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Listen: People Just Do Something – Nicholas Beuret on disrupting the climate transition

Nicholas Buret on why a plan for the planet is no substitute for actual politics.

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Activist scholar and lecturer at the University of Essex, Nicholas Buret joins us for a live podcast recording at the Cube. With a focus on justice labour rights and ecological politics, Nicholas tells us why the green transition was doomed from the start and how unions have a contradictory relationship with it.

Nicholas tells us how there’s been a shift away from the power of disruptive action, what really goes on at climate camps, and how policy documents are often just a substitute for politics. 

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