forming outside of food banks and migrant workers facing threats of pay cuts, the coronavirus pandemic has put the contradictions of our global food system on full display.  And who better to help us parse those contradictions than the veteran food writer, scholar, and activist Raj Patel? On this week’s show, Kate and Daniel talk to Patel about the hunger crisis and the current pandemic; climate-friendly agriculture; labor actions ranging from the Great Cowboy Strike of 1883 to Instacart; and much more.  <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. “Seven out of the ten worst-paying jobs in America are in the food system,” says Patel. “Those workers are now seen as essential and nonetheless are being thrown in harm’s way with little to no protection.” Yet this is also fueling a new wave of worker militancy, he says—if not yet on the scale that followed the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918.  “The high point of US strike activity happened after the 1918 pandemic,” says Patel. That is, until the New Deal: then, “every year of the New Deal, there were more and more strikes… In fact, the sign of success of the New Deal was increasing confrontation and polarization.”  Even if today’s strikes are still on a far smaller scale, Patel says, “this a moment in which [food workers] are recognizing, as their forebears have, the power that they have compared to Wall Street. And that to me is a good sign for democracy.”If you like the episode and want to hear more from Kate and Daniel, sign up as a monthly member at<a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate</a> today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more. And as a special thank you to everyone who’s able to pitch in right away, supporters who sign up by May 1 will automatically get bumped up to the next subscription tier.  So don’t hesitate:<a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> sign up on Patreon today</a>.Further reading <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/business/coronavirus-destroying-food.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dumped Milk, Smashed Eggs, Plowed Vegetables: Food Waste of the Pandemic</a> (David Yaffe-Bellany and Michael Corkery, New York Times) <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/04/10/832076074/white-house-seeks-to-lower-farmworker-pay-to-help-agriculture-industry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">White House Seeks To Lower Farmworker Pay To Help Agriculture Industry</a> (Franco Ordoñez, NPR)  <a href="https://jacobinmag.com/2019/04/green-new-deal-agriculture-farm-workers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Green New Deal for Agriculture</a> (Raj Patel and Jim Goodman, Jacobin) <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03066150.2020.1741551" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Long New Deal</a> (Raj Patel and Jim Goodman, The Journal of Peasant Studies) <a href="http://www.ipes-food.org/pages/covid19" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">COVID-19 and the Crisis in Food Systems</a> (iPES Food, Communiqué) <a href="http://foodchainworkers.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Food Chain Workers Alliance</a> The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/hot-bothered-podcast-food-doesnt-cure-hunger-with-raj-patel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast: Why Food Doesn’t Cure Hunger, with Raj Patel</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Hot & Bothered Podcast: Why Food Doesn’t Cure Hunger, with Raj Patel

Naomi Klein

Jane McAlevey

This podcast episode is part of a special mini-series on Designing the Green New Deal. The Hot &amp; Bothered podcast will return from a hiatus next Thursday, April 9. Tune in with Kate and Daniel for weekly episodes on how we tackle climate change amid the coronavirus emergency. To win a Green New Deal, we need to deepen and expand mass movements and coalitions. Last fall at the University of Pennsylvania, we organized a massive conference on Designing a Green New Deal, with contributions by academics, journalists, organizers, and designers. In this four-part mini-series, we bring you audio of the discussions. This episode, we start with our keynote panel, featuring author Naomi Klein, union organizer and author Jane McAlevey, and the journalist and vice president of Data for Progress, Julian Brave NoiseCat. They debate strategies for building a fighting mass movement led by workers that’s strong enough and wise enough to win a Green New Deal. The current coronavirus crisis makes these debates more relevant than ever. As we struggle to get the health emergency under control, we must also begin planning the recovery. What do political mobilization and economic reconstruction look like in the face of a climate emergency? Daniel, Kate, and special guest (and conference co-organizer) Billy Fleming introduce the episode. The conference was co-hosted by the McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology and the Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative, or (SC)2.         Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.  Further reading Coronavirus Capitalism — and How to Beat It (Naomi Klein, Intercept) Why Unions Matter – Excerpt from A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy (Jane McAlevey) The House on Magnolia Street: How a group of homeless mothers took on a housing crisis (Julian Brave NoiseCat, California Sunday The post Hot &amp; Bothered: Building Power, with Naomi Klein, Jane McAlevey, and Julian Brave NoiseCat appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

