Hot & Bothered: A Dissent Climate Podcast

<p dir="ltr">[contentblock id=3]</p> <p>[contentblock id=2]<br /> [contentblock id=10]</p> <p>[contentblock id=3]</p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <hr style="visibility:hidden" /> <!--nosharesave--><br /> <!--noyarpp--></p> <p dir="ltr"><b>Further reading</b></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kate: </span><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/160169/will-biden-repeat-obamas-mistakes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Will Biden Repeat Obama&#8217;s Mistakes?</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Republic</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kate: </span><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/160142/democrats-will-suffer-abandon-green-new-deal"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Democrats Will Suffer if They Abandon the Green New Deal</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Republic</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Daniel: </span><a href="https://novaramedia.com/2020/10/28/with-joe-biden-theres-still-a-case-for-climate-optimism/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">With Joe Biden, There&#8217;s Still a Case for Climate Optimism</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Novara Media</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Daniel:</span><a href="https://tjcinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20.10_The-Case-for-Social-Housing-1.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Case for Social Housing</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (with Mark Paul, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Justice Collaborative</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://buildbackbetter.com/priorities/climate-change/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Climate Change | President-Elect Joe Biden</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://climatemandate.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Climate Mandate &#8211; The Team We Need to Combat the Climate Crisis</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Sunrise Movement, Justice Democrats)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://climate21.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Climate21 Project</span></a></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://theintercept.com/2020/11/06/decon-2020-what-happened/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deconstructed: What Happened?</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Ryan Grim with Ilhan Omar and Mike Siegel, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Intercept</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)  </span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000175-b4b4-dc7f-a3fd-bdf660490000"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What Went Wrong for Congressional Democrats in 2020</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Open letter from New Deal Strategies, Justice Democrats, Sunrise Movement, Data for Progress)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/11/andy-levin-likely-contender-bidens-labor-secretary/6245438002/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Andy Levin viewed as likely contender for Biden&#8217;s labor secretary</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Melissa Nann Burke, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Detroit News</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2007/8/20/374027/-"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Obama and the Arugula Scandal</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Daily Kos</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.vox.com/21549521/joe-biden-transition-climate-change-senate-runoff"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joe Biden and climate change: 10 executive actions President-elect Biden is planning</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Umair Irfan, Vox)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://dissentmagazine.org/blog/belabored-labor-at-the-ballot-box"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Belabored: Labor at the Ballot Box</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-election-union-contract/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Working People Dragged Joe Biden Over the Finish Line</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Jane McAlevey, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Nation</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n22/mike-davis/short-cuts"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rio Grande Valley Republicans</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Mike Davis, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">London Review of Books</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/DissentMag/status/1251220154006020096"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strikes during the New Deal</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, via Raj Patel</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/a-crisis-wasted-barack-obama-s-defining-decisions/9781948122313"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Crisis Wasted: Barack Obama’s Defining Decisions</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Reed Hundt</span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://dissentmagazine.org/blog/hot-bothered-a-glide-path-to-ruin/">Hot &#038; Bothered: A Glide Path to Ruin</a> appeared first on <a href="https://dissentmagazine.org">Dissent Magazine</a>.</p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span></p> <p dir="ltr">[contentblock id=3]</p> <p>[contentblock id=2]<br /> [contentblock id=10]</p> <p>[contentblock id=3]</p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">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 </span><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast/id1115786839" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">iTunes</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> or your podcast platform of choice, and to join the conversation on Twitter with </span><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23hotbotheredclimate&amp;f=live" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">#HotBotheredClimate</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <hr style="visibility:hidden" /> <!--nosharesave--><br /> <!--noyarpp--></p> <p dir="ltr"><b>Summer syllabus</b></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/503427-democrats-unveil-15-trillion-infrastructure-plan" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Democrats unveil $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Rebecca Beitsch, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Hill</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) </span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10714839.2020.1768726" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Latin America&#8217;s Green New Deal</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Daniel Aldana Cohen and Thea Riofrancos, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">NACLA Report on the Americas</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Crisis-Wasted/Reed-Hundt/9781948122313" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Crisis Wasted</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Reed Hundt, Simon &amp; Schuster)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kate: </span><a href="https://inthesetimes.com/article/21222/abolish-ICE-Department-homeland-security-jeff-sessions-donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why Abolishing ICE Is Good Climate Policy</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">In