Democracy Necessitates Resistance (w/ Roger Hallam) | The Chris Hedges Report
About this episode
Roger Hallam discusses the implications of climate collapse and the necessity of resistance in the face of repression.
We are living in an age of climate collapse, which will most likely result in mass displacement and death, warns Roger Hallam, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion in the United Kingdom on this episode of The Chris Hedges Report. . And while that reality is hard to accept, it is an honest assessment of what lies ahead that must be addressed as we decide how to navigate what Hallam calls humanity’s “darkest hour.” In his new book, “Suicide: The Political and Legal Implications of Creating Endless Mass Death,” written while he was in prison for climate action, Hallam shares his background in academic sociology and organizing for social change to provide tools for resisting under the current repressive legal and political systems. People often respond to repression with greater courage and resolve to resist it. Hallam’s experiences in prison and elsewhere taught him that “we always have that opportunity to choose how we’re going to react and how we’re going to live our lives in response to the involuntary hell that’s imposed upon us by the powers that be.” Hedges and Hallam explore the ways that societies can fracture as they are collapsing, tending towards violence or hedonism. Some…
People in this episode
Host: Chris Hedges
Guest: Roger Hallam
Topics covered
- climate collapse
- social change
- resistance
- repression
- spiritual grounding
- societal collapse
Keywords
- climate change
- resistance
- Extinction Rebellion
- social justice
- repression
- spirituality
- societal collapse
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Extinction Rebellion
Books & works: Suicide: The Political and Legal Implications of Creating Endless Mass Death
Places: United Kingdom, United States
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