On Saturday, April 22nd the Peace Center participated in an Earth Day Rally / Celebration – organized by Sustainable Walnut Creek + the WC Unitarian Universalist Church. Over 15 local groups / organizations were represented and the afternoon was filled with guest speakers, music, poetry, and calls to action!
In the spirit of this event – we would like to share an insightful interview Chris Hedges held with Roger Hallam, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion (XR).
From the article: “XR has helped popularize the spread of civil disobedience tactics in the contemporary environmental movement. But what is the movement’s theory of change? How does XR seek to proceed from direct action tactics to systems change on a timescale that matches the rapidly degrading state of our the earth’s ecological systems? Roger Hallam, co-founder of XR and leader of the activist organization Just Stop Oil, joins The Chris Hedges Report for a conversation on tactics and strategy to save the planet, which ultimately requires transforming the system.”