This year, we are the Earth. We’re feeling good about the activism we have tried, but the Earth creates our direct action with the radical example of the Evolution of Species. And that is a Hell of Fierce Thing. We will fly over, dig under, camouflage in plain sight. We will grow claws, fins, re-growable tails and distributed intelligence like Octopuses. The governments and corporations cannot find the money to banish us. No militarized border, no fascist hysteria, no passive consumerism can hold back the uprising of the Earth. EARTHALUJAH!
Welcome to this week’s Earth Riot, produced by Jason Candler. We offer Savitri D’s “News from the Natural World”, The Stop Shopping Choir’s “Mother Earth’s Self-Care” with Sunder Ganglani, and “I am the X in Extinction” with Francisca Benitez. The Earth Manifesto from The Fiery Eagles of Justice and “I am the Ocean” from Neil Young’s new album “Before and After”. Read about creation of this work in The Times Contrarian,
Hosted by Reverend Billy and Savitri D, EARTH RIOT is a comedy-infused, music-filled exploration of humanitys most urgent issue — the planets Sixth
Extinction. Made by “Earth-loving urban activists” from The Church of Stop
Shopping, this podcast educates, inspires and urges listeners to embrace reality and take action. Featuring News From the Natural World, a weekly gathering of climate changes latest science, and insightful interviews with radical leaders in environmentalism and activism.
