179 - Tash Heenan & Anna Sturman

Tash Heenan and Anna Sturman are ecosocialist academics who are writing about and organising around the possibilities of a Green New Deal for Australia.  They both joined me via Zoom (I AM VERY SICK OF ZOOM) to lay out what their vision for a GND entails, its "four Ds" (decarbonisation, decolonisation, decommodification, democratisation), how much currency it had as a political idea prior to the current COVID crisis, the possibilities these new conditions could bring and the dangers of eco-fascism.  If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you I went on the Twink Revolution podcast with the darlings Gian & Sam I also went and talked a bit of bullshit on Nazeem Hussain's Survivor's Guide to Coronavirus podcast If you're a Greens member who supports the One Member One Vote model for leadership election, please consider adding your name to this open letter @tashellenheenan @anna_sturman Climate Justice Collective - @greennewdealau climatejusticeaustralia.org ARTICLE: Five Orientations To The Green New Deal by Tash & Anna ARTICLE: Australia Needs A Green New Deal, Not More Centrism by Tash Heenan, Jon Piccini & Jeremy Poxon   ARTICLE: The Greens' New Deal by Paddy Manning ARTICLE: Capitalism is a virus by Jeff Sparrow VIDEO: Why the Green New Deal matters Cause of the Week: Sisters Inside (sistersinside.com.au)