Struggles Across Borders: Resisting Climate Breakdown and State Violence
Channel: Highline College
Date: 07/05/2019

Part of Unity Week 2019: Lecture presented by Javier Sethness-Castro. The world we live in is at risk from the mutually reinforcing threats of racism, white supremacy, ecological destruction, and cataclysmic war. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) tells us we have at most 11 years to transform global society into a just and sustainable world before irreversible climate breakdown takes place. Yet it is clear that carrying out this most necessary of transitions will be a great challenge, especially in light of the power of authoritarian governments across the globe, which, besides denying science altogether, have shown their willingness to use violence.