This podcast episode is part of a special mini-series on Designing the Green New Deal. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Hot &amp; Bothered podcast</a> will return from a hiatus next Thursday, April 9. Tune in with Kate and Daniel for weekly episodes on how we tackle climate change amid the coronavirus emergency. To win a Green New Deal, we need to deepen and expand mass movements and coalitions. Last fall at the University of Pennsylvania, we organized a massive conference on Designing a Green New Deal, with contributions by academics, journalists, organizers, and designers. In this four-part mini-series, we bring you audio of the discussions. This episode, we start with our keynote panel, featuring author Naomi Klein, union organizer and author Jane McAlevey, and the journalist and vice president of Data for Progress, Julian Brave NoiseCat. They debate strategies for building a fighting mass movement led by workers that’s strong enough and wise enough to win a Green New Deal. The current coronavirus crisis makes these debates more relevant than ever. As we struggle to get the health emergency under control, we must also begin planning the recovery. What do political mobilization and economic reconstruction look like in the face of a climate emergency? Daniel, Kate, and special guest (and conference co-organizer) Billy Fleming introduce the episode. The conference was co-hosted by the <a href="https://mcharg.upenn.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology</a> and the <a href="https://web.sas.upenn.edu/sociospatialclimate/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative, or (SC)2</a>. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. Further reading <a href="https://theintercept.com/2020/03/16/coronavirus-capitalism/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Coronavirus Capitalism — and How to Beat It</a> (Naomi Klein, Intercept) <a href="https://janemcalevey.com/writing/why-unions-matter-excerpt-from-a-collective-bargain-unions-organizing-and-the-fight-for-democracy/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Why Unions Matter – Excerpt from A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy</a> (Jane McAlevey) <a href="https://story.californiasunday.com/moms-4-housing-oakland" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The House on Magnolia Street: How a group of homeless mothers took on a housing crisis</a> (Julian Brave NoiseCat, California Sunday The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/hot-bothered-building-power-with-naomi-klein-jane-mcalevey-and-julian-brave-noisecat/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered: Building Power, with Naomi Klein, Jane McAlevey, and Julian Brave NoiseCat</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Hot & Bothered: Building Power, with Naomi Klein, Jane McAlevey, and Julian Brave NoiseCat

