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The Real Free Speech Threat: On the Tomato Soup "Controversy"
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Jan 27, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
Globally, climate activism has shifted over the past few years. It’s more constant now and includes more direct action than ever before. Some of that action has critics, including climate scientists and climate advocates, clutching their pearls and worrying that protest will turn the public away from the urgent need to act on the climate crisis. But social science researchers who study structural change and protest say there’s no historical evidence to back that up; that in fact the only time social movements have ever affected change is when they’ve been wildly disruptive, and a whole lot of the people who love to quote MLK are missing a significant part of his approach to social change. In this week's ep we hear from social scientists on how radical or not climate protests really are, and what factors make direct action work or fail.
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Released:
Jan 27, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (63)
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