About this episode
The episode discusses the evolution of protest movements post-COVID, focusing on XR's impact and the recent World Transformed festival.
Over the weekend the GND Media team ran a radio station at The World Transformed festival, taking place in Hulme this year. Shout out to Josh, Becky, Stephen, Matthew, Mikki, Fitzroy and Barney! XR not only brought climate issues into the mainstream, they also changed how people protested. However, since COVID XR's civil disobedience style protests have waned and protests in general seem to have gone back to the prioritising numbers over disruption. Ads is joined by two of his o...
People in this episode
Host: Ads
Topics covered
- climate change
- protest movements
- civil disobedience
- social activism
- COVID-19 impact
Keywords
- climate issues
- protests
- civil disobedience
- XR
- The World Transformed
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: GND Media, XR
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