ROCKY TOP SUNRISE – “Why Abolition is an Environmental Justice Issue”

A new episode of ROCKY TOP SUNRISE with Sunrise Tennessee on The Tennessee Holler Podcast Network is LIVE!

Hosts Isabella Killius and Hale Masaki explore the intersections of racial justice and environmentalism within the context of slavery and how slavery was never eradicated, it simply evolved. In the second half of the episode, lifelong organizer Taz Gaines joins as our special guest to dive deep into these issues and to establish why abolition and the fight for justice are crucial to winning a Green New Deal. ?

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Sources and further reading:

Southerners on New Ground (SONG)

A Green New Deal for Decarceration

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Transform Harm

Sunrise Tennessee Interest Form

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LISTEN: A new episode of @sunrisemvmttn's "ROCKY TOP SUNRISE" is LIVE!

Hosts @isakilla99 and @MasakiHale chat with lifelong organizer and abolitionist @mtgaines_ about the many intersections between racial justice and environmentalism.

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