Support or Co-Option? The Red, Black and Green New Deal and Foundation Driven Environmentalism

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As the summer heat turns on, conversation about global warming inevitably picks up as well. Black environmental advocates have seen the increased public conversation, and foundation spending, on environmental advocacy and are demanding their cut. Global warming is having a disproportionate impact on Black communities.
Some advocates are demanding A "Red, Black, and Green" New Deal (RBGND) to address environmental racism and fund Black advocacy around environmentalism. The advocacy is being branded as a Pan African, race concious adendum to the Green New Deal.
However, an investigation of the advocacy reveals the limits of foundation-driven advocacy and the need for genuine study of Pan-Africanism to develop autonomous political institutions which provide better solutions for our movement and our climate.

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In Search of Black Power is a Black-owned internet show and podcast. This podcast is sponsored and produced by Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS).
The internet show is published in collaboration with Black Liberation Media (BLM)