How Climate Protest Backlash Led to Present-Day Repression

About this episode

The episode connects the dots between the global backlash to climate protest and the broader repression in democratic countries.

It's easy to feel like climate "doesn't matter" as the United States descends into fascism, as if climate and democracy are somehow separate issues. Researcher Oscar Berglund and Amy Westervelt connect the dots between the global backlash to climate protest and the broader repression we're seeing in supposedly democratic countries around the world.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Amy Westervelt

Guest: Oscar Berglund

Topics covered

• climate protest
• repression
• democracy
• fascism
• global backlash

Keywords

• climate
• protest
• repression
• democracy
• fascism
• Oscar Berglund
• Amy Westervelt

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pushkin Industries

Places: United States

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