In Duluth, Minnesota three activists --Scot Bol, Michael Niemi and Ernesto Burbank-- locked themselves to the entrances to Wells Fargo to protest the bank’s investments in Enbridge Energy Partners, a corporation building tar sands pipelines in the Midwest. At trial, the defendants offered a "necessity defense," arguing they had no choice but to act outside the law in conscientious civil disobedience in the face of impending climate catastrophe. J.T. Haines, one of the defense attorneys in the case, talks to Matt about the legal theory, and the importance of its use in coming legal battles over human response to climate crises.
Solidarity House #10 -- Dinner Was Ready When I Got Home From Jail (5/2/2019)
Cowboys on the Commons #8 -- Anthony Rogers-Wright on Environmental Racism & Environmental Justice
Cowboys on the Commons #7 -- Immigration: Fighting the Climate of Fear (4/22/2019)
Human Rights in a Burning World #2 -- The World Burns Unequally (4/19/2019)
Solidarity Wyoming #7--Kaycee Cook & Resisting Hate in a Cheyenne School
White Teens, Violence and the Alt-Right: Talking to Your Kids About Fascism -- A Solidarity House Special (3/22/19)
Human Rights in a Burning World -- Shark Allies Fight Shark Fin Trade (3/16/2019)
Solidarity House #9 -- Our Crushing Obligation to Capital (3/12/2019)
Solidarity Wyoming #6 -- Do Better, Wyoming (3/8/2019)
Introducing Human Rights in a Burning World
Matt & friends talk about Bernie, 2020, electoral politics, race, gender & poverty
Cowboys on the Commons #6 -- Should DSA Endorse Bernie Sanders? Feat. Emma Caterine
Solidarity House #8 -- Did Our Pipes Burst, Or Are We Just Happy to See You? --Feat. Franciszka Voeltz (2/319)
Solidarity Wyoming #5 -- Empowering Communities with Antonio Serrano (1/29/19)
Dr. Noah's Amusing Analysis #3 -- Wacky Facts (1/23/19)
Support Gastonia Freedom School!
Solidarity Wyoming #4 -- Direct Action Needed (1/17/19)
Solidarity House Special: Michael Levitin's Disposable Man
Cowboys on the Commons #5 -- RCMP Assault on Wet'su'eten: "Just an Example, Just for Show" (1/12/19)
Solidarity House #7 -- Kicking the Can Down the Old Capitalist Road (1/1/19)
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