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This week on CounterSpin: The harms of climate disruption are already terrible and will only get worse, and despite what appears to be some people’s magical thinking, no one will be unaffected. What’s more, the drivers of climate disruption are known, and it isn’t people who leave the lights on. What’s missing is a public and media dialog that features fossil fuel industries and their leaders accurately, as roadblocks to the climate justice solutions we desperately need. While federal inaction and even regression is distressing, some state attorneys general are pushing forward for accountability. We’ll talk about that movement with Sriram Madhusoodanan, deputy campaigns director with the group Corporate Accountability.
Transcript: ‘People Are Demanding Accountability for the Fossil Fuel Industry’
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Also on the show: Warren Kanders has resigned from the board of New York’s Whitney Museum—a “casualty to the social justice mob,” as one account had it; or, for others, a victory for those who prefer their art without a side order of complicity with the manufacture of tear gas and high velocity ammunition. A few months ago, CounterSpin spoke with Amin Husain, core organizer with the group Decolonize This Place, on the forefront of activism around cultural institutions. We’ll revisit that conversation today.
Transcript: ‘Museums Like the Whitney Are Accountable to the Communities They Claim to Serve’
