Behind the News: Making Cops Obsolete w/ Geo Maher
Plus: Why "sustainable investing" will never fix the climate.
July 5, 2022
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July 5, 2022
Behind the News: Making Cops Obsolete w/ Geo Maher
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<p>Doug speaks with <a href="https://geomaher.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Geo Maher</a>, author of <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/3783-a-world-without-police?fbclid=IwAR0oiY55Xy7eJ9BarQDAGQYGfuQuNFbEL0JfQZYOSu1piAFqyRapIVnDPBo" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>A World Without Police</em></a>, on the movement to defund and eventually abolish the cops. Then, an interview with Tariq Fancy, author of a <a href="https://medium.com/@sosofancy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">series of articles about "sustainable investing,"</a> about the (severe) limits to using finance to fix the climate.</p><br /><p><em>Behind the News</em>, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here: <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html</a></p>
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