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The Inextricable Link Between Social and Environmental Justice

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Erica Violet Lee of Idle No More in conversation with Dennis Trainor, Jr. of Acronym TV on the eve of the largest Climate Justice march in history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvSj0bj7vKw “It is important to acknowledge the Indigenous people who have been fighting this battle on the front lines for centuries,” says Lee. “The big marches and massive [...]

Confronting White Privilege in the Climate Justice Movement 

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Originally posted at AcronymTV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YN-scEEIks Speaking at the opening plenary of the New York City Global Climate Convergence in the days before the People’s Climate March, Nastaran Mohit told the assembled crowd that the revolution “and this (Climate Convergence) movement is not going to be spawned from the activist white community. It is going to [...]