Climate activism is on the rise throughout the US and globally. Today, host Bert Zipperer gets updates from Lynn Haanen and Sarah Lunnon from Stroud, England about Brexit, Green Party politics, and the Extinction Rebellion movement in the UK.
UK votes to leave the EU in Brexit referendum
On Thursday the UK voted to leave the European Union in a 52% to 48% vote. Voter turnout was at 71.8%, making it the highest turnout for the UK since the 1992 general election. To work through an alternative view on the issue, Esty Dinur talks with James Ivens, an activist and organizer for the […]
Inequality and the 1%
Can we afford the rich? Today Esty Dinur talks with Danny Dorling, author of Inequality and the 1%. His book looks at why the growth of the wealthy is making the UK a more dangerous place to live. Danny Dorling is the Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. He appears regularly […]