These Times</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/crisis-cities-disaster-and-redevelopment-in-new-york-and-new-orleans/9780199752218" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crisis Cities: Disaster and Redevelopment in New York and New Orleans</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Kevin Fox Gotham and Miriam Greenberg, Oxford University Press)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.wiley.com/en-us/We%2C+the+Sovereign-p-9781509521357" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">We, The Sovereign</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Wiley)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674971714" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Katrina: A History, 1915–2015</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Andy Horowitz, Harvard University Press)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://theintercept.com/2020/06/24/jamaal-bowman-eliot-engel-new-york-primary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jamaal Bowman Set to Oust Rep. Eliot Engel in Major Progressive Power Grab</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Aída Chávez, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Intercept</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kate: </span><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/158198/inside-fight-shape-bidens-climate-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Inside the Fight to Shape Biden’s Climate Policy</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Republic</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Colin: </span><a href="https://www.france24.com/en/20190831-france-dunkirk-free-transportation-bus-success-climate-cities" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">French city of Dunkirk tests out free transport – and it works</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">France 24</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Colin: </span><a href="https://www.france24.com/en/20200311-paris-seeks-to-double-down-on-new-public-housing-to-offset-soaring-rents" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Paris’s new public housing push aims to offset soaring rents</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">France 24</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://dissentmagazine.org/blog/hot-bothered-a-decade-to-win/">Hot &#038; Bothered: A Decade to Win</a> appeared first on <a href="https://dissentmagazine.org">Dissent Magazine</a>.</p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">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? </span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week, Kate and Daniel speak to Jasson Perez</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Senior Research Analyst at </span><a href="https://acrecampaigns.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">ACRE</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (the Action Center on Race and the Economy) and organizer </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">with the Afro-Socialists &amp; Socialists of Color Caucus of DSA.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> They discuss why defunding the police is an essential step toward ending anti-Black violence; </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">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 </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span></p> <p dir="ltr">[contentblock id=3]</p> <p>[contentblock id=2]<br /> [contentblock id=10]</p> <p>[contentblock id=3]</p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">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</span><b> </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">virtual happy hour on Monday, June 22. </span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you liked the season, it’s also not too late to rate and review us on </span><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-bothered-a-dissent-climate-podcast/id1115786839" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">iTunes</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> or your podcast platform of choice, and to join the conversation on Twitter with </span><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23hotbotheredclimate&amp;f=live" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">#HotBotheredClimate</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <hr style="visibility:hidden" /> <!--nosharesave--><br /> <!--noyarpp--></p> <p dir="ltr"><b>Further reading</b></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="http://criticalresistance.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Critical Resistance</span></a></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/31/the-answer-to-police-violence-is-not-reform-its-defunding-heres-why" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The answer to police violence is not ‘reform’. It&#8217;s defunding. Here&#8217;s why</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Alex S. Vitale, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Guardian</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Mariame Kaba, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Times</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.colorlines.com/articles/excerpt-andrea-j-ritchie-why-we-need-world-without-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Andrea J. Ritchie on Why We Need a World Without Police</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Colorlines</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://jacobinmag.com/2020/05/federal-reserve-coronavirus" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Federal Reserve Can Help Workers in a Time of Crisis</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Jasson Perez, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jacobin</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="http://whatrecovery.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fed Up: The National Campaign for a Strong Economy</span></a></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On &#8220;targeted universalism&#8221;: </span><a href="https://dissentmagazine.org/article/from-a-tangle-of-pathology-to-a-race-fair-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">From a Tangle of Pathology to a Race-Fair America</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Alan Aja, Daniel Bustillo, William Darity, Jr., and Darrick Hamilton, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dissent</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/business/media/cops-canceled-paramount-tv-show.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">‘Cops,’ Long-Running Reality Show That Glorified Police, Is Canceled</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Nicole Sperling, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Times</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://populardemocracy.org/news/publications/aiming-underachieve-how-federal-reserve-lending-program-local-governments-designed" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Aiming to Underachieve: How a Federal Reserve Lending Program for Local Governments is Designed to Fall Short </a>(Center for Public Democracy)</p> <p>The post <a href="https://dissentmagazine.org/blog/hot-bothered-podcast-an-abolitionist-green-new-deal-with-jasson-perez/">Hot &#038; Bothered: An Abolitionist Green New Deal, with Jasson Perez</a> appeared first on <a href="https://dissentmagazine.org">Dissent Magazine</a>.