Wednesday October 9th, 6.30pm

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.

How does this carbon/politics/money historical nexus inform current struggle for climate and social justice?
How do we fight individual infrastructure projects or particular government policies – and at the same time dismantle the structures that support them?
How do contemporary movements challenge the theory?

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Timothy Mitchell[2] 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[3].

Anna Galkina and James Marriott are members of the London-based arts, human rights and environmental justice organization Platform[4]. James is co-author of The Oil Road: Journeys from the Caspian Sea to the City of London. Follow: @PlatformLondon[5]

Moderator: May Boeve is the executive director and co-founder of 350.org[6], an organization that uses online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions to solve the global climate crisis. Follow: @mayboeve[7]