Kevin Ummel

Daniel’s map for “Carboniferous” in “Nonstop Metropolis: A New York Atlas” by Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro (University of California Press, 2016). Cartography: Molly Roy; artwork: Bette Burgoyne. Underlying data from Kevin Ummel, adapted from research he did for the Center for Global Development. Courtesy of University of California Press. Click here to view the full map.   Just in time for a season of holiday excess, Daniel spends the ninth episode of Hot &amp; Bothered indulging in some heavy data wonkery, while Kate gets the week off. First, he touches on fears among scientists that the Trump administration could actually erase or conceal key climate data. Daniel’s colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania are helping lead an effort to safeguard this valuable material through their #datarefuge campaign (see links below). Next is Daniel’s feature interview with Kevin Ummel, which reveals why the rich have such high carbon footprints, just what kinds of consumption really drive carbon emissions, how urban density does (and doesn’t) make a difference, and what all this means for developing ethical climate policies, like a properly designed carbon tax. Indeed, if we are still perfecting our knowledge of the climate system, we’re at a much earlier stage in the social science of carbon emissions—figuring out which social and spatial factors are most important. Kevin Ummel is a data scientist and environmental economist based in Colorado. He was formerly a Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and  a Visiting Senior Associate at the Center for Global Development. He currently consults for organizations like the Citizens’ Climate Lobby and the World Resources Institute. Kevin and Daniel collaborated on a map of New York’s per capita carbon emissions that was published this October, alongside an essay of Daniel’s, in Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas.  You know a melancholy Santa Claus will be listening carefully to our bonus episode as he circles above the melting North Pole in the early hours of December 25, trying to find a solid patch of ice near his workshop to land his sleigh. He might even be as shocked as you to find Daniel closing the episode with a passionate plea for optimism. But he’ll certainly be convinced. And with that jolly thought, happy holidays from Hot &amp; Bothered. See you in 2017.         Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.   Protecting climate data from Trump’s anti-science administration University of Pennsylvania #datarefuge project Environmental Data and Governance Initiative Climate Mirror End of Term Harvest Consumption-accounting of carbon emissions Kevin Ummel, “Who Pollutes?”, Center for Global Development Kevin Ummel, “Household Impact Study”, Citizens’ Climate Lobby Daniel Aldana Cohen, “Petro-Gotham, People’s Gotham,” excerpt at The Leap Blog with map “Carboniferous,” developed with Kevin Ummel’s data Daniel Aldana Cohen on urban climate emissions on Forecast podcast Fun bonus holiday link: Kate Aronoff, “Star Wars Goes to the Countryside,” Jacobin The post Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast #9: A Holiday Gift for Climate Wonks, with Kevin Ummel appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Daniel’s map for “Carboniferous” in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nonstop-Metropolis-York-City-Atlas/dp/0520285956" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Nonstop Metropolis: A New York Atlas”</a> by Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro (University of California Press, 2016). Cartography: <a href="http://www.mroycartography.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Molly Roy</a>; artwork: <a href="http://betteburgoyne.net/betteburgoyne/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bette Burgoyne</a>. Underlying data from Kevin Ummel, adapted from research he did for the <a href="http://www.cgdev.org/blog/who-pollutes-most-surprises-new-us-database-kevin-ummel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Center for Global Development.</a> Courtesy of University of California Press. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/Carboniferous-map-full-1800.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to view the full map</a>. Just in time for a season of holiday excess, Daniel spends the ninth episode of Hot &amp; Bothered indulging in some heavy data wonkery, while Kate gets the week off. First, he touches on fears among scientists that the Trump administration could actually erase or conceal key climate data. Daniel’s colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania are helping lead an effort to safeguard this valuable material through their #datarefuge campaign (see links below). Next is Daniel’s feature interview with Kevin Ummel, which reveals why the rich have such high carbon footprints, just what kinds of consumption really drive carbon emissions, how urban density does (and doesn’t) make a difference, and what all this means for developing ethical climate policies, like a properly designed carbon tax. Indeed, if we are still perfecting our knowledge of the climate system, we’re at a much earlier stage in the social science of carbon emissions—figuring out which social and spatial factors are most important. Kevin Ummel is a data scientist and environmental economist based in Colorado. He was formerly a Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and  a Visiting Senior Associate at the Center for Global Development. He currently consults for organizations like the <a href="http://citizensclimate.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Citizens’ Climate Lobby</a> and the <a href="http://www.wri.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">World Resources Institute</a>. Kevin and Daniel collaborated on a map of New York’s per capita carbon emissions that was published this October, alongside an essay of Daniel’s, in <a href="http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520285958" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas</a>. You know a melancholy Santa Claus will be listening carefully to our bonus episode as he circles above the melting North Pole in the early hours of December 25, trying to find a solid patch of ice near his workshop to land his sleigh. He might even be as shocked as you to find Daniel closing the episode with a passionate plea for optimism. But he’ll certainly be convinced. And with that jolly thought, happy holidays from Hot &amp; Bothered. See you in 2017. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. Protecting climate data from Trump’s anti-science administration <a href="http://www.ppehlab.org/datarefuge/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of Pennsylvania #datarefuge project</a> <a href="https://www.envirodatagov.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Environmental Data and Governance Initiative</a> <a href="http://climatemirror.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Climate Mirror</a> <a href="http://digital2.library.unt.edu/nomination/eth2016_bulk/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">End of Term Harvest</a> Consumption-accounting of carbon emissions <a href="http://www.cgdev.org/publication/who-pollutes-household-level-database-americas-greenhouse-gas-footprint-working-paper" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kevin Ummel, “Who Pollutes?”</a>, Center for Global Development <a href="https://citizensclimatelobby.org/household-impact-study/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kevin Ummel, “Household Impact Study”</a>, Citizens’ Climate Lobby <a href="https://theleapblog.org/petro-gotham-peoples-gotham/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Aldana Cohen, “Petro-Gotham, People’s Gotham,”</a> excerpt at The Leap Blog with map “Carboniferous,” developed with Kevin Ummel’s data <a href="http://forecastpod.org/index.php/2016/10/21/daniel-aldana-cohen-on-the-urban-environment-and-urban-justice/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Aldana Cohen on urban climate emissions on Forecast podcast</a> Fun bonus holiday link: <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/12/rogue-one-star-wars-rebellion-left/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kate Aronoff, “Star Wars Goes to the Countryside,”</a> Jacobin The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/hot-bothered-podcast-9-wonk-special-cities-consumption-carbon-kevin-ummel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast #9: A Holiday Gift for Climate Wonks, with Kevin Ummel</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Hot & Bothered Podcast #9: A Holiday Gift for Climate Wonks, with Kevin Ummel

