In today’s episode we talk with activist Sinan from the organization Climaximo about organizing during and against accelerating climate change. We start the conversation by describing some of the principle that our political work is based upon, in particular that the real risk of climate collapse is underrepresented and that the capitalist class will always resist any meaningful structural change. Then we talk about Climaximo, their mode of organizing and plans for the future. Sinan explains to us how they operate under the assumption of a state of climate emergency and their effort to frame climate change as a war waged by the capitalist class against the rest of the world. We finish with some book recommendations and a call to get organized.
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Re(Sources):
Climaximo
web: https://www.climaximo.pt/
fb: /climaximopt
ig: @climaximopt
Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate, Simon & Schuster (2014)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21913812-this-changes-everything
Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and The Environmentalism of The Poor, Harvard University Press (2010).
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10429440-slow-violence-and-the-environmentalism-of-the-poor
Bill McGuire, Hothouse Earth: An Inhabitant’s Guide, Icon Books (2022).
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61336424-hothouse-earth
Andreas Malm and the Zetkin Collective, White Skin, Black Fuel: On The Danger of Fossil Fascism, Verso (2021).
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56708410-white-skin-black-fuel
Artwork by Alis Balogh
Music: Capitalism is Toxic
song: https://youtu.be/cMPt6AA6NOY
