An interview with Naomi Klein, Part Two. “we must address inequality if we’re going to deal with climate change”. » Transition Culture

An interview with Naomi Klein, Part Two. “we must address inequality if we’re going to deal with climate change”. (Transition Culture)
►http://transitionculture.org/2011/03/24/an-interview-with-naomi-klein-part-two-%E2%80%9Cwe-must-address-i

You talked last night about the need for a new coalition in response to climate change, on that could come out fighting… this is the focus of your new book, but I wonder if you are in a position to start sketching out what that might look like?
I’m not sure I’m ready to do that. The only thing I can say is that people, as you know here, people don’t get involved just because it’s climate. People go to a protest because of climate change but they don’t do what they’re doing in Wisconsin – occupying the state capital for almost a month – and this is why politicians feel they can ignore climate issues. Even the people who care, as opposed to the people that deny anything is happening, even the people who care don’t care that much! They always rank it at the bottom of a list of all these other issues. They care more about education, they care more about unemployment, they care more about health. (...)

An interview with Naomi Klein, Part Two. “we must address inequality if we’re going to deal with climate change”. (Transition Culture)
►http://transitionculture.org/2011/03/24/an-interview-with-naomi-klein-part-two-%E2%80%9Cwe-must-address-i

You talked last night about the need for a new coalition in response to climate change, on that could come out fighting… this is the focus of your new book, but I wonder if you are in a position to start sketching out what that might look like?
I’m not sure I’m ready to do that. The only thing I can say is that people, as you know here, people don’t get involved just because it’s climate. People go to a protest because of climate change but they don’t do what they’re doing in Wisconsin – occupying the state capital for almost a month – and this is why politicians feel they can ignore climate issues. Even the people who care, as opposed to the people that deny anything is happening, even the people who care don’t care that much! They always rank it at the bottom of a list of all these other issues. They care more about education, they care more about unemployment, they care more about health. (...)