Aaron Kirshenbaum and Laurie Mercier discuss CodePink’s “War is Not Green” campaign, which is seeking to pressure mainstream environmental organizations to acknowledge the US war economy’s role in ecocide and genocide. Kirshenbaum’s work focuses on climate justice and cross-movement solidarity, Palestinian solidarity, tenant rights, and abolitionist organizing. Their research on militarism and climate change has been published in outlets like Common Dreams, CounterPunch, and Hampton Institute, offering critical insights into the environmental and humanitarian impacts of global militarization.
Aaron mentions the CodePink co-sponsored film Earth’s Greatest Enemy, a film project by Abby Martin that challenges audiences to rethink the hidden costs of a global military empire and its planetary consequences. The film returns to Portland and the Clinton Street Theater on Nov 30 from 12:30pm to 3:30pm https://earthsgreatestenemy.
Links to the WING campaign: War is Not Green https://www.codepink.org/wing and https://www.codepink.org/
Also mentioned:
Costs of War Project https://costsofwar.watson.
Efforts to get Portland City Council to pass human rights screen and stop arming Israel in city investments: https://www.portland.gov/
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