The recent surge in radical climate activism is being met with a huge backlash. Does civil disobedience work or is it harming the movement? And why is everyone mad at the messenger, and not the perpetrators? We deep dive into the past and the present to find answers.
Reporter: Emily Leshner
Camera: Emily Leshner
Video Editor: Markus Mörtz
Supervising Editor: Joanna Gottschalk, Kiyo Dörrer
We’re destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn’t need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we’ll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
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Read More (Links):
The Guardian on Extinction Rebellion changing its tactics:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/01/extinction-rebellion-announces-move-away-from-disruptive-tactics
The Guardian on Extinction Rebellion and road blocking: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/02/insulate-britain-and-just-stop-oil-vow-to-continue-disruptive-action
The Conversation on the history of social movements:
https://theconversation.com/climate-change-radical-activists-benefit-social-movements-history-shows-why-181977
Aljazeera on Egypt’s dissuasions on climate groups: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/12/ahead-of-cop27-egypt-environment-groups-express-fear-hrw
NBC News on climate grief:
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/mental-health/climate-grief-growing-emotional-toll-climate-change-n946751
Olaf Corry and David Reiner (9/2020): “Protests and Policies: How Radical Social Movement Activists Engage with Climate Policy Dilemmas”:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0038038520943107
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Chapters
Intro: 00:00
Backlash: 00:52
History: 02:38
Activist’s side: 04:47
Expert’s opinion: 06:30
State reaction: 08:04
Conclusion: 11:23
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