G&R Episode 5: Climate Rebellion with Bea Ruiz

Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals · Mar 7, 2020 · 48m

This episode, we get into the climate rebellion spreading across the globe with Bea Ruiz from Extinction Rebellion US (XR US).

We kick the episode off with a tribute to priest, poet and Sandinista Ernesto Cardenal who died on March 1st.

Then we go in depth with Bea on climate politics, Extinction Rebellion, the Big Green non-profit industrial complex, and solidarity with brown, black and poor white communities on the frontlines of fossil fuel extraction, as well as the legacy of Judi Bari. Bea is a longtime organizer in radical movements. Bea worked with Diablo Rising Tide, the Bay Area…