Still hot… still bothered… and now facing a global crisis rivaled only by the climate emergency itself. Kate Aronoff and Daniel Aldana Cohen are back with a new season of Hot &amp; Bothered, the podcast on climate politics for the 99%, hosted by Dissent magazine. Every Thursday, they’ll be joined by friends and special guests far and wide, to make sense of the catastrophe(s) unfolding around us and think through what comes next.  For the first episode, Kate and Daniel catch up on the onslaught of the last several weeks: the mounting toll of the coronavirus pandemic, with its deep racial and economic disparities; the equally alarming economic fallout; and what a green stimulus could look like in response. They also worry about the devastation threatened by likely climate disasters in the coming months— not to mention the Trump administration and local right-wing lawmakers using COVID-19 as a pretext to further slash regulations on fossil fuels.  If you like the episode and want to hear more from Kate and Daniel, sign up as a monthly member at patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more. And as a special thank you to everyone who’s able to pitch in right away, supporters who sign up by May 1 will automatically get bumped up to the next subscription tier.  So don’t hesitate: sign up on Patreon today.         Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.  Further reading: A Green Stimulus to Rebuild Our Economy (Medium) Daniel: Covid-19 and Eco-Apartheid (Medium) Memo: Green Industrial Policy for Domestic and Global Climate Justice Is Popular (Daniel Aldana Cohen, Thea Riofrancos, Billy Fleming, and Jason Ganz, Data for Progress) Kate: Green Jobs Are the Answer to the Coronavirus Recession (The New Republic) Kate: The Democrats Screwed Up (The New Republic) The Climate and Environmental Rules Being Rolled Back During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Amy Westervelt, Drilled News) The post Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast: Climate Politics in the Time of Coronavirus appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Still hot… still bothered… and now facing a global crisis rivaled only by the climate emergency itself. Kate Aronoff and Daniel Aldana Cohen are back with a new season of Hot &amp; Bothered, the podcast on climate politics for the 99%, hosted by Dissent magazine. Every Thursday, they’ll be joined by friends and special guests far and wide, to make sense of the catastrophe(s) unfolding around us and think through what comes next.  For the first episode, Kate and Daniel catch up on the onslaught of the last several weeks: the mounting toll of the coronavirus pandemic, with its deep racial and economic disparities; the equally alarming economic fallout; and what a green stimulus could look like in response. They also worry about the devastation threatened by likely climate disasters in the coming months— not to mention the Trump administration and local right-wing lawmakers using COVID-19 as a pretext to further slash regulations on fossil fuels.  If you like the episode and want to hear more from Kate and Daniel, sign up as a monthly member at<a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate</a> today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more. And as a special thank you to everyone who’s able to pitch in right away, supporters who sign up by May 1 will automatically get bumped up to the next subscription tier.  So don’t hesitate:<a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> sign up on Patreon today</a>. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. Further reading: <a href="https://medium.com/@green_stimulus_now/a-green-stimulus-to-rebuild-our-economy-1e7030a1d9ee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Green Stimulus to Rebuild Our Economy</a> (Medium) Daniel: <a href="https://medium.com/sc-2-analysis/covid-19-and-eco-apartheid-f940b3bdb3df" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Covid-19 and Eco-Apartheid</a> (Medium) <a href="https://www.dataforprogress.org/memos/green-industrial-policy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Memo: Green Industrial Policy for Domestic and Global Climate Justice Is Popular</a> (Daniel Aldana Cohen, Thea Riofrancos, Billy Fleming, and Jason Ganz, Data for Progress) Kate: <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/156962/green-jobs-answer-coronavirus-recession" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Green Jobs Are the Answer to the Coronavirus Recession</a> (The New Republic) Kate: <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/156994/democrats-screwed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Democrats Screwed Up</a> (The New Republic) <a href="https://www.drillednews.com/post/the-climate-covid-19-policy-tracker" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Climate and Environmental Rules Being Rolled Back During the COVID-19 Pandemic</a> (Amy Westervelt, Drilled News) The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/hot-and-bothered-podcast-climate-politics-in-the-time-of-coronavirus/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast: Climate Politics in the Time of Coronavirus</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Hot & Bothered Podcast: Climate Politics in the Time of Coronavirus

