Bill McKibben isn’t known for his rosy outlook on climate change. Back in 1989, he wrote The End of Nature, which is considered the first mainstream book warning of global warming’s potential effects on the planet. Since then, he’s been an ever-present voice on environmental issues, routinely sounding the alarm about how human activity is […]
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Climate is not an easy issue to be an activist on. You’re taking on some of the world’s most powerful corporations, contending with a culture of widespread indifference, and going up against endless propaganda reassuring people that global warming will simply turn the Earth into a lush tropical paradise. There is plenty of repression, but advocates for Palestinian rights face demonization as terrorists and antisemites, blacklisting, and are even criminalized. So when the world’s most well-known climate activist, Greta Thunberg, expanded her focus to include Palestine, she must have known she would incur a wave of new hostility. But Thunberg has not just spoken up for Gaza, she has put her body on the line, and has been arrested and abused by the Israel Defense Forces after trying to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla.