On Monday evening, I was on Radio Provocateur—a great hour-long radio program on Radiohive.org hosted by Danny Valdes—to talk about my involvement and arrest on the first day of the Tar Sands Action in Washington, DC, to stop the development of the dangerous Keystone XL pipeline and the importance of keeping the struggle against climate change nonviolent.
The entire interview can be streamed below or downloaded on the show’s site.
[audio: http://www.radiohive.org/podpress_trac/web/1501/0/Radioprovo-8-29-11.mp3]The climate movement needs the kind of leverage that comes from shutting down the economy — and it can only get there through deep organizing with workers.
As we approach a midterm election shadowed by threats of violence, there are freely available trainings for people who want to protect the vote.
Gal Beckerman’s new book “How to Be a Dissident” finds that dissidence isn’t a personality type. It’s a human capacity that can be cultivated.
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