Waleed Shahid

The last two months have seen the left come closer than it has in decades to nominating a U.S. presidential candidate, only to end in stinging defeat. In Congress, Democratic leaders have been on the back foot in negotiating record stimulus spending amid a historic crisis. For the U.S. left, in other words, the current moment in many ways looks like one of defeat.  Still, says Waleed Shahid, “The progressive movement is dominating the ideas conversation in the Democratic party, which was not the case five years ago.” Shahid, a veteran of Bernie Sanders’s first presidential campaign in 2016 and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s upset run in 2018, is now the communications director for Justice Democrats and a leading voice of left-wing realignment in the Democratic Party.  On this week’s show, Kate and Daniel talk to Shahid about how the broad left can still shape the party after the Bernie Sanders campaign; why primarying matters; whether the climate movement needs to abandon the “Green New Deal” label; and what it takes more broadly to build power in a time of monsters.           Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.  If you like the episode and want to hear more from Kate and Daniel, sign up as a monthly member at patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more. And as a special thank you to everyone who’s able to pitch in right away, supporters who sign up by May 1 will automatically get bumped up to the next subscription tier.  So don’t hesitate: sign up on Patreon today.Further reading Kate: The Urgent Message of Negative Oil Prices (The New Republic)  Waleed Shahid: Joe Biden, Here’s How to Earn Our Support (The Nation) The Realigners: An Interview with Waleed Shahid of Justice Democrats (Joshua Leifer, Dissent) Democrats Are Handing Donald Trump The Keys To The Country (Zach Carter, Huffington Post) Democrats fight Green New Deal attacks on stimulus (Timothy Cama and Nick Sobczyk, E&amp;E News) The COVID-19 pandemic will change everything – for better or worse (Christine Berry, Verso blog) Colossus Wears Tweed (Quinn Slobodian, Dissent)  Generation Climate Change (Varshini Prakash, Ezra Klein Show) The post Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast: Building Power in a Time of Monsters, with Waleed Shahid appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

The last two months have seen the left come closer than it has in decades to nominating a U.S. presidential candidate, only to end in stinging defeat. In Congress, Democratic leaders have been on the back foot in negotiating record stimulus spending amid a historic crisis. For the U.S. left, in other words, the current moment in many ways looks like one of defeat.  Still, says Waleed Shahid, “The progressive movement is dominating the ideas conversation in the Democratic party, which was not the case five years ago.” Shahid, a veteran of Bernie Sanders’s first presidential campaign in 2016 and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s upset run in 2018, is now the communications director for Justice Democrats and a leading voice of left-wing realignment in the Democratic Party.  On this week’s show, Kate and Daniel talk to Shahid about how the broad left can still shape the party after the Bernie Sanders campaign; why primarying matters; whether the climate movement needs to abandon the “Green New Deal” label; and what it takes more broadly to build power in a time of monsters.   <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. If you like the episode and want to hear more from Kate and Daniel, sign up as a monthly member at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate</a> today. It’s thanks to those who are able to contribute that we’re able to make the podcast free for anyone to listen to.  Paying members will get access to perks like a monthly happy hour with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a free ebook of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more. And as a special thank you to everyone who’s able to pitch in right away, supporters who sign up by May 1 will automatically get bumped up to the next subscription tier.  So don’t hesitate: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">sign up on Patreon today</a>.Further reading Kate: <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/157377/urgent-message-negative-oil-prices" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Urgent Message of Negative Oil Prices</a> (The New Republic)  Waleed Shahid: <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-earn-young-voters/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Joe Biden, Here’s How to Earn Our Support</a> (The Nation) <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-realigners-an-interview-with-waleed-shahid-of-justice-democrats" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Realigners: An Interview with Waleed Shahid of Justice Democrats</a> (Joshua Leifer, Dissent) <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-democrats-donald-trump-coronavirus-bill_n_5e7b77a6c5b62a1870d62d83?guccounter=1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Democrats Are Handing Donald Trump The Keys To The Country</a> (Zach Carter, Huffington Post) <a href="https://www.eenews.net/stories/1062685559" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Democrats fight Green New Deal attacks on stimulus</a> (Timothy Cama and Nick Sobczyk, E&amp;E News) <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/4613-the-covid-19-pandemic-will-change-everything-for-better-or-worse" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The COVID-19 pandemic will change everything – for better or worse</a> (Christine Berry, Verso blog) <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/colossus-wears-tweed" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Colossus Wears Tweed</a> (Quinn Slobodian, Dissent) <a href="https://www.vox.com/ezra-klein-show-podcast/2019/7/31/20732041/varshini-prakash-sunrise-movement-green-new-deal" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Generation Climate Change</a> (Varshini Prakash, Ezra Klein Show) The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/hot-bothered-podcast-the-long-march-through-the-institutions-with-waleed-shahid/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered Podcast: Building Power in a Time of Monsters, with Waleed Shahid</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Hot & Bothered Podcast: Building Power in a Time of Monsters, with Waleed Shahid

