A discussion with Timothy Mitchell, Mika Minio-Paluello, James Marriott, and Anna Galkina, moderated by May Boeve

It’s no coincidence that the globe is experiencing a dual political-ecological crisis.  Oil and gas have shaped our political and economic infrastructures, which in turn have ensured a continued dependence on oil and gas industries.

Timothy Mitchell, Mika Minio-Paluello, James Marriott, and Anna Galkina come together to ask: How does the carbon-politics-money nexus inform current struggles for climate and social justice?  How do the theories and practices surrounding fossil fuel dependence challenge, reinforce, and reproduce each other?  The discussion will be moderated by May Boeve of 350.org.

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Timothy Mitchell is a political theorist, historian, professor, and chair of Columbia University’s Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS).  He is the author of Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil.Mika Minio-Paluello and James Marriott are members of the London-based arts, human rights and environmental justice organization Platform London.  They are the authors of The Oil Road: Journeys from the Caspian Sea to the City of London.

Anna Galkina is a research associate at Platform London.

May Boeve is the executive director and co-founder of 350.org, an organization that uses online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions to solve the global climate crisis.