G&R Episode 38: The Amazon is Burning w/ campaigner Pendle Marshall-Hallmark - a podcast by Green and Red
from 2020-09-08T09:00
In this episode, we talk with climate and finance campaigner Pendle Marshall-Hallmark (@PendleTheWitch) of Amazon Watch (@amazonwatch) about the fires raging in the Amazon rainforest. Last year saw some of the worst fires in record for the region and this year's fire season looks to be no better. The problem is made much worse by the Bolsanaro government's deregulation of Brazilian environmental protections. increased industry efforts at deforestation and the financing of it all by U.S. asset managers and banks like Blackrock and JPMorgan Chase. Pendle also talked with us about her experience doing human rights accompaniment in Colombia. And social and racial tensions in her hometown of Rochester NY.
We also share few words and thoughts remembering scholar, author and anarchist David Graeber who passed away suddenly on September 3rd. CORRECTION: Scott incorrectly said that Blackrock was privately held, not publicly traded. It is in fact publicly traded.
Bio: Pendle Marshall-Hallmark is a Climate & Finance Campaigner at Amazon Watch, an Oakland-based human rights and environmental advocacy organization focused on protecting the Amazon rainforest and the rights of Indigenous peoples. Prior to joining Amazon Watch Pendle lived in Colombia for two years, where she accompanied Indigenous and campesino activists resisting corporate, paramilitary and state-led invasions of their lands. She has completed a Fulbright scholarship in Mexico City exploring US-Latin American business relations, and previously worked as a community organizer in Philadelphia around issues of immigration, healthcare access and labor rights. She studied Sociology at Swarthmore College and has completed Master's level coursework in Business Administration at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.
Read More:
- More than 260 major, mostly illegal Amazon fires detected since late May: https://bit.ly/3bv2sJg
- BlackRock Faces Criticism for Role in Climate Crisis, Amazon Deforestation: https://bit.ly/3jLoVVl **Brazil Fires Burns World's Largest Tripical Wetlands at Unprecedented Scale: https://nyti.ms/358LaAu
- Amazonwatch page on Blackrock: https://amazonwatch.org/news/2020/0904-climate-activists-ramp-up-pressure-on-blackrock-during-fires-week-of-action
- David Graeber, anthropologist and author of Bullshit Jobs, dies aged 59: https://bit.ly/2F2SnY5
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