This podcast episode is part of a special mini-series on Designing the Green New Deal. The Hot &amp; Bothered podcast will return from a hiatus next Thursday, April 9. Tune in with Kate and Daniel for weekly episodes on how we tackle climate change amid the coronavirus emergency. To win a Green New Deal, we need to deepen and expand mass movements and coalitions. Last fall at the University of Pennsylvania, we organized a massive conference on Designing a Green New Deal, with contributions by academics, journalists, organizers, and designers. In this four-part mini-series, we bring you audio of the discussions. To achieve rapid and equitable decarbonization will require immense practical wisdom, and a clear-eyed recognition of the obstacles in our path. We must also learn from the environmental justice movement, whose struggles invented the concepts behind the Green New Deal decades ago. This episode features UC Santa Barbara political scientist Leah Stokes, Vox writer David Roberts, WE-ACT Director of Legislative Affairs Kerene Tayloe, Esq, and Roosevelt Institute’s Director of Climate Policy Rhiana Gunn-Wright.  Daniel, Kate, and special guest (and conference co-organizer) Billy Fleming introduce the episode. The conference was co-hosted by the McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology and the Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative, or (SC)2.         Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive here. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of Total Running Time.  Further reading  Cleaning Up the Energy System (Leah Stokes, Democracy)  A Just and Sustainable Economic Response to Coronavirus, Explained (David Roberts, Vox) WE ACT for Environmental Justice with Kerene Tayloe (Two Broads Talking Politics Podcast)  Meet the Policy Architect Behind the Green New Deal (Rhiana Gunn-Wright, Ezra Klein Show)  The post Hot &amp; Bothered: Radical Pragmatism appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

This podcast episode is part of a special mini-series on Designing the Green New Deal. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Hot &amp; Bothered podcast</a> will return from a hiatus next Thursday, April 9. Tune in with Kate and Daniel for weekly episodes on how we tackle climate change amid the coronavirus emergency. To win a Green New Deal, we need to deepen and expand mass movements and coalitions. Last fall at the University of Pennsylvania, we organized a massive conference on Designing a Green New Deal, with contributions by academics, journalists, organizers, and designers. In this four-part mini-series, we bring you audio of the discussions. To achieve rapid and equitable decarbonization will require immense practical wisdom, and a clear-eyed recognition of the obstacles in our path. We must also learn from the environmental justice movement, whose struggles invented the concepts behind the Green New Deal decades ago. This episode features UC Santa Barbara political scientist Leah Stokes, Vox writer David Roberts, WE-ACT Director of Legislative Affairs Kerene Tayloe, Esq, and Roosevelt Institute’s Director of Climate Policy Rhiana Gunn-Wright.  Daniel, Kate, and special guest (and conference co-organizer) Billy Fleming introduce the episode. The conference was co-hosted by the <a href="https://mcharg.upenn.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology</a> and the <a href="https://web.sas.upenn.edu/sociospatialclimate/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative, or (SC)2</a>. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-dissent-climate/id1115786839" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Check out the full Hot &amp; Bothered archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/hot-bothered" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hot &amp; Bothered is produced by Colin Kinniburgh. Music: Mercurias Meet Victor Rice, “Carregar (Instrumental),” courtesy of <a href="https://soundcloud.com/totalrunningtime/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Total Running Time</a>. Further reading <a href="https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/56/cleaning-up-the-electricity-system/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Cleaning Up the Energy System</a> (Leah Stokes, Democracy) <a href="https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/3/25/21180248/just-sustainable-economic-response-coronavirus-explained" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> A Just and Sustainable Economic Response to Coronavirus, Explained </a>(David Roberts, Vox) <a href="https://www.weact.org/2019/09/kerene-tayloe-talks-about-environmental-justice-on-two-broads-talking-politics-september-9-2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WE ACT for Environmental Justice with Kerene Tayloe </a>(Two Broads Talking Politics Podcast) <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/vox/the-ezra-klein-show/e/59687986" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Meet the Policy Architect Behind the Green New Deal</a> (Rhiana Gunn-Wright, Ezra Klein Show) The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/hot-bothered-radical-pragmatism/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot &amp; Bothered: Radical Pragmatism</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Hot & Bothered: Radical Pragmatism

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