Christian Parenti is the author of Topic of Chaos: Climate Change & the New Geography of Violence, a powerful analysis of the historical, military, economic & other forces which combine with climate change to move us toward catastrophic convergence. Chistian is a contributing editor at The Nation with a Ph.D. in sociology. Christian Parenti is also the author of Lockdown America, The Soft Cage, and The Freedom. Featured Music: I Need to Wake Up (from An Inconvenient Truth) - Melissa Etheridge