</p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <p>[contentblock id=3]<br /> [contentblock id=2]<br /> [contentblock id=10]</p> <p>[contentblock id=3]</p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you like the episode and want to hear more, sign up as a monthly member at</span> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate</b></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 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. </span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Paying members will get access to perks like a </span><b>monthly happy hour </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a </span><b>free ebook </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">of</span><b> </b><b><i>A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal </i></b><b> </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more. </span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don’t hesitate:</span> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>sign up on Patreon today</b></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <hr style="visibility:hidden" /> <!--nosharesave--><br /> <!--noyarpp--></p> <p dir="ltr"><b>Further reading</b></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.nycommunities.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Communities for Change</span></a></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/this-group-pioneered-the-fight-for-15-can-they-transform-the-fight-for-affordable-housing-too/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">This Group Pioneered the Fight for $15. Can They Transform the Fight for Affordable Housing Too?</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Sarah Jaffe, t</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">he</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Nation</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90336307/new-york-city-is-about-to-pass-its-own-green-new-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York City is about to pass its own Green New Deal</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Adele Peters, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fast Company</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://citylimits.org/2020/05/16/third-strike-for-williams-pipeline/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Third Strike for Williams Pipeline</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Jarrett Murphy, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">City Limits</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://dissentmagazine.org/blog/hot-bothered-putting-racial-justice-first-with-patrick-houston/">Hot &#038; Bothered: Putting Racial Justice First, with Patrick Houston</a> appeared first on <a href="https://dissentmagazine.org">Dissent Magazine</a>.</p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">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 </span><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" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sierra Club</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to the </span><a href="https://twitter.com/LCVoters/status/1266441793085808641" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">League of Conservation Voters</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> have issued statements condemning racist violence; the </span><a href="https://twitter.com/sunrisemvmt/status/1267081138511712256" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sunrise Movement</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://twitter.com/350/status/1267229924613447680" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">350.org</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> have gone further, echoing the call from racial justice organizers to defund the police. </span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span>What will it take for the climate movement to move beyond statements of solidarity and advance a strategy of targeted divestment from racist institutions, </span>in order to <span>reinvest those resources—and many more, besides—in communities of color?</span> 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.</span></p> <p>[contentblock id=3]<br /> [contentblock id=2]<br /> [contentblock id=10]</p> <p>[contentblock id=3]</p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you like the episode and want to hear more, sign up as a monthly member at</span> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate</b></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 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. </span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Paying members will get access to perks like a </span><b>monthly happy hour </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">with Kate, Daniel, and friends, a </span><b>free ebook </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">of</span><b> </b><b><i>A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal </i></b><b> </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">by Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos, and much more. </span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don’t hesitate:</span> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hotbotheredclimate" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>sign up on Patreon today</b></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <hr style="visibility:hidden" /> <!--nosharesave--><br /> <!--noyarpp--></p> <p dir="ltr"><b>Further reading</b></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://populardemocracy.org/news/publications/freedom-thrive-reimagining-safety-security-our-communities" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Freedom to Thrive: Reimagining Safety &amp; Security in Our Communities</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Center for Popular Democracy, Law for Black Lives, Black Youth Project 100)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://m4bl.org/policy-platforms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Movement for Black Lives Policy Platform</span></a></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://mijincha.com/about-me/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mijin Cha</span></a></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339749958_Environmental_Justice_Just_Transition_and_a_Low-Carbon_Future_for_California" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Environmental Justice, Just Transition, and a Low-Carbon Future for California</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (J. Mijin Cha, Madeline Wander, and Manuel Pastor, Environmental Law Institute)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://grist.org/justice/a-working-class-buffalo-suburb-retired-a-coal-plant-the-right-way/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rising from the ashes, a Buffalo suburb ends its dependence on coal</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Elizabeth McGowan, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grist</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/reports/65/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reversing Inequality, Combatting Climate Change: A Climate Jobs Program for New York State</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (J. Mijin Cha and Lara Skinner, The Worker Institute)</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://medium.com/@green_stimulus_now/a-green-stimulus-to-rebuild-our-economy-1e7030a1d9ee" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Green Stimulus to Rebuild Our Economy</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Medium)</span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://dissentmagazine.org/blog/hot-bothered-why-defunding-police-key-just-transition-j-mijin-cha/">Hot &#038; Bothered: Why Defunding the Police is Key to a Just Transition, with J. Mijin Cha</a> appeared first on <a href="https://dissentmagazine.org">Dissent Magazine</a>.</p>